Start with high-confidence painting techniques books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell: Dreamland
Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell
Making Color Sing, 25th Anniversary Edition
Jeanne Dobie
Landscape Painting
Mitchell Albala
Landscape Painting Essentials With Johannes Vloothuis
Johannes Vloothuis
Mastering Composition
Ian Roberts
Pastels for the Absolute Beginner
Rebecca de Mendonça
Innovative Artist: Abstracts and Mixed Media, the
Helen Kaminsky
