A Young Halle Berry, Head Study, Oil on a Grey Ground.

Head study, Burnt Sienna on Grey #6 Canvas Ground.

Classical portrait realism, head study, portrait painting, portrait painter.

Link to Vanity Fair article on the use of Mirrors by Vermeer: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/11/vermeer-secret-tool-mirrors-lenses

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/11/vermeer-secret-tool-mirrors-lenses

Polka Dots, Graphite on Fabriano Uno Paper.

Portrait Study, Graphite on Paper, Classical,contemporary realism.

A Good Color Break-down of the Zorn Palette, "Limite Palette Workshop"

Color Break-downs within the Face, Vermeer.

Color Break-downs, Limited Palette.

Norman Mailer, Limited Palette.

Head Study, Limited Palette, oil on canvas.

Classical portrait realism, painting, portrait artist.

Portrait Walter Cronkite, oil on linen.

Classical portrait realism.

Head Study, Gabriela, Oil on Red Ochre Ground.

Portrait study, head study, limited palette, classical realism.

Head Study of a Woman, M.H. Carlisle, 1891.

Link:  http://www.classicartpaintings.com/Worldwide/United+States/Portrait_of_a_Woman.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1

"Twenty Minute Head Study," Step by Step, Charcoal, chamois on Gray paper. Light & Shadow Shapes.

Classical figure drawing, portrait study.

Selections from Norman Rockwell's Book, "How I make a Picture." The Charcoal Sketch, the Color Study and Final Painting.

Norman Rockwell, Illustrator, painting techniques.

The Structures of the Neck are most important when connecting the Head to the Shoulder Gurdle. The Sternal Mastoids lead to the Clavicles/ Sternum, The Center Line of the Figure.

Figure drawing anatomy, portrait basics.

Head Studies in Color on Grey Grounds, Alla Prima and "Fat over Thin" Techniques.

Alla Prima, Head Studies, color Studies, portrait studies.

"Cara,Legend of the Seeker," Poster Art, Limited Palette, Oil on Canvas. Digital Background and Type.

Portrait Painting, Poster art.

Head study, Burnt Sienna on a Nuetral 5 Gray Ground.

Portrait Study, Head study, classical realism.

Head Study, Burnt Sienna on a Neutral Gray Ground. This was intended as a "Grisaille Study." I would not apply color on top of this.

Classical portrait realism, oil painting, head study, grisaille study.

"Tribeca Ball 2013" New York Academy of Art.

Tribeca Ball, NYAA, New York Academy of Art.

"Portrait of Connie" Graphite on Fabriano Uno.

Classical, contemporary realism, portrait drawing, humanism.

Renoir Copy, Studying Past Masters is great way to improve your color mixing skills.

A Solid Head Study, Sargent.

The "Princess de Broglie," Ingres. Color break-downs.

Color Breakdowns, Carolus Duran, John Sargent.

Check the warm and cool relationships between the light and shadow areas. Van Dyke, Gerhartz, Sorolla & Velazquez.

Color break-downs compared to the limited palette.

J. S. Sargent, limited palette,portrait realism.

Various Painting Techniques, from direct to procedual. Notice the consistency in depicting the forms and features of the face and the underlying values.

Classical portrait painting.

Lemuel-Francis Abbott, portrait painter, England.

Van Dyke, Riguard, Cromwell.

Solomon J. Solomon link to book @ http://underpaintings.blogspot.com/2011/09/color-palettes-solomon-j-solomon-1860.html

Sir Henry Raeburn, Link to Techniques @ http://underpaintings.blogspot.com/2011/03/color-palettes-sir-henry-raeburn-1756.html

Link to "Zoom" at the Frick @ http://collections.frick.org/media/view/Objects/636/1530?t:state:flow=aaf2ae25-60c2-452b-b430-3d2a2b0e5ecd Great Opportunity to examine the brushwork and line drawing techniques of several artists.