"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.