Robert Maniscalco: A Value Based Painting System: The PortraitThis video is even more comprehensive than the first, much more down to business. Roberts focus is on really breaking down the fundamentals for the viewer, the ones many teachers tend to gloss over or skip altogether. He also gets into the nuances of handling the brush and executing and recognizing the master stroke. Theres a section on what to do when you get into a drawing jam. In this video there is more explanation about the advantages of mixing

How to define the various elements of your painting and make them stand out with the correct highlighting techniques

Most of the books were kept in China for distribution there

If you Want to Learn How to Draw and Paint Portraits

This video explores not only the theory and measurements to determine likenesses of the model in three views

Schneider has BROKEN THE FECHIN CODE and can reveal the unique system by which Fechin created his amazing paintings

with some notable exceptions for several much longer and more expensive videos specifically intended to show the entire process

and then in his studio to capture the development of this outstanding study into a large studio work

and it established him as a successful figurative artist within the Parisian circle

“I know exactly where that is

the best light was deemed to be that of an overcast day

He shares his insight into painting the figure from the live model

For a demonstration of these techniques