Lon Haverly videos

I've known Lon from an oline forum I frequent these last few years. He's drawn literally thousands of portraits from live models -- a wealth of experience any of us would envy, as models are usually hard to come by.

Lon was in business drawing portraits in a mall for many years. Talk about pressure. He had to get it right every time. Later, he had his own public television show. I never saw the show, as it was not available in my area, but I assume these Google videos are actual clips from the program.

Be sure to visit his website as well.

Nathan Fowkes charcoal portrait

Personally, I 've never been able to use a construction method like his, but his results are so good, I may give it another try.

Here's Nathan's main site.

Finally, An Advanced Charcoal DVD

Don't you just love the great charcoal work being done these days! The online tutorials are few and far between, and don't compare to watching the artist at work.

Today I learned that Casey Baugh has published a DVD demonstrating advanced charcoal techniques. It's inexpensive for an art DVD, and it's also available for rent at SmartFlix

Clayton Beck

I picked up a copy of American Artist (Dec. 2005) at the library today and saw their cover story on Clayton Beck.

His cover painting reminded me of Scott Burdick's work. I went to his site and found two demos online. One for an oil portrait, and one for a charcoal portrait.