Countdown to Jeremy Lipking's video

I previously posted about Jeremy. He's a shining star in the realist world today. A real talent.



He emailed me this morning to announce he will soon be releasing his long-awaited DVD.

Here's a teaser...




Here's Jeremy's website.


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Great YouTube video by Seamus Berkeley

What a great portrait! He worked in oils on paper*. I'd really like to try that, but have so little time to paint at all these days.

Here's Seamus' website.

*Correction... See comments. It was on loose canvas. Thanks Seamus.

The best Figure Drawing books ever

That's the assessment of this blogger. All of the books are available for download.

They may have an out-dated look, but they're full of timeless instruction.

How to draw Einstein

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.

Huihan Lui

Huihan Liu studied at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art in China. Here is a three-hour demonstration he conducted at the Donner Ranch in New Mexico in 2002. These are stills from a home video, but the technique shows through, and there is ample narration by Ron Sanders.

Special thanks to Dierdre for providing the link

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.

Philip de László Paints a portrait

This is a reprint of an old black and white article of a painting demonstration by Philip Alexius de László, who was a contemporary of Sargent.

While you're there, check out the rest of the site. A great resource provided by Cynthia Daniel of A Stroke of Genius.

Portrait with Skidmarks -- Chris Saper

Chris paints a portrait, then drives her SUV over it. Skidmarks aside, it's a good demo.

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.