resources

these are some really great painters that have tutorials/lessons online and GREAT photos. my teacher sean cheetham showed them to me:

http://www.scottburdick.com/Pages/demonstrations.htm < husband and wife scott and susan burdick. susan's paintings are so softly executed, almost all the edges are soft or disappear,a nd scott uses really thick paint but is such a master of lighting.

http://www.morganweistling.com/

and on a random note this is a nice tumblr with a lot of pretty girls for reference http://beautyeternal.tumblr.com/