Basic constructs of the eye and mouth.

classic realism, figure drawing, portrait drawing.

Solomon J. Solomon link to online book http://www.painting-technique.com/painting_1.html @ http://underpaintings.blogspot.com/2011/09/color-palettes-solomon-j-solomon-1860.html

Great Link to all things Vermeer @ http://www.essentialvermeer.com/index.html

Link to Ingres Drawing Techniques, Materials, Paer, Etc. Check out the Highly detailed zoom function. http://www.themorgan.org/collections/works/ingres/drawing.asp?page=3

Anders Zorn, Master of the "Limied Palette" comes to America. Link@ http://www.gardnermuseum.org/collection/exhibitions

Classical realism, limited palette, figure painting.

Skull Construction, Russian Academy

Classical realism, figure drawing.

Link to Sargent Book: http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6703332M/John_Sargen Very readable text.