True Art History

Vincent is a master painter and can speak deeply about its history and techniques.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GxRN9tcN6pQ

Illustrator/Art Competitions via Donato

Here is a link to competition links... It's a start next maybe some local ones

http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2014/08/competitions.html

Learning Outside of Classes

Hey everybody,

Master classes and intensive workshops are some of the best ways to bring your skills to the next level. The internet now provides many options to those who can't afford to travel or take big chunks of time to study. Here are some of my favorites:

Www.newmastersacademy.org - with contemporary masters like Villpu and Huston the free 7 day trail is a must! 

Www.craftsy.com - new classes adding all the time a small investment and some freebies make this a great choice for bonus painting classes

Huston - Painting the Brow

Galieote - Hatching and sketching

Chinese Academic structure drawings

Here are a few cast drawings near the second stage just after proportion and just before tone.

Compostition

Here is a link to a great composition study from the Muddy Colors page
http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-baroque-composition.html

Online Supply Retailers

Here are some of the best online supply retailers and the products I think they feature.

Daniel Smith - printmaking supplies especially inks
Utrecht - good overall retailer, good prices for brand oil paint, excellent brushes
Dick Blick - also good overall, printmaking tools and papers
Art Supply Wholesaler - excellent prices for canvas and stretchers
Jerry's Artarama - great sale prices overall stuff
Pearl Paint - NYC Based overall store

High Quality Paint
Vasari Oil Colors - expensive but great colors (Capuccine Red!, Scarlet Sienna)
Williamsburg Oil Paints - great paints very sticky and opaque (Pale Yellow Extra)
Robert Doak Paint - excellent prices on rare colors (Sinopia, Blue Oxide)

New to me stores
Italian Art Store - good variety of paint
Charvin Art - French oil paint 
Cheap Joe's - overall stuff
Da Vinci Artist Supply - ??? good brush brand 
Fine Art Store - overall

Small stores
New York Central Art Supply - best staff and knowledgeable good papers
The Complete Sculptor - sculpture supply and great staff in NYC 
Sculpture House - also great stuff

Specialty
Anatomy Tools - great reference anatomy sculpture
Giust Gallery - best casts in the biz
Orlandi Statuary - also good

Proko TV Figure Series

Proko TV has a great new series of helpful figure drawing concepts that can be practiced to improve your drawing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HR59yFZ7Y