One of my favorite quotes: "The color dances, but the values stay put.” - L. Birge Harrison

For Meadow: First off, thanks for all the great instruction @ Watts! I'm an intermediate portraitist, mostly in charcoal with some oils. I see you're focusing on Indigenous themes, and I'm drawn to the same, as I live in a really cool area for Indigenous history (or rather, pre-history), smack dab in the middle of the previous Iroquois Confederacy. Do you have any suggestions for pursuing the theme, gathering reference, contacting the Tribes, etc? Any interesting stories about same, too. I'm starting out by using historical photos, but my eventual goal is to paint both historical and contemporary portraits and hopefully narrative scenes ala Robert Griffing. Thanks! DJM