Thank you all for taking the time to comment.
Linda and Alex I do feel blessed to have been on this trip to Ireland, it was so much more than just a "regular" workshop. The people traveled with were great and we became wonderful friends. We stayed in one of Rob's cousins Bed and Breakfast and it was very much like a dorm. Art 24/7 - it was fantastic! Also learning other forms of painting rather than total focus on portraiture.
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Notice how so many of the greats are also great human beings too? I guess it's because they have nothing to prove. Seems to be a correlation: the better they are, the nicer they are.
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Bill you are certainly the first one to prove this true!
Linda I didn't have any images of Rob starting his demo's from Ireland, so I grabbed a few from his Bradenton workshop, hopefully these will give you an idea.
When he masses in the shadows, he then starts with the predominate (he doesn't like the words "local color") mid value flesh. A great easy to remember rule of thumb he teaches is that no white is ever added to the color going over the shadow under painting.
Rob is a "colorist", so you need to remember this when looking at his skin tones. He uses Burnt Sienna for his under drawing then he scrapes it off his palette, there is nothing "earthy" on it. Yet he still comes up with the lovely finished painting below.
Hope this gives you an idea.
Beth