Tyger sketches

[Tygerson]

Proko figure series, some mannequinization exercises.




So after floundering about for years, I feel like I finally have a pathway to learning perspective (Robertson's How to Draw and the Cube to Cathedral homework), and a pathway to learning figure drawing (Proko vids and assignments, and "Force" by Michael Mattesi).

The area I'm still floundering is value/light/rendering.  I've tried painting from life, from photos, and reading "color and light," various tutorials, studying the work of people who can paint, etc, but don't have a clear path to follow.  Does anyone know of a series of videos, or a book, that walks you through the process?  I really like the structured format of lesson + exercises to do, like Proko does.  At least to get started.

Edit: I just heard of Ctrl+paint.  Has anyone tried it out?