Really Awesome Painting Resource

Story, Composition, Value - these three things are my primary focus as I am creating new art right now. I need to get back to my roots and learn the basics. I got the photoshop part down good, now it's the stuff of the masters that I must pick up.

In that quest, I've used my lunch hour to browse videos and websites, and today I found a gem!
http://emptyeasel.com/art-tutorials/painting-tutorials/

I went looking for some foundation-education; the stuff that's been around for hundreds of years and what they teach in art skool (which I didn't go to, I trained as a designer). ;)

Things in particular I learned that I am really looking forward to applying:

Value:

Notan - Japanese for "Dark-Light"
http://emptyeasel.com/?s=notan


http://emptyeasel.com/2008/08/19/using-notan-as-a-painting-strategy-a-step-by-step-painting-tutorial/

http://emptyeasel.com/2008/12/09/two-reasons-why-values-lights-and-darks-are-so-important-in-paintings/


Composition:
http://emptyeasel.com/2010/12/10/how-to-create-the-illusion-of-distance-in-a-picture/

http://emptyeasel.com/2008/10/21/6-time-tested-ways-to-create-visual-paths-of-interest-in-your-paintings/

http://emptyeasel.com/2006/11/24/9-steps-to-creating-better-compositions/

http://emptyeasel.com/2009/02/10/repoussoir-a-classical-and-contemporary-art-technique-for-better-compositions/

http://emptyeasel.com/2008/07/24/8-rules-of-painting-you-shouldnt-live-by-and-why/