Just found this site this morning!!
What a terrific place to get directions for color, technique and composition! There's a huge ammount of information there, so dig deep!!
See more here @ http://underpaintings.blogspot.com/
Here are some sample images from the blog:
Here's the link
for the blog posting about the above image... @http://underpaintings.blogspot.com/2011/01/workshop-tony-ryder-part-iv-poster.html