Yeah Larry F. I had a similar class. At a time when a lot of illustration used flat colors I was dazzled by his old school painting style. I (like a lot of college students, I guess) taught myself to paint by trying to recreate some of my favortie paintings of his. 

Holding the picture up to a mirror was one of those visual tricks we used to break our mental image from the painting so we could see how the balance was really working. Good trick.

Frazetta wasn't just about the paint, although that was his delivery system, I thought he really packed a lot of story-telling into every aspect of his characters, another talent I admire.

I'm glad he has been so well remembered and his passing has not gone unnoticed.

Thanks for sharing the sentiments.