Author Archive for Stan Prokopenko
How to Draw Legs – Bone Anatomy for Artists
Time to jump right into the biggest and strongest bones in the human body. Learn how to draw the femur, patella, tibia, and fibula in this lesson! We’ll cover information on proportions, form, motion and other important features. Whether you want to make high-level technical drawings or be able to invent characters from your imagination, this lesson will give your figures some legs to stand on.
GIANT Box of Art Supplies – ft. James Gurney
On the last day of the 12 Days of Proko I’m unwrapping a giant box of art supplies. Ft. an impromptu phone chat with James Gurney
Proko Live Q&A + Sketchbook Tour
Here’s the Q&A I did for the 12 Days of Proko. I answered a lot of really great questions that covered a bunch of different artistic and creative subjects.
Career Advice from a Disney Animator – Aaron Blaise Interview
Dive into a ton of interesting topics including how Aaron Blaise got his start as an artist, his experience working for Disney and some of his upcoming projects
Zoo Sketching with Aaron Blaise – Drawing Lions, Tigers and Bonobos
Collab video with Disney animator, Aaron Blaise! He’s extremely knowledgeable when it comes to drawing animals.
How to Study Color – Sketch Tour with Aaron Westerberg
Aaron Westerberg has a strong passion for color. An important part of his process is painting color studies from a live model. In this video, Aaron shows us some of his color studies and drops a lot of knowledge.
Painting Aaron Blaise as Santa Claus using Gouache
It’s the first day of the 12 Days of Proko! Today I’m painting Santa Claus using gouache paint. I’ll give you advice on using the medium and take you through the whole process.
Finger Drawing Mistakes You’re Making – Hand Critiques
We’re back for Part 2 of the Hand Critiques. This time I want to help you improve the way you’re drawing fingers. I’ll go over a few things that will help you make your fingers more expressive, dynamic and 3D. I’ll show you how to avoid 2 common mistakes – snowman and sausage fingers.
Perspective Tricks that Work! Spheres & Pumpkins 🎃
Perspective is quite scary… If you do it wrong, your work can look childish! There’s just so much that goes into perspective and it would take an entire course to cover it all 😉 **hint hint*** While you wait for Marshall’s course, here are some tricks for drawing spheres and pumpkins in perspective.
What Everyone Gets Wrong Drawing Hands – Hand Critiques
Going through all your hand assignments, I noticed most of them have one main issue. They lack structure. Constructing the hand from basic forms and following the primary – secondary – tertiary hierarchy resolves many other issues. It helps to draw the hand accurately from imagination, attach the fingers correctly to the palm, keep things in perspective, and even helps to shade. I’ll also show you how a focus on structure doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice gesture.
