I haven't done any gesture drawings since college (20ish years) and gave the timed session tool a try this evening. Loved it! I did 5 - 2 minute poses, a 5 minute pose and a 10 minute pose. Even though I felt rushed/clumsy and not thrilled with the output, I decided that posting here for accountability and feedback was a good way to stay engaged /consistent. If anyone has feedback or suggestions, would love to hear it. Thanks!

Hello everyone, My name is Yvette. I’m stepping out on faith and decided to take this course. I have to say I have browse through the course and all I can say is wow.

I've been struggling on progressing on this digital painting I've been doing based on Scrooge from A Christmas Carol. Any feedback would be helpful. I have a few references I'm working from.

I'm just about to start in on the Rhythms section of the Drawing Basics Course. A few of us in the course have been doing regular calls, and this Sunday (7PM EST) we'll be doing exercises together using Stan's rhythms approach to gesture drawing. DM me if interested in joining us on the call.

A few of us in the Drawing Basics Course have been doing weekly Sunday calls. Mostly, we practice drills that will help us level up. Art can't just be about exercises and drills, however. Presumably, we're all trying to learn this stuff because we have something to say and we want to say it well. On Sunday's call, bring your project and we'll work on it during the call. We also tend to talk movies, and how we're progressing in the course generally. I'll bring my project (my comic book) to the call and am happy to share any process insights for anyone who is interested. DM me if interested in attending. We start at 7PM EST on Sunday, Dec. 10th.

Hello I’m back! I’ve been focusing on drawing portraits lately and I’m starting to see progress however the eyes are kicking my butt. I have a hard time separating the eyes into simple planes especially applying to my own portraits. Does anyone have any advice for this? Also here’s what I’ve worked on today I feel like the forehead should be a bit longer but not sure. Anyways hope for some feedback on what I can improve on

So I have drawn as a hobby for a little while, which is why I am doing the portrait studies as well, but I lack practice in values. I had fun doing the thumbnails with markers so after the pear and before the portrait I did a lot of 5 value studies (dark-dark, light-dark, dark-mid, light-mid, and highlight). I attempted the portrait three times, once without watching the video and twice after.

hi guyz im recently learning gesture drawing for me? muscle men gesture is hard im not sure i must draw like this or not can u help me & critic my work? ty

First drawing! Fun.

I'm doing Proko's Portrait course, trying to go in open minded with no assumptions but it's proving tricky. So far I have just covered the videos on the Loomis method. Are the drawing exercises meant to be done of random heads (minus features) from your imagination, say, just a featureless head pointing in random directions? That might be where I am going wrong. I think I find the size/shape of the chin tricky as well. I know my drawings aren't great, they'll need repetition. I would just appreciate being told anything glaringly obvious, with respect to the course that I am following. Lastly, is it ok if I keep updating this thread as I progress through the course?

Well, the top one is before, and the bottom one is following along with the video.

Hey guys, my name is Aria and this is my first post. I stopped drawing back in 2016 and decided to restart my art journey in 2019. I really want to improve my skills and I think this community would be a perfect place to do it. So I attached a few pages from my sketchbook of recent portraits I've done. I tried to make the portraits look more interesting by pushing the shapes a little more. I'm very timid about shape design. I feel like I don't know what I'm doing so I always go back to my comfort zone. I know it's bad and need to push myself out of it. If there are any exercises that I can do, let me know! And any critiques on my sketches are welcomed. :) I hope you're all doing well and happy drawing!

I've followed Proko for awhile on YouTube, but this week started looking at the site and have been following some of the free videos. Hope to get some gift cards for Christmas to get a premium course or two. Anyway, I'm excited about the community aspect of this and look forward to participating/contributing! I'm attaching some drawings, despite not necessarily feeling they're the quality I'm capable of. On the pear and portrait exercises I only used an HB pencil, so my values were limited. I may revisit these and use additional pencils to open up my value range. The Jeff Watts skull was just following the video of the master study...I'd like to do this again with the original image to reference vs. keeping up while watching the video. Finally, the cat sketch I did while watching the simple shapes live stream. I obviously pushed further than keeping it at simple shapes, but it was a fun sketch to do. I've had that source image in a drawing reference folder on my phone for some time. I expect I'll revisit this one for a more refined drawing at some point, likely on grey tones paper...some things are off a bit, but generally happy with the result for a quick sketch. I'm open to any and all feedback/thoughts. Thanks in advance! Hope to "meet" some of you soon!

Hi! I just wanted to ask what comprehensive Procreate brush set should I try to have to follow this course as closely as possible for a total beginner. Procreate does provide default pencils like the HB and 6B pencils, as well as other sketching pencils with names I don't recognize like Peppermint and Derwent haha. I would love to hear recommendations from you guys, and TIA!

I'm now studying the book "FORCE animal drawing", and like the book focusing the 10, 5, 2 and 1 minute studies on gesture.

I'm just starting to get back into art, having enjoyed drawing for most of my life, and a doomed attempt at an art major in college, I dedided to sharpen my skills on my own, while trying to learn digital tools as well. This is my first project, simplification level 1, I'd appreciate any tips or pointers as well as critique of the work if possible! Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to help!

Hello i have started portrait drawing some time ago I got stuck at this lady and i kept trying to draw her over and over again but it never looks right. I am not sure why every time i try to draw face no matter how accurate i try it looks cartoonish. I also studied skull and drew it before i tackled portrait drawing.

Hello, I’ve been doing some robo beans and I need feedback. They just don’t feel right to me. I’m mostly concerned about the angles of my pelvises, are they correct? Should I exaggerate these forms more? Is the perspectives of the boxes correct? Feedback is definitely appreciated!

Hey all, this is my first post to the community since finding out about this last night. I did this portrait study and after about 2 hours I felt I was hitting a wall in terms of making my lighting appear more natural. I am working on a normal drawing pad paper so it cannot hold much material and I can only go so dark. Any tips or suggestions of shading techniques or better paper? (All feedback welcome, it doesn't need to pertain to those)