To master value is to master attention. We have the ability to limit values in order to leverage contrast to direct the viewer's eye. This is one of the most important lessons in all of image-making. Learn to use value as a proxy from time and sequence in imagery.

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A study of Frank Frazetta's art, focusing on the anatomy and rhythm behind drawing powerful forearms and hands.

Here’s a project to help you avoid chicken scratch. We’re going to simplify our drawings to C curves, S curves, and straight lines.

How to Draw Gesture ... but what is Gesture?

I enjoyed the habit of drawing everyday during the 12 Days of Proko. The timer tool is great and there are lots of professional photos to work from. I took one day off from it and got right back on it. Now the habit is a fixture in my daily routine. I've been posting the images in the two week challenge thread in the Drawing Fundamentals Course, but since a.) this will be a longer habit than two weeks and b.) not everyone on Proko is enrolled in that course, I'm starting a thread here. Anyone inclined, feel free to join in. Use the timer and whatever photos you have packs for, or are freely available. Here are a few two minute sketches from me--mostly from the Viking Volume 2 Pack. 22nd Day of Proko and counting.

Your final assignment is to create an unforgettable comic cover using one of four prompts, using everything you've learned to design a piece that grabs attention and tells a story.

Now that you know about the tapered stroke and simple CSI lines, it's time to learn how to sketch! Here's your next project.

A step-by-step look at foreshortening arrows using boxes, vectors, and scaffolding to understand 3D space and draw with more confidence.

The blob approach simplifies drawing form by starting with loose shapes, building depth, and refining perspective.

The first project of the Drawing Basics course is to challenge yourself to simplify the shapes, edges, and values of a pear or portrait from observation. I provide you two photo options over in the downloads tab. Being able to simplify is a very useful skill to be able to communicate clearly in your drawings.

Labeling lines by axis helps you understand and draw 3D space more accurately.

Learn how to draw an airplane in top, side, and front views using orthographic projection.

Whether you're working on digital paintings, character design, or fine art studies, these high-resolution photos offer a wealth of inspiration.

After a little break from art study, I've been doing daily gesture figure drawings the last few days to get back to basics. I'm trying to overcome my tendency to be overly sketchy and messy by focusing on clean, deliberate lines, trying to follow the example of Stan in the Figure Drawing Fundamentals course. To that end, I've been doing only 30-second gesture drawings the last few days. It's challenging to be clean and identify the gesture at this time control, but it's the medicine I need. I feel a little better about today, but I still fell into old habits here and there. Feel free to join in with your own daily gesture drawings, whether of figures, heads, hands or even other objects.

For this project, you’ll continue to practice The Shape Method. You’ll focus on gesture, perspective, and building the figure from head to foot. Practicing this pushes you to slow down and get used to this new approach—it’s about reshaping how you think and developing a new way to draw the figure.

I feel my art is getting better and I want to focus on becoming a writer making comic on par with Alan Moore or screenplay to studio Ghibli.

Learn how to transform a 2D plan into 3D forms by assigning heights to its features.

In this project, we’ll continue working on improving our shape design by applying the concepts we learned from the last lesson. You’ll be working on identifying the gesture of your subject and then designing dynamic and interesting shapes that support that gesture.

It’s time to draw the figure! This project is all about capturing the action of a pose through rhythms.

Let’s give the Level 1 “Dynamic Shapes” project a try. In this demo, I show my process for finding the gesture of a subject and then designing dynamic and interesting shapes that support that gesture.

Doing tracings over photographs is a great way to tests your knowledge of the muscles. Check out our new lesson to learn how.

In this lesson, you'll explore the nine basic positions from which objects can be viewed, including ortho view and angles to the left, right, above, and below.

It’s time to simplify those snails and boots! I show you how I would do it in these step-by-step demos for the level 1 CSI project. Make sure to check back tomorrow for my level 2 demonstrations!

A quick guide to drawing expressive feet using simple shapes, clear gestures, and smart anatomy to ground your figures.

I've been wanting to put some more time into painting with gouache lately so I'm starting a study thread, feel free to join in! Here are two pieces from this weekend's attempts. The first is a Dean Cornwell study done along with a livestream from Jeff Watts. Clear reference was tough to find, so I just went along with the process I saw Jeff work though in the video. I spent about 3 hours on the Cornwell study and then applied the same process to an original sketch I did of Norman Rockwell from a black and white photo, which also took about 3 hours. Still getting the hang of organizing values on the palette, I feel like my palette gets crazy and disorganized quickly, so by the end of the Rockwell piece I was hunting and mixing a lot more to get back to the appropriate values. I'd love any feedback, suggestions, notes or revelations you've had during your own gouache adventures! Tools- Palette - Winsor & Newton Permanent White, and Ivory Black, Holbein Permanent Yellow Deep, and Flame Red Robert Simmons 785 Round #4 Arches Aquarelle Watercolor Cold Pressed Paper Livestream- https://www.youtube.com/live/gsTAsfjR_uk?si=l8BQy83zXAEOzYwk

Hello prokoers ;) I will do an illustration traditionally and then digitally, I want to do a knight with a big sword, breastplate and shoulder plates standing in front of an entrance. Wich of these poses do you think is best? Should I explore more, any tips?

Let's make drawing boxes fun by imagining constructing mannequin hands. This method is great for practicing perspective, breaking down hands and fingers into 16 boxy segments. The goal is to improve perspective skills, not perfect anatomy. Level 2 will take it a few steps further and draw the same hands from different angles.

In this 2 hour anatomy demo, I take you through my process from start to finish, going through each part of the body and how I push my figures and composition with everything we've learned in the course.

Pear Critiques are here! Critique for the portraits coming Thursday, but I recommend level 2 students watch this critique video too. I give advice and demonstrate things that should be useful to both levels.

Let's look through your sphere submissions and break down common shading mistakes - wrong terminator and cast shadow shapes, spotty or linear halftone transitions, and shadows that are too light.

As we continue our master studies project, I’ll show you my process for doing a couple master studies from one of my favorite inkers, Roberto De La Torre.

Part 5 of a step by step workflow for drawing figures. This lessons elaborates on lesson part 3 of using shapes to create complex forms.

MINOR ASSIGNMENT 6 The Ugly TruthTimeline.

I wish I could commit to painting in watercolor daily, but I think that's a bit unrealistic. Nevertheless, I want to paint more and I am starting this thread with the intent of posting to it at least once a week with watercolor paintings and sketches. Here are a few of my recent efforts. The first two floral paintings were demos I followed out of Julie Pollard's book, "Watercolor Unleashed", and the last two were studies done from the same photograph. This is a community thread, so let's exert some positive peer pressure on each other and sling some paint!

Let's practice showing form using cross contour lines by drawing blobs, ginger, seals, lobsters, and other creatures.

Now that you’ve all had some time to try the first project on your own, you can watch how I do it and figure out what areas you are exceeding and struggling with. Here is my step-by-step demo on how to properly execute the first project for level 1 students.

Practice an alternative approach to gesture drawing by emphasizing shape and part before applying gesture and perspective. This method simplifies the figure into basic forms, enhancing your ability to construct poses with depth and movement.

In this demo, I'll demonstrates a slower, shape-based approach to figure drawing that emphasizes form, overlap, and rhythm through part-to-part construction.

Let's take a look over your 8 Step Method project submissions to see what is working and what can be improved. We’ll review some of the most common mistakes like proportions, form intersections, perspective, wrapping lines, and feature placement.

Practice gesture drawing with a six-step process using both master studies and imaginative sketches.

This course is an introduction to figure construction. I go through the basics of drawing lines, building basic shapes, and using those tools to create complex anatomical forms.

The long awaited day has finally arrived! I'm ready to teach you perspective, check out the introduction to the course. PRESALE! Save 25% during our early bird launch.!

Part 6 of a step by step workflow for drawing figures. This lessons focuses on the more intricate aspects of construction and how it relates to anatomy.

Cross Contour Project Deadline Extended! I wanted to add in an additional project video for level 2 students. So, in the lesson we are taking our ginger root blobs and turning them into humanoid characters.

In this minor assignment, you will be challenged to limit your values so that you can control hierarchy in your compositions.

Learn to use the X, Y, and Z axes to draw objects in perspective. This lesson teaches you how these three guiding lines help navigate and measure in three-dimensional space.

It’s time to inherit some power from the masters! In this project, we’re continuing to improve your line quality by choosing a master drawing that excites you and studying the artist's use of lines.

Time for a portrait drawing demo! I'll show you how to approach a drawing to get accurate proportions and then check your own accuracy in Procreate.

Alright level two-ers...Since you've already got some experience with sketching, I want to give you a bit more of a challenge to start practicing sketching from Imagination!

If you've ever struggled to draw female figures from imagination this course is for you! For a limited time you can get it 20% off during the presale.

It’s time to switch our brain over to think more three-dimensionally for the Depth and Form method. In this demo I'll show you how you can primarily use one method, but not be strict with it. So, I sprinkle some influence from the light direction method.

Drawing consistently good looking lines can be hard. Here are 5 line quality warm-ups that you can practice to improve your line control.

It's time to take what you've learned about proportion and give it a try for yourself.

With this in-depth demo, I show you how I capture gesture throughout my sculpting process.

Let's apply what we've learned so far about 2-point perspective to something more organic. In this project we’ll be constructing 3D heads by imagining them as boxes.

In this demo, I'm simplifying torsos into boxes, deforming them to follow the pose's gesture. Using what we've learned so far to capture the perspective intuitively. This is a great exercise to balance gesture and structure.

Doing tracings over photographs is a great way to tests your knowledge of the muscles. Check out our new lesson to learn how.

This course teaches students to draw realistic human heads, from basic structure to detailed features, using Loomis-inspired techniques.

A full drawing portrait demo of Morgan.

Alright guys, this is going to be a fun one! In this project, we’ll be constructing animal portraits using basic shapes.

Drawing the head from the front view with the Loomis method.

In this project, we'll practice measuring accurate proportions with a portrait. Using our measuring toolkit we'll break down the face into basic shapes, starting with the biggest shapes and working towards smaller details.

Before I get into the level 2 demo, I want to show you my thought process for exploring the different options for organizing line weight.

Challenge yourself to draw every day for 2 weeks! See if you can get into the routine of drawing daily.

Let's review your value studies simplifying master paintings into 2 or 3 values with small thumbnail sketches. Many of you did a great job focusing on big shapes and grouping values correctly. Remember to squint at the reference to see the main shapes and avoid getting lost in details. It's important to think abstractly and not get caught up in drawing specific objects. This exercise helps you focus on composition and value, which are crucial skills. Next up, we'll look at your level two still life assignments.

Your next project is to shade a sphere like I did in the last lesson.

Introducing Rhythms! A system to help you capture any dynamic pose from any angle. With rhythms we find visual alignments that capture a flow between the forms, making the pose feel more connected and convincing. We've kind of been doing similar things to this in other lessons in this course. But now I specifically want to apply these concepts to figure drawing. Most of us will want to include some kind of people or humanoid-like characters in our art. I think it's really important to start applying a lot of these fundamental concepts to draw people. It might feel harder for some of you, but thats only because you're very good at seeing mistakes in drawings of people. I mention some anatomy in the video, but very little anatomy knowledge is needed to use rhythms as a concept. Initially it's about learning to see visual connections. I'll go over head, torso, and limbs, one at a time to give you a template of sorts.. to make this as approachable as possible for you.

It's time for the week 5 assignment. I'll show you what we're gonna be doing and then it’s your turn to give it a try.

Before we get into learning about lines, I want to give you an exercise to help you warm up your hands and draw nice fluid lines. This warmup is a fun way to help you practice drawing ellipses.

Now that you’ve all had some time to try the first project on your own, you can watch how I do it and figure out what areas you are exceeding and struggling with. Here is my step-by-step demo on how to properly execute the first project for level 2 students.

In this minor assignment, you'll attempt to change the area of focus by changing where your focus is in the composition.

I’m trying to translate the same energy i see in the reference pose. I think the arms are a bit off…please help

Learn how zero-point perspective works, how orthographic views help in understanding depth, and why practicing these concepts is essential for drawing in perspective.

I have special way to hold pencil for all my life. And i saw in the start of drawing course, he said there 2 hold way. The first one is the regular way, that i dont know hhh, i need to learn it too?? Or i can still hold the way i know ( i add picture) Plusss i work alot at officework and alot of more stuff, i want some tips from pepole that in same place like me, look bus trips, long work days in office and more.. Tip of to practice learn and draw im superrrrr beginner. Thx alot

In this lesson, I’ll walk you though the final steps for sculpting the female figure.

Back with another (extra fun) demo! In this one, I use some of Court Jones’ caricature sketches and a couple photos for reference to make a caricature sculpture of Stan Prokopenko.

For this project, we're going to design our line quality to be more interesting by practicing organizing the line weight.

Learn Figure Drawing in an approachable and entertaining way.

Let's take a look at your "Simplify to CSI" submissions! I decided to combine both level 1 & 2 students for this critique since I saw very similar mistakes at both levels.

In this demo, I’ll show you how to design and draw the perspective of a treehouse for the gestural architecture project. Starting with concept sketches, I explore different shapes and ideas, focusing on the tree trunk's dynamic gesture contrasted with the treehouse's structure. I experiment with various designs, considering perspective and silhouette, and refine the perspective of the structural elements to finish it off.

It’s here! The Draw Basics course is now available. A true beginners course aimed at teaching you core drawing fundamentals.

Alright guys, now that you’ve had some time to work on your level 1 “Learning to Sketch from observation” project. Ill show you how I would approach the sketches.

An overview of using a limited pallet to create a skin ton chart.

In this Unnarrated demo, I show you my step-by-step process for sculpting a life size ear.

Alright, level 2.. let's take it up a notch and draw an arcade room using 1-point perspective. The challenge here is to draw the front planes as complex shapes instead of rectangles and then extrude those toward the vanishing point. Arcade cabinets are a fun way to practice this.

Master Studies are one of the most effective methods for improving your art. Let’s take a look at a drawing from my instructor, Jeff Watts, and see what we can learn.

Let's try to make forearms manageable to draw. Fair warning... there's some pretty bad/good humor in this episode.

Tried drawing a suprhero character incorporating what I know from gesture drawing and inking. I think my inking is off and I need a critique😪

Learn to use blobs, grids, and perspective techniques to draw diggers and scenes with depth, even when combining multiple perspective systems.

Hi, Just bought this second part of the Perspective course but can't access. Do I need to complete the first part first? Any help appreciated. Many thanks! J

I didnt know who to contact or where, but i just wanted to let someone know that the twitch stream has been paused on the same screen all weekend. https://www.twitch.tv/prokostream

In this lesson we’ll take a look at the two that make up the torso.

Doing tracings over photographs is a great way to tests your knowledge of the muscles. Check out our new lesson to learn how.