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Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.
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Thank you Stan. This course has been exceptionally helpful for me in mapping out the important skills that are essential for excellence in drawing. My drawing has improved substantially, but more importantly I know what else there is to learn and practice, and I got much better at identifying weaknesses in my own work. I look forward to revisiting these drawing lessons in the future.
Thank you for your generous critiques. I have learned a lot from each one.
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In this final critique, we review student skull drawings to see who mastered the concept of Lost Edges and who played it too safe. The biggest mistake beginners make is outlining every single form, which flattens the image. On the flip side, if you lose too many edges, your drawing turns into a blurry mess.
I’ll show you how to find the right balance. You will learn how to merge shadows with the background, simplify repetitive details like teeth, and use sharp "found" edges to create strong focal points. I do paint-overs on student work to demonstrate how adjusting just a few lines can instantly add depth and atmosphere to your shading.
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You don't need to outline every single shape to make a drawing look real.
Great drawings rely on the relationship between lost and found edges. If you blur everything it looks like a mess. You need strong sharp lines to make the lost areas work. This contrast creates depth and connects your subject to the background.
About the completeness percentage, everything that shows up in lessons can be manually marked complete if you did it. Some of the things in lessons are not videos, they don't automatically get checked off, so I had to manually mark them complete.
A couple more attempts after watching the critiques. I tried two different approaches; one with a linear/traditional charcoal approach, and the other with tones/digital painting (without lines).
I found myself copying what I saw in the reference photos for my previous attempts, so for these two I tried to alter the shapes intentionally to create more visually appealing ones, and understand the forms in planes (as much as I could). It's certainly much more fun than trying to match the reference one-to-one (which I keep forgetting I shouldn't be doing), took less time, and frankly looks nicer. I need to keep reminding myself that art is about designing, not copying; and that the reference serves as an inspiration rather than as the goal.
Finished mine today. Still unsure if I completely understand lost edges and shading, but I do feel more solid than before.
My drawing for the final assignment. For me, this course is really a game-changer. Thanks PROKO.
Thank you for everything Stan, you have no idea how much you are giving to the world😔
This course has really helped me improve, and I might go through it again just to do all the projects. I literally started thinking that I could go straight to inking no pencils just straight to ink. And my drawings were garbage so thank you Stan for everything.
Thank you Stan. This course has been exceptionally helpful for me in mapping out the important skills that are essential for excellence in drawing. My drawing has improved substantially, but more importantly I know what else there is to learn and practice, and I got much better at identifying weaknesses in my own work. I look forward to revisiting these drawing lessons in the future.
Thank you for your generous critiques. I have learned a lot from each one.
