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You’ll learn the most important foundational concepts for drawing anything and soon you’ll be drawing pictures out of your imagination or from reference.
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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.
LESSON NOTES
One of the most requested topics I get from artists is how they can learn to draw from imagination. Well, that’s exactly what we’re going to focus on in this demo. You’ll see me go through multiple stages during this drawing session. We’ll start by researching our subject (a chameleon), then do some warmup sketches from those references, and then finally finishing on a few sketches where we take the visual characteristics of our subject and simplify it using our imagination. If you enjoy this demo check out the premium course where we will continue to explore drawing from imagination and other fundamental drawing concepts.
Related Links:
Intro to Drawing Basics
Intro to Lines
How to Draw Confident Lines - The Tapered Stroke
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Here you go level 2! My sketching from imagination project demo. From studying the reference, to explorations, to final sketch.
It was fun and a bit difficult.
I chose the koi fish and tried to turn it into a mermaid, but the anatomy was hard.
Still, it was fun!
I love octopuses so I drew some from references (first two pictures) and then created some academically successful versions of them (third picture).
I chose the hoopoe for its striking crown and explored its form through different kinds of lines. Still learning, so your critiques and suggestions are most welcome 😊
I chose whales, because I felt confortable with the form. I think i am not level two, but i ''manage'' with proportion and form ok.
Good lord how boring can one person be. Depth, nope. Perspective. Nope nope. Lamps? Okaaaaay. Why am I like this?
I like your imagination—how you turned a simple piece of furniture into such an interesting lamp! The playful flow of the lines is a joy to see 😊
I tried to follow along with Stan’s demo, so these aren’t drawn from imagination. But I learned a lot from doing it this way, so I’m going to try the exercise again on my own!
The chameleon has taken shape very well. I feel that a little more practice with free, flowing lines will bring even more life to it—just my observation as a fellow learner 😊
I could have exaggerated some things more, or I could have used a different subject. But chameleons are fun, so why not try to draw one myself?
The first one is very similar to one of the sketches Stan did, in the second I tried to do it from memory, change it a bit and in a slightly different perspective. Was very instructive. Finding rhythms, even if not precisely, is amazing for drawing. Even through one’s imagination. Glad I got back on this course.
My Choice was the Owl I think I’m just trying to ease myself back into art so I’ll definitely try this again
Had a really fun time following along and re-imagining Stan's chameleon. Ended up with Hellboy chameleon. Yippee!
