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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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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.
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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.
Before/after seeing demo. I admittedly didn't really understand what was meant by "simplify forms" on the 1st go round, but I still thought i did OK until I looked at it side by side with my 2nd!! 🤯
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Huge improvement!
My second try, having seen the demo, shows improvement. I think I struggle with making light marks and so have trouble getting five distinct values.
Before and after demo. Improved after taking the chiseling suggestion too intense the first try but lost form by trying to add the background in the second.
By myself vs his guided video. It felt so awkward to see everything in blocks and sharp lines! Definitely feel like it made me sharpen my attention to details more.
I started to draw the portrait got overwhelmed and didn't finish. So I don't have a critique just to say nice job.
I’ve been practicing a few more fruits after the demo, and here are my newest studies! (I’m not quite sure where some of my other sketches went, but these are the main ones). I worked on three different fruits, including the pear Stan provided for us.
Note: The images are in order from left to right as I drew them.
Here is a breakdown of what I used:
First Pear (Unfinished): I used a B pencil for the darkest lines and HB for the basic shadows.
Second Pear: I used 5H for the outlines. For the stem shadow, I used B or HB. For the general shading and shadows, I stuck with HB, H, or B.
First Butternut Squash: I mostly used 5H for the outlines and shading. (I’ll be honest, I was feeling a little lazy that day—shame on me!)
Final Squash: This one is just the outlines for now, using 5H. I really focused on making the neck longer and more accurate on this attempt.
I also added a reference photo of the butternut squash at the end for anyone else who wants to try drawing it! I'd love to see your version. Ps. I did not draw the reference butternut squash I showed at the end.
Second verse, hopefully better than the first? I was less distracted by the quality of the edges this time.
I tried doing the level 2 portrait initially and... it was awful. I went back and I watched the demo for the pear, then made another attempt here. Using Krita, I found some additional pencil brushes online but still not sure about them, I kind of struggled to find a complete good set of them, but I think I made it work okay.
