Demo - Simplify Portrait from Observation

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Demo - Simplify Portrait from Observation

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Course In Progress
Stan Prokopenko
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.
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David Salamanca
First portrait I’ve ever drawn. Feedback is welcome! I can’t wait to learn more. I made this in Photoshop
Harigovind N
At first, I created a thumbnail as he suggested, and it helped me figure some things out. But since I'm a beginner, things didn’t really work together. Anyway did the second one.
Matthew Cabral
Lemuel Stewart
The pencil measurement explaination was complete lost on me :(
@collinp
5d
I’m a beginner but I still wanted to make an attempt !
Büşra
5d
And attempt without watching the videos because I don’t have premium 🥲
Reuben Francis
First attempt. Getting the hang of the digital medium.
Catssius
6d
First attempt. Forgive a lot of this not being cleaned up since I just checked the clock and oh god it is 1:30 in the morning I lost track of time
Rajshree Hirani
First attempt at drawing. I shall use this as a benchmark and come back to it and the portrait to see the improvements I can make through the course. I had difficulty simplifying the shadows and proportions.
@jbut0656
13d
First pic is before the demo, second with/after. Working on keeping it clean
Mary
14d
Left after video (and on a sketch book, went shopping), right before the video and done digitally on procreate
Melanie Scearce
Great idea to practice your value scale at the top of the page. Did you prefer working digitally or in the sketchbook?
folk
15d
shading that mouth was a nightmare. i am a beginner but i just wanted to try, and it was pretty difficult, took me 3 hours
Ahmed Waseem
After Watching Demo, I drew this Portrait of Marilyn Monroe. I'm not Fully Happy with the results. But i will keep drawing Portraits.
Lib
17d
Before and after watching the video. Proportions and values need to be worked on some more.
Estel
18d
I spent about 45 minutes on the outlines.... don't knowhow to get up to 1h30m. I guess I need to work on measuring proportions more carefully.
Mal
18d
Obviously, I am not yet good with values. I will continue practicing, of course.
@serhouse
19d
Played with the pear in the previous lesson and challenged myself with the guy's portrait. Before the demo is on the left (sorry, dude!), after—on the right. What is the top thing that needs to be improved?
@chary
19d
Anhelina
25d
This is my first real attempt at drawing using values and angles — technically my second one after the pear😅 I find these studies full of helpful insights! Thank you, Stan!
Ryan
21d
Thats really good!
Melanie Scearce
You nailed it!
HM L
28d
In my first attempt to draw it, I used six values instead of five. It's hard for me to limit the number of values without planning ahead, so doing a small thumbnail sketch really helps. However, using a pencil feels more time-consuming than using markers, and it also makes me want to add too many details.
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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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