Proko - Expressionism - Draftsmen S3E14

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Expressionism - Draftsmen S3E14

by Stan Prokopenko in Draftsmen Podcast

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I always enjoy your podcasts, Stan and Marshall! The discussions and questions raised are so interesting, and the art examples are great. 10! I like that the exercises you spoke of were limited to 15 minutes, not hard to fit into an evening.Thanks!

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Stan and Marshall discuss the importance of understanding expressionism and the purposeful rule breaking that comes with the territory. They both examine the work of notable expressionists like Kandinsky and Mondrian, and share their own personal experiences and opinions on the movement. Marshall also includes a few exercises that can help you discover and implement expressionism in your own work.

Books and Resources

(some contain affiliate links)

Metropolis (1927)

Nosferatu (1922)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

John Canaday

What to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copland

The Story of Art by E. H. Gombrich

Point and Line to Plane by Wassily Kandinsky

Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky

Simon Schama’s Power of Art (BBC show)

The Natural Way to Draw by Nicolaides

Royksopp playlist

Referenced Artists:

Jackson Pollock

Oskar Kokoschka

Wassily Kandinsky

Piet Mondrian

Kazimir Malevich

Mark Rothko

Vincent van Gogh

Bob Miller

Andrew Wyeth

Nicolai Fechin

Christina Cornett

George Bellows

Reginald Marsh

Stan Prokopenko

Marshall Vandruff

Käthe Kollwitz

COMMENTS

Stan Prokopenko

Learn about the finer points of expressionism and how embracing it can help abstract and representational artists fill their art with feeling.

Rikard Lindby

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4yr

I would love to participate in a expressionistic drawing course. Is there any around?

Alec Brubaker

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4yr

awesome episode, those exercises are rally fun.

Zoungy Kligge

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4yr

this was a really good one. I thought it might be hard to digest but instead it was invigorating. On a scale of 🥞 to 🍣 I rate this a 🥓

Lidia Hasenauer

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4yr

Deborah Masterson

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4yr

9.8

Jim Dasher

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4yr

As most always, I really enjoyed your discussion. Sometimes your 'bird walks' may get slightly off-point, but I seem to always enjoy them anyway. In one (or more) of your episodes, it would be interesting to see the artistic progressions and/or deviations you both have taken through out the years of you both doing your art. Thank You, Jim Dasher Spectrum Graphics Seattle metro

Margaret Schwirian

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4yr

This was fun - good idea for quick daily warm-up in a sketchbook. Alas, this is on computer paper. Sorry, I didn’t give you a neck.

Sketcher Ameya

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4yr

this drawing is elegant

richard bergquist

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4yr

Great discussion! I would take a class from Marshall if we could put Stan in the back of the room. Picasso said in order to break the rules (of art) you must first learn the rules! Guest at a kindergarten art class to the teacher..." How do you train them to do such wonderful paintings?" Art teacher..."I just tell them when to stop!"

Pamela D

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4yr

Great podcast - one I would watch again (10+ ) . I am going to do the exercise too! Thank you both.

John B

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4yr

Another killer thumb @Alex Otis!

Kevin McCain

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4yr

Goya's etching and some of his painting have a lot of expression and feeling to them.

Julia Whitenight

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4yr

That class on expressiveness Marshall was talking about (startng with random, unstructured effects as the basis for an image), is exactly what I'm trying to teach myself right now. I would love to take that class from Marshall.

Shelvs Fleurima

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4yr

Sweet, I will give it a watch later