Proko - Project - Get Your Tools and Start Playing

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Project - Get Your Tools and Start Playing

Stan Prokopenko

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Stan Prokopenko

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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My pear may be a bit wonky as I have a tendency to freehand everything, but thought I'd go for it and give the pear a try. :). It's definitely not as easy as one would think. sheesh. Spent about 1 1/2 hours and thought I'd quit before I over did it. Maybe I didn't go far enough. P.S. Not sure why it's saying "Asked for Help" Obviously I'm hitting the wrong button...sorry. :(

LESSON NOTES

Alright guys, so before we can do anything, you’ll need to get some tools. Like I said before, the minimum requirement here is paper and a pencil, with an eraser on it. A sketchbook is great but if you’re on a budget, get a giant stack of printer paper. It’s very cheap.

An option that you youngins might be drawn to is digital. If you want to do the whole thing digitally, I’m fine with that. Whether it’s Procreate on an iPad, or Photoshop with a Wacom tablet. If that’s what you want to do, go get your stuff and get it setup.

If you want to go deeper in tool exploration of traditional mediums, below is an extensive shopping list. All of these are optional. You can get whatever looks fun to you, or all of it if you’re feeling spicy! If you want the full lessons where I'll go into much more detail about these tools, get the premium Drawing Basics Course.

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ASSIGNMENTS

Your assignment is to get your tools. Once you have your stuff, start doodling. Make random marks on the page. If that gets boring, find something nearby and draw that. Or doodle things from your imagination. Just start drawing. Obviously, you have very little information right now to make these drawings look good, but we’ll get there. Right now a big wall that we need to start climbing over is the awkward feeling of not having control of the pencil. The way to get over that is mileage. Draw a lot!

Use the tip to draw thin lines. Can you control how light and dark the line is? Does the pencil feel different when it's freshly sharpened vs after you’ve used it for a few minutes? Use the side to draw thick lines and shade large areas. Can you make a gradation from dark to light? Is the texture of the paper showing too much? Or do you kinda like that? Try your eraser. Shade an area and erase it. Make a darker area and try erasing that. What’s the limit of your eraser? Start to play and get a feel for your tools.

If you make anything you'd like to share with your classmates, post it below. Or if you have questions about your tools, ask the community here. There are too many of you for me to help individually, so please help each other when you can :)

Karthik Kaipa

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Finally getting around to taking action after having had this course since the beginning. Just doodling objects on my desk before the first assignment

@zenssei

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A lowbrow style tough punk I drew from imagination to test my skills haha. Looking forward to this course!

@ralk

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12d

let's improve together looking forward to being able to capture more of the "spirit" of things and eventually do some digital art/painting having problems with the album/upload system, using imgur instead https://imgur.com/a/LJW6Vh4

Nicholas Allott

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15d

Rimsha Maleeha

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21d

Is it good??

Wofard Dunk

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25d

i tried to draw Dracula using this Bruce Timm piece for reference. it goes without saying but, the good one isn't mine.

Nicola Novella

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25d

Excited to start. I just tried to draw on my own and I struggle with alot of things, i got the meaning of reducing the model to a basic form but I don't know how. I'm confident that this course will give me the basics to learn a way to study any model I want to study. Thankyou Proko for all your efforts and to the staffs you gather.

Spencer Fox

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30d

Hi everyone my doodle page includes my dog Lizzie licking the inside of a peanut butter tub and a weird creepy face in the top right corner idk I liked it tho so I'm sharing it nice to meet you all I hope you're well <3

@jwillnyc

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1mo

Figured i would share

Spencer Fox

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30d

Kinda naruto vibes with this, I like it

Aaron Clark

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1mo

I don't want to share with my classmates but you told me to post it here.

Deniz Akkaya

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1mo

Amazing Aaron, I like the mushroom! Keep it up!!

Deniz Akkaya

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1mo

My random doodling for my first attempt. I always try to rush things to get them finished - so I am learning to enjoy the process rather than the end result. Happy doodling everyone :)

Aaron Clark

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1mo

I'm right behind you, Deniz! Happy Drawing!!!

Max

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2mo

Armed and ready with pencils, markers, and fineliners.

robert lewis windsor

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2mo

I've created a dedicated work area and bought an art set. It feels nice to just doodle and sketch, quite meditative really.

Deniz Akkaya

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1mo

It's really nice to set up a work area, looks lovely.

@jonahj

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2mo

Don't have all the tools but have a decent selection of pencils, so tried to use varying line weight and different strokes and perspective warmups. I still tend to struggle with putting too much pressure on my pencil as I draw. I also tend to draw digitally, and haven't drawn traditionally in years

Haiko Noyuki

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3mo

I tried drawing with only a mechanical pencil due to low budget but also trying to improve my lines and test out my skills, feedbacks are appreciated, thank you.

@richard21

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3mo

been drawing for some months but decided to take a course finally. using digital and a sketchbook when need to

Rachel Dawn Owens

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3mo

Cute Pikachu!

Jacek Skowronek

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3mo

A painted china cup on my table. I am almost 60 and want to learn drawing as a pastime. I have a busy life with lots of "digital" in it so look forward to doing something different.

Chuck Ludwig Reina

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3mo

Looks lovely! Nice work!

Jorge

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3mo

Another hand touches the beacon?

@gold_slashcat8

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3mo

I realized that I need some more mechanical pencils and eraser variety and some new micron pens, but I made what I thought seemed like the head of a mech connected to a body while testing out different lines. Fun!

@linds_202

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3mo

My first drawing basics assignment. I may be a little late, but I was able to get it done quickly. I need to work on my draftsmenship, especially for clean lines.

Chuck Ludwig Reina

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3mo

Looks good! You did a nice job capturing the shape of the pear. You can maybe go a little wider with core shadow, but overall you did great. Keep it up!

Stan Prokopenko

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