Portrait Drawing Fundamentals

Name: Portrait Drawing Fundamentals
Author: Stan Prokopenko

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Tran Tan

2mo

do we assignments or any tasks ? or how do we practices daily for each section of this course ? and how do we measuring the proportions like in figure drawing course ?

John B

1mo

Stan has assignments located in the step by step videos. There's not a set schedule you need to follow in the course.

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Ana Zechmeister

5mo

Hey guys! Altough this is not your typical portrait and I do not usually draw in pencil/charcoal etc., this course has helped me immensely and made portrait painting/drawing so much easier for me. I come back to this course over and over again and it has been the best one I ever took. Thank you @Stan Prokopenko for putting in the hard work and giving this course to striving artists.

John B

1mo

Glad this course was able to really help you out!

Avinash

8mo

@Stan Prokopenko Took this course a year back and I have been practising since. This is my latest drawing, Charcoal on Bristol paper. Let me know what you think and what the areas for improvement are.

@aarav0530

7mo

wow just wow

@yurishka

8mo

Love it !

Stan Prokopenko

8mo

Your shading is getting really good. At this point improvements will be subjective and more compositional. Personally I think you have too many areas that are fighting for attention. There are too many little shapes and details around areas where I wouldn't want to call attention where you put high contrast. You can have details in non focal point areas, but those details can be more subtle in value contrast.

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@catpoopmaker

9mo

Sheet2: My fast food,Sheet3: My cat,Sheet4: My visited horse on the beach

@catpoopmaker

9mo

@rylha

11mo

Hey guys! I bought today premium version of drawing a portrait! Haven't started watching yet but I draw a portrait before. I didn't try to copy exactly like it's on referance but I would like to know if there is something wrong? (I'm sure it is). I am very excited that this course include hair drawing because I don't really like the way I did it. I am trying to draw at least one portrait and I will post one after finishing this entire course. Please leave some feedback, I will appreciate it a lot :)

Charlie DeRuiter

7mo

You got rid of some of the back of her skull. The bangs should go up higher into her hairline. Also the left eye is wrong, you don't actually see the outer edge of it it falls off of the side of her face. The lips are also just a little bit too short on the left there. Her ear is too small. Think the bottom of the Year might be in the right spot, but it definitely needs to be larger and come up higher. Overall it's really good, you just need to fix those areas.

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@bjork

1yr

HI I just started this course and really like it. I have never post any of my things but thought i would try it i hope i can get some CC thanks before hand :)

Samantha Maggard

11mo

Are you still enjoying the Portrait class? How is your progess?

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@bjork

1yr

thanks for pointing that out didnt notice that thanks =)

@davidangelo

1yr

Just a quick recommendation: Try to apply more perspective to the loomis head. Because iˋve noticed, that some of your construction lines arenˋt actually converging to a vanishing point on the horizon.

@yurishka

1yr

Hi, here are my latest portraits. Except for the last, all done on a small A5 sketchbook. What do you think ?

Khalid Bayan

7mo

awesome

Samantha Maggard

11mo

These are very good. Little room for improvement here and there, but there always is. Did you take Proko portrait class? Do you like it?

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Louie Velwest

1yr

on 3 and 4 I would try and define the chin as you cant really tell where the chin ends and neck begins. The same way you made things darker near the hair on 3, I would do the same near the neck. on 3 the eyes seem a bit big. I would try going over the original and chacking. overall, all of them are great and I really had to look for anything wrong. all the forms are vary well defined

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Alexis Riviere

1yr

Proportions are off on the second portrait. The first one is better, but still, I'm making the head too tall each time. It might be caused by the fact that I'm not looking at my drawing exactly from the top. I'll try again later while being more careful about that.

Alexis Riviere

1yr

Not much better. I guess I just need to fight this tendency to increase the height of the head by making it larger than I think it should be.

@yurishka

1yr

Hi, here is a portrait I did on watercolor paper (had fun with the pencil so did not paint it). Any critique ?

Mo Na

8mo

GOOD JOB

Samantha Maggard

11mo

Beautiful portrait!

W.J. Kes

1yr

Very nice

Max Piech

2yr

Lip studies, cc appreciated. Reference attached

Yu Chen

2yr

Here's a study I drew; the focus is on proportions and volumes. If any of you have some critique or some advice on what I should focus on next, I'd appreciate it!

@paper

2yr

Pretty good,You definetly nailed the proportion and volume.I suggest now trying to shade the face and understanding the strcuture of the feature so you can describe the form correctly. (These two series are really good for that https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflflDShjUKH4EfZyf0vuKEuqeqvlV0Qd https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR2KBLDDnZz0pHBiiyrqlOB3FU-W5XX1k)

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@artseebella

2yr

Hello. I'm new here. Trying to navigate the 3D head. It only shows the side profile with the corresponding names, numbers. Or the numbers are hidden if I rotate the head. Any suggestions please?

Sukhraj Bhangoo

2yr

Hello. Is Stan active with his students providing feedback and critiques? Or does he have any teacher's assistants that do so? Or are we on our own when it comes to judging our own progress, and catching our own mistakes as we progress through the course?

Miyaa

2yr

you are pretty much on your own, I bought his lessons 5 years ago, no one is grading our homework or give us professional feedback

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@anabellgutierrez

2yr

Hi! In your lessons do you provide types of tools that we will need before starting?

Avinash

2yr

Charcoal on toned paper. Kindly share your critique

@hakoomer

1yr

his fingers on the trigger despite him not being ready to actively shoot! LOL, really good drawing man. good job.

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Ghost Boy

2yr

URGENT CRITIQUE - Can someone verify if this makes sense? I am not using a reference, and I know I am a bit blind to errors - subtle and obvious. This is a commission, so if someone can help as soon as possible that would be great. (( Also, this is supposed to be Kid Cudi, if you can also help with capturing the likeness that would be much appreciated )) ((( ***psssstttt @Stan Prokopenko )))