Portrait Drawing Fundamentals
Portrait Drawing Fundamentals
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Avinash
2mo
@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
1mo
wow just wow
yurishka
2mo
Love it !
2mo
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
3mo
Sheet2: My fast food,Sheet3: My cat,Sheet4: My visited horse on the beach
catpoopmaker
3mo
rylha
5mo
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
24d
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.
bjork
9mo
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
5mo
Are you still enjoying the Portrait class? How is your progess?
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bjork
9mo
thanks for pointing that out didnt notice that thanks =)
davidangelo
9mo
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
10mo
Hi, here are my latest portraits. Except for the last, all done on a small A5 sketchbook. What do you think ?
Khalid Bayan
1mo
awesome
Samantha Maggard
5mo
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
6mo
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
10mo
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
10mo
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
10mo
Hi, here is a portrait I did on watercolor paper (had fun with the pencil so did not paint it). Any critique ?
Mo Na
2mo
GOOD JOB
Samantha Maggard
5mo
Beautiful portrait!
W.J. Kes
6mo
Very nice
Max Piech
1yr
Lip studies, cc appreciated. Reference attached
Yu Chen
1yr
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
1yr
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
1yr
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
1yr
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
1yr
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
1yr
Hi! In your lessons do you provide types of tools that we will need before starting?
Avinash
1yr
Charcoal on toned paper. Kindly share your critique
hakoomer
8mo
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
1yr
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 )))
1yr
It looks like a strong lay in so far. Are you drawing him from memory?
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Martyna Zemlik
2yr
Hi friends! What do u think of it?
Oscar
1yr
Looks pretty cool!
Danie Sicilia
2yr
My first attemp. Portrait sketch, have plans to make it bigger... and better of course
Avinash
2yr
Portrait study, Please do share you feedback. Attaching reference along with my artwork
hopesama
2yr
hi there
as you can see I start in strong blocking out the shapes fair enough and I am actually happy with it but as I continues past it I seem to forget an stage or rush it I don't really know what that results in ruining my practice and i don't seem to get it even with practicing over and over again what do you suggest ?
tnx for your feedbacks 🙏
Ghost Boy
1yr
I would suggest subscribing to Stephen Bauman's patreon. In my opinion, he demonstrates how to use value to bring out form better than any other artist I've seen. If you draw along with his live streams and follow the same steps he does from beginning to end (with your own reference), you'll make major progress and your patience will improve.
Chris Bodary
2yr
After going through this course I wanted to do a finished piece in oil after doing Nicolai and Morgan in graphite. This course has helped me a lot, if there’s anyone reading this and debating if it’s worth it… put the time in and you won’t be sorry! I’m excited to learn more and keep grinding. I’m always open for advice and critiques, please feel free to share your thoughts. This is an 11x14 gesso primed canvas. One of the cheap value packs. Wishing now I used something with more quality…
Chris Bodary
2yr
Also challenge of this was my reference was a photo taken of a photo posted on Facebook. So the quality was bad. Had to invent a lot of flesh tones and put in some anatomy that I knew was there but not able to see in the photo. Couldn’t have done it without this course. 👍🏼
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