Charcoal & Graphite Portrait Demo (LIVESTREAM)

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Stan Prokopenko
Ask me shading and portrait questions! It's the last day of the Proko party! I'll be answering questions based on shading and portraiture while I do a portrait demo using my charcoal and graphite technique. Also tune in for a final giveaway to you, our Proko community. Get free passes to Vision X Live - first 50 people only, go to visionxlive.com, add the Pro Pass to your cart, and checkout with discount code SEEPROKO
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@sandeep_bais
How to be not afraid of going dark ? Especially on light models
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Russ Smith
Better late than never, I guess :) Thanks for the lesson, Stan! Was great fun and loved that charcoal powder technique you showed. Would definitely like to do more of these charcoal/graphite draw alongs in the future if there's any plans for it.
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Steve Bracken
Thanks Stan. Missed it live but went through it on my own. It was such fun using the kneaded eraser on the brushed charcoal - like magic! I’ll definitely be doing some more of this. Here’s my attempt following along. Anybody have any ideas where I should go from here?
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Teresa Durie
Made it for the last launch party livestream! Happy to be here 😊
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Cynthia Hickson
Just absolutely loved this demo drew right along with you😏
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Sue Bailey
Do you recommend Brague drawings?
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Sketcher Ameya
I do not feel comfortable with charcoal and my strength is graphite . So should I just use graphite on my potrait ?
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Stan Prokopenko
Sure, you can use graphite, of course. You can also practice charcoal and get comfortable with it so you can be more versatile. It's up to you.
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Margaret Schwirian
This seems backwards to me. Perspective is not super easy for me, but it looks to me like the vanishing point should have gone towards the left, and here it looks like it is going off to the right. Does it have something to do with using the front camera as opposed to using the back camera or vice versa? Did the video come out in mirror image?
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Margaret Schwirian
Never mind, I think you just answered my question, his head is slightly tilted to the left and angled down.
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Stan Prokopenko
Thank you everyone who watched, asked questions, and helped me with the drawing!! I spent another hour fixing some things. Here's the final.
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Leon ter Molen
Beautiful!
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Kamil Derdulski
I don't know whether I can post it here, but I drew portrait from same picture, dark areas might not be dark as they are because of my scanner.
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Nancy Finn
Nice work! Couldn't find model packs. Please be specific about source. Thanks!
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@rembrandt2021
That was great to watch, thank you so much
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@megalij
I wasn’t able to watch the last live stream but just in case you weren’t able, will there be a course on serrealism?
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Sean Ramsey
No plans for one right now
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2yr
This was awesome - thank you!
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N. Yeagy
Thank you!
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Kamil Derdulski
It was cool!
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Alex Sebastian
Thank you Sean! Thanks Stan!
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Mary Beth Bellon
Thank you 😊 great party
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@gag0002
Thank you!
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Kamil Derdulski
Thank you for stream! I was whole time!
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Zoungy Kligge
thank you!
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@jason_oliveira
Is it totally lame to 'hide' your signature in the drawing vs putting it plainly in the corner??
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