Proko Challenge August 2020

Prizes provided by @stephenbaumanartwork and @stanprokopenko

Create a self portrait and post it with the reference. It can be a drawing, painting, or sculpture. Digital or traditional.

The Judge

@stephenbaumanartwork is a fine artist and educator who has over 20 years of drawing and teaching experience. Stephen attended the Florence Art Academy in Sweden before eventually moving to New York City to co-teach at the Florence Academy founded there. Stephen is now going off on his own offering his own online mentorships on his Patreon. We’re so excited to have him judge this month’s Proko challenge!

1st Place

Thoti Haxha – @thootihaxha_art

1st place – 1-hour mentoring video session with Stan, Portrait Painting course and Classical Portraiture Techniques course by Stephen Bauman, their art featured on the Proko YouTube Channel reaction video, and the Proko Figure, Portrait, and Anatomy courses.

2nd Place

Andrew Gibbons – @andrewgibbonsart

2nd place – Portrait Painting: a Direct Approach course OR Classical Portraiture Techniques and Concepts course by Stephen Bauman, their art featured on the Proko YouTube Channel reaction video, and 2 Proko courses of their choice.

3rd Place

Janine Suan – @janinesuan

3rd place – Portrait Painting: a Direct Approach course OR Classical Portraiture Techniques and Concepts course by Stephen Bauman, 1 Proko course of their choice and their art featured on the Proko YouTube Channel reaction video.