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.
Proko “Team Choice”
Carltz – @carltzz
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Composition
Vinceiso – @vinceiso
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Color
Cecil Porter – @the_artwork_of_cecil_porter
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Most Self Portraits in a Self Portrait
Greg Goodman – @goodmang314
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Mood
Jon Laing – @jonlaingstudios
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Brushstrokes
the_hurried_logic – the_hurried_logic
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Most Nautical Cat
Jon Luce – @jonluce
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Cartoony Award
Sabrina – @sabvinarao
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Most Inflated
Jon Ander Mugica – @nitoander
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Random Winner
Ryan Shafer – @the_ryanshafer
Prize – 1 Proko Course
Honorable Mentions
Other Honorable Mentions in no particular order.
Dane Stops – @danestops
Jessica Harrison – @jtown755
Steven – @apotheoses
Charles Dubus – @charles_dubus
Fernanda Bocanegra Cantuarias – @lynenickart
sampeltolart – @sampeltolart
Pablo Santana – @santana.arte
Sara Haughton – @sarahaughtonart
Yana Mihailova – @xjarfish