Proko Challenge September 2020
Prizes provided by @jeffreywattsart, conceptartempire.com and @stanprokopenko
Do a study of a figure from the provided reference. Digital or traditional.
Reference can be found here
The Judge
@jeffreywattsart is a fine artist, and educator. He is well known in the art community for starting a figurative fine art school in Encinitas, California called the Watts Atelier. At his school, they focus primarily on teaching the Riley Method. A method of drawing that focuses on how the rhythms of the body can be used to find gesture and proportion. The Watts Atelier is where Stan learned to draw, and Jeff was Stan’s primary art instructor while he attended.
Jeff is also an accomplished painter, and draftsmen. He has been recognized by the Taos Art Museum and Fechin House for carrying on Fechin’s legacy. He has also won awards from Artist’s Magazine, the Salon International Exhibition, and the Portrait Society of America just to name a few. Jeff is a living master, and we are lucky to have him as a judge. Good Luck!
1st Place
James Cowper – @jamesrussellcowper
1st place – A spot auditing any online streaming course at the Watts Atelier, a writeup in Concept Art Empire, the Proko Figure, Portrait, and Anatomy courses, three model packs of the winner’s choice and their art featured on the Proko YouTube Channel reaction video.
2nd Place
Gabriele Hoxha – @gabrielehoxha
2nd place – 2 Proko courses, 2 model packs of winner’s choice, and their art featured on the Proko YouTube Channel.
3rd Place
Greg Goodman – @goodmang314
3rd place – 1 Proko course, 1 model pack of winner’s choice and their art featured on the Proko YouTube Channel.
Proko “Team Choice”
Carltz – @ibenkin
Prize – 1 Proko course and 1 model pack.
Exciting Draftsmenship Award
Baran Mong – @baranmong
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Most Like Jeff Watts Award
Lewis Meda – @lewis_meda
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Digital Charcoal Award
Andriy Vynogradov – @vynillus
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Exaggeration Award
Jesse Amiel D. Gayanilo – @heyyouyesyo
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Most Hard Award
Az Adamson – azadamsonart
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Mood Award
Albert Navarro – @reixart
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Leyendecker Award
Sebastian Szmyd – @sebastian_szmyd
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Inspiring Award
Brett Colonell – @brettcolonell
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Kangaroo Award
scharlison.art – @scharlison.art
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Weaponized Yoni Award
Ian Paul Morrison – @ianpaulmorrison
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Sculpture Award
Ben Donley – @ben.donley.art
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Best Narrative Award
Lexart.png – @lexart.png
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Smallest Head Award
Jordan Baker – @joba.draws
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Anatomical Study Award
Amanda R – @amr1514
Prize – 1 Proko course.
Random Winner
Effer Vesce – @vesceffer
Prize – 1 Proko Course
Honorable Mentions
Other Honorable Mentions in no particular order.
Max Lucon – @maxlucon
David Sloss – @davidrsloss
Roberto Jaramillo – @rubbuhtoe
Bruno Moretti Rezende – @morettiarts
Gabriel Costa – @sombra.arts