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Learning How to Draw

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Stan Prokopenko

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Stan Prokopenko

A little pep talk for those of you who recently started your journey. When you were a baby, you learned how to talk by listening and repeating words, and you can learn how to draw the same way. Drawing is a way to communicate with pictures instead of words. I talk about training your mind and your hand with the right exercises and projects and how you can learn faster with the right mindset.

@tomasorganista

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1mo

Buenos días a todos. Encantado de haber encontrado este curso que espero me ayude a aprenda dibujar con fundamento. Tengo una duda. ¿Este curso está pensado para ser seguido en orden, clase a clase, i para ir salteando según te interesen los temas? Muchas gracias a todos.

Maria Gaitan

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1mo

Me alegro Que lo hayas encontrado! Te lo recomiendo muchisimo y honestamente creo Que no vas a encontrar un curso tan completo y estructurado como este. Te recomendaria Que no saltaras ninguna leccion y completes Cada tarea asignada mas tu tiempo personal de practica para mejores resultados. Suerte!!

Melanie Scearce

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1mo

¡Bienvenido! Pido disculpas por la traducción, utilicé Google Translate. Puedes seguir los vídeos en orden o seguir tus intereses. Si es un principiante absoluto, puede ser beneficioso comenzar en orden y, una vez que gane algo de confianza y conocimiento, podrá comenzar a explorar intereses específicos.

@dheerajsinha

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2mo

Hi Everyone, I am stuck in the level from past months, any suggestions on how to improve from here ? Thankyou

William Montalvo

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4mo

Exercise 1

Idellia

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5mo

Yo, here's my loose sketches! I've learn that in using references, you don't just copy it, you need to give it a character and a sense of flow for it to feel alive on its own. I marked some stars on the sketches that I think I did great for implementing this tips. And oh, what do you use when you're capturing your art? I think my camera is a little blurry.

Idellia

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5mo

Hi! I'm Idellia and I'm new here! Honestly, i can't really afford to buy any courses here. I'm learning to draw through YouTube and I still want to held myself accountable for my progress, so, I want to share the sketches I had learn from the basics playlist. Here are my sketches of pear and that one from "Learning to sketch from Imagination". I picked heron because I'm interested at how elegant ant vigilant it was makes me feel. During the process, I struggled at 2 things: - Downsizing the subject onto paper - Keeping it simple as possible Yet I enjoyed at how I managed to give it a shot! So, what do you think are the parts I need to improve here? Critiques are greatly appreciated, thank u!

Riin Kuro

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5mo

There is SO much to unpack here! Good morning I’m Riin! I’m going to try my hand at critiquing and coaching you a bit here .. Your herons are incredibly advanced subjects to target after. This is not a bad thing! It just means there’s a lot more going on in the subject matter to pay attention to that your eye is yet trained to look for. With that being said your third drawing attempt of these birds is your most solid as you allowed the sketchy lines in to represent direction of the feathering and you inputted contour lines to help yourself understand and translate understanding of the curvature of the neck. Let’s go back to your still life first drawing- are you drawing from observation? Or are you drawing from photo? Anyone will tell you it’s best to learn straight from observation as it’s 3D and a photo has already made a 3D object into a 2D one. However, it’s still possible, though not ideal. Let’s start with your values. Have you done a value scale? Have you done it a few times over to really get familiar with it? Let’s start there. Once you have that down I want you to keep in mind that everything forms a shape- including those values! Look at those shades and shadows real close when you go ti draw—and you’ll see shapes of different shades made and often they mimic that value scale!… unless you have a very strong overhead light source. Your whole still life is made of these shapes from shadows, start training your eye to look for them and contour them out! This will eventually translate over to your herons with you get really handy with it. I hope this helps, I know it’s a lot- I’m new here too but welcome in with the rest of us!

Dudts Draws

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5mo

Hello Idellia, best of luck with your learning. The sketches look cool. The first image looks a bit smudgy but I guess it's because you drew it before learning about shading.

Makai Wynglass

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5mo

Tayra Cotto

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6mo

Critiques are welcomed :)

Brett

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8mo

Spending time working out why I found my creative endeavours draining was important to me. I won't list off what I worked on because we are all different. However 2 things. 1) making sure at least half my time drawing was just creating with no pressure rather than all practice and studies was key. As was 2) learning to love the process rather than the outcome. If you are struggling to get the practice time and enjoying the practice (or at least your slow improvement). It is worth spending time with some inward reflection finding out why. Now I'm finally at the point where its worth taking proper courses to improve rather than the occasional YouTube video and just copying/ studying things. Looking forward to this course and the others I've signed up for. Lots more work ahead.... lucky I enjoy the work ;)

Koba

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9mo

Hi, my name is Koba. Two days ago I finally finished this drawing of a kingfisher. It was a drawing I made with the help of my professor at school. I hope you like it and if you see something's missing than let me know!

Emma Wilson

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8mo

Beautiful

@gregamundo

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11mo

Here's the first comic I created in 2024 for my son! I hope you guys enjoy and I'd love feedback!

@gregamundo

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11mo

This comic is available for purchase in comic stores in San Antonio Texas and my online store! I hope you guys enjoy!

Tai

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11mo

Is it ok for me to use mechanical pencil?

@gregamundo

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11mo

Yes, I use an array of tools but my mechanical pencils are the best. Mine are pretty expensive, but they don't need to be. As long as you don't apply too much pressure with outlining and such, you'll be fine

@prostebenny

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1yr

hi , i sketched that "simplify Pear " And wanted to show it to you

@chdang22

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1yr

Hi, is it possible to do this course on procreate with apple pencil or should I do it on paper?

@markb

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1yr

Stan has said elsewhere that digital is fine, but learning traditional as well has benefits.

@brad_to_the_bone

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1yr

I"m an 8th grader and just started and want to start drawing I watched this video called "Are you bad at drawing? Dont be." It inspired me to start my path to becoming an artist and in that video he recommended Stan Proko, so here I am!

Hannah Lim

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1yr

It's wonderful to hear that you're inspired to start your journey as an artist! Welcome! And don't hesitate to ask for help or advice along the way. You've got this!

@brad_to_the_bone

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1yr

Thanks Stan!

@metavoros

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1yr

Hello! Just want to start to learn how to draw from zero. I have bought the beginner course bundle. Can I do the courses with my iPad and Procreate or real pencil + paper is a must? Thank you!

@markb

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1yr

See comment above

@michaelhongson

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1yr

I gained drawing and ceramic art techniques in China Academy of Art for my undergraduate studies, top-tier art academy in China, but what I was trained is in China's approach which was developed from Russia. Now I would like to study the drawing basics again through the authentic Western approach. I post some of my drawings here. Any critiques are welcome!