Pro artists plan out their values. Organizing values into strong connected shapes does three huge things for your drawings:
1️⃣ Improves the readability so viewers understand it at a glance.
2️⃣ Adds depth. Well-organized values build a convincing hierarchy of planes.
3️⃣ Because you have control of where the eye goes, every accent, texture and highlight feels deliberate instead of random.
This all helps your drawing will command attention from across the room.
Learn more in today's new free lesson, here on YouTube:
🔗 https://youtu.be/AdfNVNru10c
Art by Nicholas Runge, John Singer Sargent, Ivan Loginov, Stephen Bauman, and Zin Lim
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We asked @brycekhodraws to share his sketchbook for a video then he filled a whole NEW one with watercolor figure studies!
He used the opportunity to give himself a personal challenge.
🔗 https://youtu.be/kgP_SwxTE2w
Adding framing elements to a completed a sketch allowed him to reframe what he hadn't initially liked. He could add implied form or change focus for the viewer by adding another object.Some pages were entirely about showing the cast shadows, while others were about dynamic motion with few lines.
He set out to do live figure studies, something he hadn't done in YEARS. This forced him to modify poses and areas of focus to create interest in some less ideal poses.
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The presale for Steve Huston’s new figure course ends tomorrow, and then all the lessons will be released.
🚨 You can even watch 3 of them for free right now, including a traditional demo 🚨
Check them out and see the course details at www.proko.com/huston
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Question Time! @ryanbnjmnart is going to be in the Proko studio tomorrow for a live demo at 2pm PT! If you don't think you'll be able to make it you can still leave a question below and watch the replay after it ends. Ryan's demo is going to focus on drawing dynamic characters so any questions on character design will be prioritized, but if you have other drawing/inking/comic questions leave them for us too!
🎥 Add livestream to notifications - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkczI...
✍️ Get Ryan's New Course 20% off - www.proko.com/course/drawing-dynamic-characters
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What makes an artist hit a skill plateau and how can they get past it?
Marshall and Stan discuss in the newest episode of Draftsmen, out now on the Draftsmen channel and your podcast service of choice!
watch video on watch page
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Sharpen your pencils and prepare your ears artists, for 2 new episodes of @Draftsmen are going to be released soon. The mother of art podcasts returns with the first episode on color tomorrow...
EDIT: It's here!
https://youtu.be/YO5axY8wHGk?si=kFR9M...
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Whether you're interested in rendering the figure with ink, charcoal or pastels there's a digital brush pack to get the look you want. These brushes from Lane Draws are 20% off but today is the last day you can grab them with that discount with code SUMMERSALE. Get digital brushes, reference packs and more at proko.com/tools
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We hope you enjoyed the premium livestream! If you missed it, you can still watch some FREE premium content on Proko in our course sampler section. Don't forget, today is also the last day of our sale and your last chance to save 20% off our courses and tools! Learn from our incredible instructors at a great price then challenge yourself and you'll see how your effort pays off!
Shop courses and tools - www.proko.com/browse/courses
View premium sampler - www.proko.com/course/proko-course-sampler
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Artists! For the next 24 hours you can check out exclusive premium content from some of our most popular courses here on the channel. If you find something you want, you can get it for 20% off using code SUMMERSALE in the store - proko.com/store
The deal is only good through July 6th so don't miss your chance to save and learn!
Art by Peter Han
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Proko has a bunch of skilled artists who’ve made courses and tools to help you push your art further.
Improve as a draftsmen with help from Patrick Jones, Dorian Iten, Steven Zapata, Court Jones, and Stephen Bauman. Check out their stuff during the end of our sale - proko.com/store
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Hey there! My name is Stan Prokopenko, I’m an artist and teacher. Proko is a resource for artists to get good art instruction videos.
When you watch Proko tutorials you’ll notice that I try to make them entertaining while keeping them educational. I feel that if you’re having fun and enjoying the learning process, you learn better. You retain more information, you pay more attention, you’re much more likely to continue learning and more likely to go back and re-watch tutorials. And it will leave you more inspired and motivated to go practice.
I’ll be your host for most of the videos, but there will be other instructors that will appear on this channel as well. If you're an artist interested in doing a collab feel free to email me :)
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