Thursday, September 27, 2012

Online Tutorial: Stan Prokopenko





There is a good chance that you have already seen Stanislav Prokopenko's excellent online drawing tutorials.  If you haven't, then you are missing out.

Prokopenko, a former animator and a current instructor at the Watts Atelier of the Arts in California, has brought together the skills he acquired from both fields to create some of the most clear and informative little films on the web.   Presented with a quirky sense of humor, and yet with a sophisticated mastery of his medium, Prokopenko begins this series of films by bringing the constructive anatomy designs of Andrew Loomis to life, and has followed these up with instructional videos on drawing facial features such as the eye and the nose (additional videos are presumed to follow).  They're great, and I hope Stan continues to produce more.


Prokopenko offers additional drawing and anatomy lessons on his blog,

Visit Prokopenko's YouTube page to see all of his videos and to subscribe for future updates, and visit his blog for additional tutorials.


A special thanks to Dan Dos Santos from Muddy Colors for introducing me to these videos.













Prokopenko uses overlays to quickly express the concepts of the Loomis system.

















2 comments:

Katherine Thomas said...

I could have used this information at my figure drawing session last night! I'm going to study these videos this week before the next session! Thanks so much for posting!

Mel said...

Thanks for sharing this!