For this painting, I knew that the powerful value contrast was very important. I wanted to keep the colors muted (staying in the grey and brown range) and exaggerate the values. So I did a value comp in Photoshop [...]
Category: Portrait
January 27, 2010 – By Stan Prokopenko
October 6, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
So, I finally finished this painting [...]
August 27, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
After another 3 hours with the model, I finished rendering the face. I’m almost satisfied with where the painting is at this stage. There are a lot of things about it that I like, but I’ll probably work on the face some more in the studio to refine some of the shapes. I feel like some areas look sloppy and could be designed better [...]
August 20, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
Right now I’m working on a painting of Don Quixote in Meadow’s class. Thanks Meadow for making such an amazing costume! [...]
July 30, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
In this tutorial, I’ll share my thoughts at each stage of the painting and explain some of the challenges that came with it [...]
July 20, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
In this tutorial I will go over the parts of the ear and suggest an easy way to remember all these complex shapes. At the end, I will show a step by step of an ear drawing [...]
July 6, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
I will cover the basic forms of the mouth, some anatomical information, and the key information about the minor planes. At the end, I will show a step by step drawing of the lips [...]
June 16, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
In this tutorial I will go over the structure of the nose and detailed information about the bridge, ball, and nostrils of the nose. At the end, I show a step by step of a nose drawing [...]
May 15, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
I will go over the structure of the eye and detailed information on drawing the brow ridge, eyeball, eyelids, eyelashes, iris, cornea, and pupil [...]
May 15, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
In this post I simplify the head into its basic forms and show how to construct the forms from any angle [...]
