Here are some images of my painting “The Student” that was part of the same photo shoot as “Chopping Lessons” [...]
Category: Portrait
April 26, 2010 – By Stan Prokopenko
April 22, 2010 – By Stan Prokopenko
As soon as I heard about The Future Generations Art Prize, I began planning the paintings I would submit. The show will be held in my birth country, Ukraine, and the grand prize is 100K! An opportunity I couldn’t miss out on.
March 22, 2010 – By Stan Prokopenko
Looking back at my tutorials on drawing the head, I realized that I covered individual features, but completely left out hair. This tutorial will is split into 3 parts: The Basics, Types of Hair, and a Step by Step drawing.
January 27, 2010 – By Stan Prokopenko
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 [...]
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 [...]
