This photo was taken by my father while camping at Idyllwild , California. It reminds me of Ivan Shishkin’s most famous painting “Morning in the Pine Tree Forest” [...]
November 16, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
November 7, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
I was sitting on the beach one morning and this guy arrived… Immediately, I could see it as a painting! I ran to my car, got my camera and did a mini photo-shoot [...]
October 27, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
The past two times I went plein air painting, I’ve had an urge to zoom in and focus on a specific object [...]
October 24, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
I bought this book within 5 minutes of finding out about it. Thank you Ron Schick for this great contribution. I can see this book ending up on all artists bookshelves [...]
October 21, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
In this post I’ll be talking about my palette of choice and why I like it. I use the Masterson Sta-Wet Palette.
October 6, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
So, I finally finished this painting [...]
September 16, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
For the past seven years, I’ve been keeping a record of all the classes I took, and I’ve kept every single drawing. I’m going to do something different and post my schedule from the past 7 years [...]
September 14, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
I’m teaching 3 art classes next semester at the Watts Atelier. Painterly Drawing, Head Figure and Quicksketch, and Oil Painting Fundamentals. Here’s a quick summary of each class [...]
September 6, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
During my preparation for the “Taste of Russia” Festival, I started looking into creative ways of displaying my portfolio. I decided that using a self-publishing company would be a great way of testing their services for when I decide to publish a book in the future [...]
August 31, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
This was one of the most challenging plein air paintings I’ve done. You really only have about a second to look at a wave until it’s gone.
