My main focus with this color comp was the sunlight coming through the trees creating a glow. I wanted to transition from warm trees on the left to cooler trees on the right. Also, wanted the rim light on the rocks to be believable [...]
November 24, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
November 20, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
At first glance, the photo reference is overwhelming. There’s a lot of stuff going on and all the trees blend together. So, I felt it was important for me to study the shapes in more detail and redesign some for a simpler and more powerful effect [...]
November 18, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
I started preparing by doing a comp of the major value break down of the painting. At this point I’m thinking of separating the foreground, middle ground, and background [...]
November 16, 2009 – By Stan Prokopenko
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 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 [...]
