How to Study Masters
Draftsmen
How to Choose a Master to Study
This week's episode includes a question from Romana Vissanska in the Czech Republic. She asks, who are the masters to study? What artwork deserves to be called a masterpiece? And what is included in studying masters? Is it their learning past, paper? I think that as long as you know what that person is strong in, and you study the correct thing from someone, you don't even have to study a professional artist.
In this episode, Stan and Marshall discuss studying from masters. You’ll learn the difference between a master study and a copy, how beginners should approach studying masters, the artists that Stan and Marshall have done studies from and lessons they learned from them, a breakdown of the creative process, and how to figure out which artists are worth studying. Also, Court Jones from the Caricature course produced a couple lessons on master studies. Find them in the show notes below.
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Show Links (some contain affiliate links):
Stan’s Master Studies - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/stan-prokopenko-master-studies-paintings-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Stan’s “Brothers” Painting - http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/07/painting-brothers/
Marshall’s Ink Sketches - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/marshall-vandruff-ink-horse-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Books andResources:
Developing Your Style by Studying the Masters - https://youtu.be/6P8hos5PL_4
Improving Your Style With a Master Study - https://youtu.be/fgbLg5aFrWg
Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale - https://amzn.to/3gLXARI
Norman Rockwell: Behind The Camera by Ron Schick - https://amzn.to/3acEcL8
My Adventures as an Illustrator: Norman Rockwell - https://amzn.to/33MMuse
Rockwell on Rockwell: How I Make a Picture - https://amzn.to/3gLjS67
Rendering in Pen and Ink by Arthur Guptill - https://amzn.to/3fLWggk
How Artists Grow Over Time (ft. Cesar Santos) - https://proko.com/251
Sketchbook Tour with Cesar Santos – How to Become a Living Master - https://proko.com/250
How to be a Good Student – Draftsmen S2E14 - https://proko.com/424
Adopting Art Parents to Develop Your Style - Draftsmen S1E05 - https://proko.com/330
Jon Gnagy Learn How to Draw - https://amzn.to/2DNc31o
Andrew Loomis - https://amzn.to/3isQlP0
Artists Mentioned:
Michelangelo- https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/michelangelo-drawing-and-painting-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Rembrandt- https://www.proko.com/draftsmen-media/rembrandt-the%20death-of-sketching-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Nicolai Fechin - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/nicolai-fechin-paintings-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Howard Terpning - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/howard-terpning-horse-painting-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Tucker Smith - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/tucker-smith-moose-at-dean-lake-painting-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Morgan Weistling - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/morgan-weistling-paintings-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
J. C. Leyendecker - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/j-c-leyendecker-paintings-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Norman Rockwell - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/norman-rockwell-paintings-and-references-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Gustave Doré - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/gustave-doré-drawing-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
John Singer Sargent - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/john-singer-sargent-mrs-fiske-warren-painting-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Joaquín Sorolla - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/joaquín-sorolla-paintings-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Mary Cassatt - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/mary-cassatt-painting-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Franklin Booth - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/franklin-booth-artwork-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Heinrich Kley - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/heinrich-kley-sketches-artwork-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Gerald Scarfe - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/gerald-scarfe-artwork-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Claire Wendling - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/claire-wendling-artwork-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
Winsor McCay - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/winsor-mccay-artwork-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
George Herriman - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/george-herriman-comic-draftsmen-s2e17.jpg
...and more artists mentioned at https://proko.com/430
Learn to Draw - www.proko.com
Marshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.com
Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko
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