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Figure Drawing course (Stan Prokopenko)
YouTube
1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2022 · score 1.0
A free YouTube playlist of figure drawing lessons by painter Stan Prokopenko, a former instructor at Watts Atelier, covering foundational drawing of the human figure. He also sells paid courses separately.
Commenters credit it as an excellent, down-to-earth place to start that teaches foundations useful for drawing, painting, and digital art.
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I got pretty good at drawing, then watercolor, and now oil portraits by starting with the lessons on figure drawing by Stan Prokopenko on YouTube. He's a former instructor at Watt's Atelier (and is an excellent painter), but he is very down to earth and funny. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtG4P3lq8RHGuMuprDarMz_Y9...
He's got affordable courses you can buy as well. The figure drawing course is excellent and a great place to start. He does a great job of teaching foundations so you'll be able to branch from just drawing into draftsmanship, painting, or digital art if you want.
For other resources see also: https://noahbradley.com/dont-go-to-art-school/
The recommendation to go to weekly figure drawing is excellent. I've been doing that now for years and it's changed the game for me. Highly recommend doing the same if you can. It really helps the mind to see things in 3D then draw them, vs drawing from reference photos (which I do too, but it's not the same).