How to Draw Portraits Quickly with Mass Drawing

[@ProkoTV]

Check out Stephen Bauman’s Block In course! - www.proko.com/course/the-block-in-course/overview

[@BaderzOG]

I think what I love most about this video is that the Stephen Bauman is producing quality work that does not exactly recreate the reference image. It comforts me because it tells me that I don't need to be perfect to be competent.

[@ianjacob7350]

What Would My art dream be without Prokos free tutorials?...

[@Keyw]

quite true

[@mariatheresacabunilas5399]

True

[@kiwikakashi]

Stephen's block-in tutorials have helped me more than any other art exercise, they are just too good. Big thanks to Proko!!

[@keeprollingKenni]

Love to see this process, it feels more like sculpting than defining a contour. Trying to teach myself to draw again and this channel is insanely helpful

[@boses1980]

As a HUGE fan of Stephen Bauman's work, I loved this video, thx a lot Proko!😁

[@FirstDraftPhilosopher]

I love the approach to drawing in this video! When I started taking art education more seriously, I struggled with the linear, form-construction approach, especially with portraits. Despite that difficulty and the poor results I produced when trying to practice that method, I was still able to produce more faithful drawings in my leisure time by recreating just the shapes I was more attuned to seeing. This video does a good job of articulating how my mind/eyes perceived the world and offers really good insights on how I can take that to the next level. I am saving to hopefully get the longer course soon.

[@abilmuchtarom632]

Love the render style of stephen bauman's work, great video proko❤❤❤

[@IzzyHoP_]

I really love this process of caring about the shapes of value

[@alokasingr]

This demo help me understand more about value

[@sadrecliner7201]

Although I don't plan to be a portrait artist, this video was really fun to watch!

[@andrewwhite4348]

Love Stephen Bauman! Always inspiring

[@Tha_Pencil]

What a Godsend. Just the video i neede. Thx proko and friends!

[@Zphgyl]

this really help for dreaming architects like me

[@AndrewJosephKeith]

Great demo! Makes me want to get back into drawing!

[@ProkoTV]

Makes sense! This method would definitely appeal to a sculptor! lol

[@1MightyR]

That's a really cool technique!

[@hayeonkim7838]

Thanks for useful and valuable video as always ❤❤❤

[@mharjun.abogadie]

Thanks for tips!

[@daniel._.sacijx6719]

love your content guys ❤

[@ProkoTV]

Thanks!

[@flickingbollocks5542]

The cun is the Chinese acupuncture body inch which relates to length of important body structures.

[@ndimu_galya]

My favorite drawing tutorial this year.. Send me more links please. 😊😊

[@Burgundyze]

How would I block in a face with normal shadows? It’s troubling for me because I don’t know how

[@luciferl7097]

Is proko going to make a video about art Commissions in the future? I'm asking because I want to start doing art commissions but I don't know how to start, and I don't know who to ask

[@ProkoTV]

Is there a certain part of the process you're curious about?

[@luciferl7097]

@@ProkoTV The beginning, what to say to the client during the process of doing the commission, how to Simply talk to the client when doing art commissions, what process of the work do you show and then making sure you get paid How should the art be presented when doing art commissions, like when it's on a post

[@jaydeke4952]

What was the name of that eraser?

[@ProkoTV]

There are a couple erasers used in here. There's the kneaded rubber eraser and the long Mono Zero eraser. Hope that helps!

[@jaydeke4952]

@@ProkoTV YES that's what i needed to know... Mono Zero. Thank you

[@reanozeon9459]

Man !! This literally helps me a Lot 🎉 But trll me is you using a woodless pencil here in mass drawing?????🤔 Noroc! I am from Romania!

[@ProkoTV]

Yep! That's one of the tools used here.

[@КоваленкоИгорь-у4ь]

super !

[@michaelbachandersen]

What pencil name & brand are you using here?

[@Navjot42]

Where i can find your references

[@ratsk0ll]

when saying “measuring the source image” are you looking at the reference printed off side by side with the scale being the same?

[@ProkoTV]

It won't necessarily be viewed at the same scale that he's drawing at. But he'll look to a reference to the side of the drawing, printed or on an ipad, and check the relative measurements within the reference to check against his drawing.

[@awesomesauce-kg9xn]

What pencil is that? Like what type? Is it charcoal?

[@ProkoTV]

Yep!

[@InvertedBread]

What pencil do u use?

[@еленановикова-х1с]

❤❤❤

[@elitevan5]

Is it possible to mass draw with a pen?

[@rooboatdeer22yu51]

Yes

[@GeorginahMuchenje-gq6yu]

Hi may name is Amanda,I'm 15 and I've been following you for a long time,I would like to know that will drawing with a normal pencil make my drawings look realistic,cause I don't have the supplies for the drawing staff yet

[@ProkoTV]

You can use whatever pencil you have and achieve great results. There are going to be some qualities that will be specific to the tools but you can work around most limitations of tools. For a normal writing pencil, know that you can't make it darker by drawing harder or more in one place. At a certain point, it will start to be reflective. Good luck with your drawing!

[@jasonirelan-ig5fl]

Speaking of drawing, can you draw flies?

[@Lb-ri5wr]

this reminds me of Josh Hernandez' style from tiktok, although he's a lot more extreme with how he blocks in shadows and he uses charcoal

[@kolz_lol]

Thanks for the video! Pretty informative

[@kloassie]

making portraits from photo's I have no problem doing loosely & quickly by hand and still have it resemble the original. However, for some reason, no matter how hard I try, how drawn out, focused and meticulously I work, I always fail to draw a looking-like-the-original-person portrait from a real life model, regardless how still they sit :/

[@ai.gonbad]

Tools used?😭

[@ProkoTV]

We see a kneaded eraser, Mono Zero eraser, woodless graphite pencil, a sable brush, blending stump, mechanical pencil, short graphite pencil in a clutch. Not sure of the hardnesses for some of em so we don't want to send you in the wrong direction!

[@XotoriD4rak]

So it's pretty much just like drawing like painting

[@Stiggandr1]

How to draw portraits in just 1 minute. Step one: Spend 20 years practicing.

[@ProkoTV]

Practice definitely helps!

[@HeatherVasmr]

Go to town with your stump.

[@CRUCIFi777]

I extremely dislike working that much with graphite, too messy and feels weird on my skin…just hate it. It’s a necessary evil for cartooning and comics but I’ll never stray from clear line drawing simply due to my aversion to brake pad dust.