Marshall and Stan have another book club episode, this time discussing “Art and Fear” by David Bayles and Ted Orland. The book explores how fear inhibits an artist’s work and the way in which an artist can confront their fears to help them create. Some of the topics covered include the difference between stopping and quitting, how you can be the best version of yourself, the way we are similar to geniuses like Mozart, and more. Build confidence within your team and reach every goal with ease- vi...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Guest artist Jennifer Wang joins the podcast to discuss gender, race and sexuality in art. Marshall and Stan ask her for her opinion on a previous caller’s question about the sexualization of women in art. The broad topic opens up other cultural conversations as Jennifer talks about the challenges of getting representation in media, cultural appropriation and more. Go to thegreatcoursesplus.com/DRAFTSMEN to get access to any and all courses for the next month completely FREE! As a listener, you’...
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Reinvention is a part of growing up and plays an important role in developing as an artist. Marshall and Stan talk about the changes that they’ve had to make in their lives, a soldier and artist provides insights into reinvention, and both Draftsmen talk about the reasons why reinvention is important and how you might do it in a positive way. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/draftsmen Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some co...
Sep 15, 2020•56 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Marshall invites a former student onto the podcast who became a pro artist at 21! Knight talks about her experience learning anatomy and fundamentals as a kid, her journey to becoming a freelance and pro artist, how her parents encouraged her art, and what she wants for the future. Go to thegreatcoursesplus.com/DRAFTSMEN to get access to the entire Great Courses library for FREE for an entire month! As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/draftsmen Call and ...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Stan and Marshall respond to an artist’s tweet who asks if it’s possible to learn from artists who have talent, but are terrible people. Can you separate the art from the artist? Get 68% off NordVPN! Only $3.71/mo, plus you get an additional month FREE at nordvpn.com/draftsmen Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some contain affiliate links): Slack - https://slack.com/ Adopting Art Parents to Develop Your Style - https://youtu.be/vxJOjvsj3j0 Joker - https://amzn.to/34JSoe...
Sep 01, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 20
2Senior Visual Development Artist Anthony Francisco joins us to talk about creature design and how he went from a minimum wage job to his dream career as an artist! Anthony has worked on some of the biggest movies in the Marvel movie universe. He designed Baby Groot, costumes for Black Panther and many more. You’ll hear how Anthony’s fake portfolio and his sketchbook landed him his first few jobs, how his life in the Philippines influenced the direction of his art, and the advice he’d give to ar...
Aug 25, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Marshall and Stan field voicemail questions about balancing time an artist should devote to input and output, what kind of message they want to convey with their art, how much showing off is too much, and whether an artist should take a pay cut to create artwork for friends. If you have a question call and leave a voicemail at 1-858-609-9453. If you’re not located in the U.S. you can record an audio message and send it to us at support@proko.com. Get 68% off NordVPN! Only $3.71/mo, plus you get ...
Aug 18, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 18
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. Call and As...
Aug 11, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Drill Sergeant Stan and Major Marshall review the book “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield. The book was written to help artists tackle some of the mental challenges that get in the way of creating. Using war as a metaphor, the author offers solutions to get things done by defeating ‘resistance’ - the difficult obstacles artists face. Both Marshall and Stan have caveats with Pressfield’s advice though, and like everything else, it depends on how you apply it. Right now, our listeners can get 7...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Composition is technical, creative, and incredibly subjective. Marshall teaches us how to learn composition and suggests artists and resources that will help you learn more about it. Marshall talks about breaking apart master paintings to learn how to compose, focal points, contrasts, metaphors, harmonic armatures like the golden ratio, among many other things. Marshall has years of experience teaching this subject so there's a lot to absorb and be inspired by when it comes to composition. Call ...
Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 15
Stan and Marshall teach you how to be a good student. The mindset, habits, and things you can do that will speed up your learning process and make it more enjoyable. They also discuss kind vs wicked learning, methods for taking notes and staying organized, treating your education as a job and the importance of getting real world experience as a student. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some contain affiliate links): Itzhak Perlman - https://amzn.to/2Wx1dmz Blazing Sadd...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Scott Flanders (aka Shapecarver) joins us as the first guest of the Draftsmen Podcast! He shares his good and bad experiences working in the gaming art industry, the dark side of working in a corporate environment, the challenges he’s faced to make it as an artist and family man, and how he’s been able to become an independent artist and entrepreneur doing what he truly loves. Scott’s Website - https://www.tarpitstudios.com/ Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some contai...
Jul 14, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Marshall and Stan answer questions about networking, cross training, royalties, breaking rules to create a unique art style, going all in vs having a backup, and studying multiple things at once. Also, Marshall gives advice on how to ask good questions! Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Questions in episode What do you think of David Ross’s Book on Figure Drawing? How do you network while you’re training online? Do you charge for book covers? Do you receive royalties on sales of th...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 12
Stan and Marshall talk about how and why years of teaching helped them learn to draw. Stan breaks down the process of how he creates educational videos and how teaching anatomy has strengthened his understanding of anatomy. Glenn Vilppu said there are no rules, just tools. When we come across a rule in our studies, we need to investigate the purpose of the rule, so we understand why and when to properly apply it. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some contain affiliate ...
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Marshall and Stan devote an episode to answering voicemail questions! They answer hot topics like whether or not it makes sense for an artist to finish a drawing that has mistakes in it, can you make it as an artist without sacrificing your social life, and is ballpoint pen a viable tool… If you enjoy these episodes please send us more questions. You can call us at 1-858-609-9453 or send an audio recording to support@proko.com Show Links (some contain affiliate links): Drew Struzan - https://www...
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 10
After wrapping up the Recreating Art School series, we cap things off with an episode entirely devoted to getting the most value if you decide to attend art school. Marshall and I cover how to choose the best school you’ll like, how big of a workload you should take on, the mentality you should have when attending class, personal life stories and insights from our time attending art schools, and what you can expect after graduating (post grad depression and debt-pression). Call and Ask Your Art ...
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 9
Recreating art school from home ends with a discussion about how much equipment an art student needs and the importance of a productive workspace. Stan and Marshall talk about starting a digital painting with $65, how a little discomfort can be beneficial, how limitations can improve or hurt creativity, and separating work from home. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some contain affiliate links): Steve Martin - https://www.masterclass.com/classes/steve-martin-teaches-c...
Jun 02, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 8
A good community makes learning enjoyable and can have a huge impact on your development, but how do you create one? We continue our series on recreating art school by discussing the elements that make a community beneficial to learning. That includes how to overcome the problem of not being in the physical proximity of a community, the attitude you should adopt when participating in one and stories of individuals who have crafted and benefited from them. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-6...
May 26, 2020•50 min
A big benefit to attending traditional art school is having access to teachers that will mentor you. In this part of the Recreating Artschool series, Stan and Marshall discuss the best ways to find a mentor, what it might cost, how to make yourself attractive to mentorship and some of the future features that Proko.com will use to make online mentorship more accessible for art students around the world. We also talk about mentorship in this clip from season 1 - https://youtu.be/MpurWHEV7KA Call ...
May 19, 2020•46 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Marshall and Stan take a break from recreating art school to answer some of your voicemails! There’s advice on practicing quicksketch, pencil control, the value of the Bargue method, caring about what people think of your work, changing styles, and advice to aspiring teachers. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some contain affiliate links) Jeff Watts - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jeff-watts-figure-drawing-examples-s2e05.jpg Steve Whitehead - https://proko.com/draf...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 5
When you go to art school, they provide you with projects, assignments, deadlines, and a schedule. They provide you with structure. In this episode we talk about how to create structure for yourself when you’re learning from home. Marshall gives his perspective from being a classroom teacher and how it can be applied to online education, while Stan explains how you can’t rely on discipline when forming new habits. Based on psychology, there are more effective ways to form new habits as you’re tr...
May 05, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 4
This is the first of several episodes dedicated to recreating art school from home. Marshall and Stan talk about what makes a good teacher that you’d want to learn from online, how looking at art school curriculum can help structure your education, figuring out a roadmap for studying smart, reengineering career goals and building a community. The first pillar of many that you’ll need for your DIY art education. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some contain affiliate li...
Apr 28, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Marshall and Stan counter the previous episode with the negative aspects of going to art school. Crushing debt, the true value of a degree, and empty job promises are all talked about along with some personal insights surrounding the cons of going to art school. This was a rough one - Stan and Marshall might need some BetterHelp counseling after this… The next 3 episodes will dive into how you can recreate art school from home, so stay subscribed and hit that bell icon to not miss those videos. ...
Apr 21, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Why do art schools still exist? What are the pros of going to one? Who could benefit from enrolling? These questions and more are answered by Marshall and Stan in the first real episode of season 2. Stay tuned for the next series of videos where we cover topics surrounding art schools and how students can recreate that experience from home. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some contain affiliate links): Jim Carrey - http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/info/arts.html Noah Br...
Apr 14, 2020•55 min•Ep. 1
The Draftsmen podcast is back and boy has a lot happened since season 1. In this episode Marshall and Stan talk about teaching online, working from home, staying sane, getting to know your neighbors, boosting your immune system, staying positive, social distancing parties, and how things will change going forward. This was a special last-minute episode to kick start the season. We pre-recorded a series on recreating art school from home (total coincidence), so we will be publishing those through...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 13 min
It’s the Draftsmen Season 1 Finale Part 2! Marshall and Stan continue going through youtube comments from the past episodes of Draftsmen. It is the last of the responses to the relevant discussions that artists posted under each episode. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Some show links contain affiliate links to amazon.com The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin - https://amzn.to/2thnpoT Jim Lee - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jim-lee-artwork-s1e29.jpg Edmund Dulac - https://prok...
Dec 17, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 29
It’s the beginning of the end… end of season 1 that is! Before going into hibernation Marshall and Stan sit down and go through youtube comments from the past 26 episodes of Draftsmen. You’ll hear them respond to the relevant discussions that artists posted under each episode. Season 2 will begin on April 7 and on its own YouTube channel… Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss it when we start up again! NEW DRAFTSMEN CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfvIqreCk628yB9mp3e_ABQ?sub_confirmat...
Dec 10, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 28
What better way to come together this holiday season than to argue about AI? Marshall plays the role of the YouTube commenters from episode 12 and Stan battles him about the implications AI could have on art, suggesting we should look at AI from an optimistic and synergistic point of view. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Some show links contain affiliate links to Amazon.com Elf - https://amzn.to/2rbbN62 Posture Trainer - https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HMXZ2ZM/A/upright-go-2-p...
Dec 03, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Special thanks to Audible for sponsoring this podcast! Visit audible.com/draftsmen to get 3 months of Audible for just $6.95 a month. How do you study perspective? Marshall breaks down the elements of perspective and how you’d go about learning it. Stan also challenges Marshall to draw some boxes and run them through his new Box AI BETA App that’s being developed in the Proko lab. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Some show links contain affiliate links to amazon.com Perspective Dr...
Nov 26, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 26
An anonymous artist wants to know if it’s possible to draw “naughty” artwork and hold a job as an illustrator for children’s books. This results in a discussion on keeping secret identities and giving examples of artists who made their living doing polar opposite work. Marshall and Stan try to give advice to a frustrated teacher about his school’s art program. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Some show links contain affiliate links to amazon.com Doctor Seuss - https://amzn.to/2KA9...
Nov 19, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 25
