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Draftsmen

Stan Prokopenko and Marshall Vandruff are art instructors. If you love the arts, particularly the craft of drawing and painting and image-making… and you want to level up your skills or even make a li... Read more

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Boosting Productivity and Advice for Young Artists

Boosting Productivity and Advice for Young Artists

Stan gets a message on Instagram from a lazy artist. Stan and Marshall talk about the importance of focus, discipline, p... Read more

11 Jun 2019

47mins

Ranked #2

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What Are The Fundamentals?

What Are The Fundamentals?

Stan and Marshall talk about the fundamentals all artists need to learn to become talented draftsmen. The basic elements... Read more

25 Jun 2019

41mins

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Becoming More Creative

Becoming More Creative

Thinking of creative ideas is actually not that hard, but executing them, bring them to fruition, and solving real probl... Read more

22 Oct 2019

59mins

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Our Biggest Art Mistakes

Our Biggest Art Mistakes

In this episode, Marshall and Stan talk about the biggest art and career mistakes they’ve made. Stan accidentally draws ... Read more

18 Jun 2019

44mins

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Finding Time to Draw

Finding Time to Draw

This episode starts with a bang! Marshall adds onto last week’s episode about choosing *older* art parents. Stan talks a... Read more

9 Jul 2019

59mins

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Delegation, Staying Organized & Line Quality

Delegation, Staying Organized & Line Quality

Marshall goes full on Walter Cronkite and does some investigative journalism, asking all about the inner workings of Pro... Read more

29 Oct 2019

40mins

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How to Learn Anatomy

How to Learn Anatomy

The most common mistakes students make when studying anatomy and practical advice on how to study it correctly. An in-de... Read more

6 Aug 2019

52mins

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Adopting Art Parents to Develop Your Style

Adopting Art Parents to Develop Your Style

Stan and Marshall talk about adopting good “art parents” - the artists that inspire you and who will influence your styl... Read more

2 Jul 2019

56mins

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Tracing, Cheating, and Imposter Syndrome

Tracing, Cheating, and Imposter Syndrome

Does copying from photo reference make you a fake artist? Is tracing considered cheating? Do you even have an art licens... Read more

8 Oct 2019

58mins

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Having a Secret Identity as an Artist

Having a Secret Identity as an Artist

An anonymous artist wants to know if it’s possible to draw “naughty” artwork and hold a job as an illustrator for childr... Read more

19 Nov 2019

56mins

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How to Learn Perspective

How to Learn Perspective

Special thanks to Audible for sponsoring this podcast! Visit audible.com/draftsmen to get 3 months of Audible for just $... Read more

26 Nov 2019

59mins

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Making Money as an Artist

Making Money as an Artist

Time to make those dolla’ dolla’ bills fly yo! Marshall and I talk about various ways artists make money such as freelan... Read more

24 Sep 2019

53mins

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Drawing on Both Sides of the Brain

Drawing on Both Sides of the Brain

We respond to a listener’s email about what to think about while drawing. Marshall explains his criticisms about the boo... Read more

17 Sep 2019

54mins

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Advice for Artists with Kids

Advice for Artists with Kids

How can you be a good parent and a successful artist? Is it even possible? We try to find answers to those questions and... Read more

5 Nov 2019

1hr 2mins

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Letter From a Frustrated Artist

Letter From a Frustrated Artist

Stan gets an email from a frustrated student and forwards it to Marshall. Marshall gets obsessed with it spending days a... Read more

13 Aug 2019

53mins

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What Artists Should Know About Conventions

What Artists Should Know About Conventions

After getting back from the very first Lightbox Convention in LA, both Draftsmen give their thoughts on the value of the... Read more

12 Nov 2019

1hr 3mins

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DRUGS

DRUGS

The Breaking Bad movie just released on Netflix and because Stan is a huge fan, we’re redecorating the whole set, puttin... Read more

15 Oct 2019

1hr 10mins

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Pros and Cons of Studying Multiple Disciplines

Pros and Cons of Studying Multiple Disciplines

Marshall and Stan discuss the pros and cons of studying multiple disciplines and their effect on learning art. A caller ... Read more

16 Jul 2019

47mins

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Season FINALE Part 1

Season FINALE Part 1

It’s the beginning of the end… end of season 1 that is! Before going into hibernation Marshall and Stan sit down and go ... Read more

10 Dec 2019

1hr 43mins

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Portfolio Advice for Artists

Portfolio Advice for Artists

Advice on how you can put together your portfolio to increase your chances of being hired. How networking, personal beha... Read more

30 Jul 2019

1hr

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