What is talent? Are we born with it, or can it be nurtured and encouraged in anyone? This time, Stan and Marshall are back in the Draftsmen studio to talk about Daniel Coyle’s book, The Talent Code. They talk about how to grow your own talent, ways to practice, and how to change your mindset to help yourself flourish. Show Links (some contain affiliate links): Dodgeball Clip - https://youtu.be/peUyLXrgYZ0?t=54 The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance by Josh Waitzkin - https://amzn.to/3AUsfFU The Psychology of Performance by Eddie O’Connor - https://amzn.to/3lPRgOe Psycho-Cybernetics - https://amzn.to/3lQx6U6 The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle - https://amzn.to/3vmXJmK Expressionism - Draftsmen S3E14 - https://www.proko.com/553 The Natural Way to Draw by Nicolaides - https://amzn.to/2Z2eEyN Notan example by Z. Davis - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/z-davis-notan-draftsmen-s3e27.jpg Ken Burns: Country Music - https://amzn.to/2XsMuwK Devil Girl from Mars - https://amzn.to/3AUukBq The Last Dance- Michael Jordan Documentary - https://amzn.to/3vmNPSl Robert Greenberg - https://robertgreenbergmusic.com/ Kim Jung Gi - https://www.proko.com/380 Dogtown and Z-Boys: https://amzn.to/3DQQczI Rembrandt - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/rembrandt-draftsmen-s3e27-8.jpg Ben Zhu - https://www.gallerynucleus.com/artists/ben_zhu Morgan Weistling - https://www.morganweistling.com/instruction/ https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/morgan-weistling-draftsmen-s3e27.jpg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Talent Code

Epiphanies are an important but elusive part of the creative process. Marshall and Stan discuss the different types of epiphanies that they’ve experienced throughout their lives, the importance of those realizations, and pitfalls one can run into in the pursuit of an epiphany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Epiphanies

You’ve got more questions, and Stan and Marshall have more answers! In this episode, the two tackle questions about postgraduate training, bad advice for beginner artists, getting over anxiety about entering art school as an older artist, making prints of your artwork, moving for your career, and searching for good resources for studying perspective. SHOW LINKS (some contain affiliate links): Draftsmen Art School as Project - proko.com/artschool Rembrandt - Night watch - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/rembrandt-nightwatch-s3e25.jpg MC Escher - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/mc-escher-s3e25.jpg Technical drawing - https://amzn.to/3B9RPYg Mechanical drawing - https://amzn.to/3a82qau Perspective for Artists by Rex Cole - https://amzn.to/3AaJen5 Draftsmen perspective episode - proko.com/369 Creative Perspective for Artists and Illustrators Ernest Watson - https://amzn.to/3owi7R2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bad Art Advice, Making Prints, and Moving for Your Career

Learn plein air painting from Stan! He talks about his plein air experiences, how the outdoors can be a powerful method to help you capture colors, and how it can force you to make important artistic decisions while working under time constraints imposed by nature. You’ll also hear the two discuss the pros and cons of working outdoors versus painting within the studio and some other tips and tricks from Stan that he’s learned over the years that will help you if you want to try plein air painting. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Embracing Your Outdoor Studio

Is it possible to have too much art? A listener’s question forces Stan and Marshall to conduct a thought experiment on the topic, making them ponder and interpret if there really should be such a limit. The discussion then transforms to how artists and art appreciators can come to terms with whatever the answer may be. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is There Too Much ART?

Stan and Marshall took your calls live for Lightbox 2021! Here's the advice they had for listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Draftsmen Podcast Call-In

This Sunday, Stan and Marshall are taking your questions LIVE! Join us Sunday (Sept 12th) at 12 PM PDT as we take calls from the community via Discord. For details on how to participate, go to proko.com/LBXdraftsmen See you there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Draftsmen LIVE Call-In show this Sunday!

Marshall and Stan sit down to talk about one of the scariest, but most important things an artist needs to learn: How to fail, and how to use that failure to succeed. Not only do the two discuss the importance of failing and landing back on your feet, they also chat about how to pivot from a failure, creating situations where failing is okay, keeping your expectations realistic, and how to retain motivation after repeated failures. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Fail

This week, Stan and Marshall are back to answer some of the questions impacting you! The dynamic duo tackles topics ranging from the importance of art communities, and where to find them, building rituals and habits, and finding the right resources for self-taught artists. They also unpack ways to balance edgy art with marketable work and discuss ways to become comfortable with working at your own pace. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some contain affiliate links): Proko - Asking Pros Series - https://proko.com/askingpros proko challenge winner- self portrait challenge - https://www.instagram.com/thootihaxha_art/ Atomic Habits James Clear (Book) - https://amzn.to/3yoioqA Jeff Watts - http://jeffreyrwatts.com/ Art and Fear - Draftsmen S2E24 - https://youtu.be/fb9DGoCXmOE Draftsmen - Recreating Art School Series - https://proko.com/artschool Art and Visual Perception - Rudolf Arnheim (Book) - https://amzn.to/38mFCmt Comedy (Meaning and Form) (Book) - https://amzn.to/3jt90h1 Can this Book Make You Famous? - Draftsmen S3E05 - https://youtu.be/6RxmFe2ySZA Writing the Natural Way - Gabriele Rico (Book) - https://amzn.to/2UXDiPw Having a Secret Identity as an Artist – Draftsmen S1E25 - https://youtu.be/-pk_jRON0oU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Best Cities for Artists, Online Resources, and Self-Education

Our guest this week is animation and gaming industry veteran Flint Dille! He’s been involved in a wide range of projects from the 80s animated Transformers movie to games like Diablo III and Pokemon GO. We sit down with Flint to find out how artists can use methods valued in game design and writing to take their study routine and education to the next level. Flint shares how you can use familiar concepts familiar to gamers, like grinding for levels, as a form of practice in order to enter a propulsion loop where you feel rewarded and fulfilled while moving forward in the “main quest” of your art journey. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some contain affiliate links): The Gamesmaster (book) - https://amzn.to/3ye1L0F Sagard the Barbarian - https://amzn.to/3zc0Wa7 A Line in the Sand - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Line_in_the_Sand_(board_game) Strike Series - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_(video_game_series) The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Riddick:_Escape_from_Butcher_Bay Dead to Rights - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_to_Rights Uncharted - https://amzn.to/3sEsfak Ghostbusters The Video Game - https://amzn.to/3y9jdmP Ingress - https://www.ingress.com/ Pokemon GO - https://pokemongolive.com/en/ DARPA - https://www.darpa.mil/ Caravaggio - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/carvaggio-calling-of-st-matthew-s3e19.jpg Leonardo da Vinci - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/leonardo-da-vinci-s3e19.jpg Michelangelo - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/michelangelo-s3e19.jpg Transformers the Movie (animated) - https://amzn.to/387D5MK The Dark Knight Returns - https://amzn.to/2Wnffdv 300 (comic) - https://amzn.to/2WlmcMj Flint Dille 300 character Dilios - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/flint-dille-dilios-s3e19-1.jpg Paul Gauguin - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/paul-gauguin-s3e19.jpg Jack Kirby - https://static.proko.com/media/images/stan/jack-kirby-s3e19.jpg Clapton The Autobiography - https://amzn.to/2WnbmVS Spacewar! prototype - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar! Avalon Hill games - https://www.avalonhill.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Study Art Like You’re Playing A Video Game

Having difficulties figuring out how much to charge for your art? Do you feel like you’re undervaluing yourself and your work? There’s a lot that goes into pricing and selling fine art. We’ll show you how to break down the process into stages, and share a variety of ways we’ve found to negotiate and determine prices for your art. You’ll then get to see an example as we negotiate over the cost of a few Marshall Vandruff originals. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Price Artwork

It’s that time again! Marshall and Stan are back to answer some of your burning questions about artist and mentor friendships, horror art, getting your foot in the door as an instructor at Universities, balancing your interests and marketability, dealing with regret in an art career, finding fun alongside study, pricing commissions, and understanding spot blacks and shadows. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Horror Art, Shadow Shapes, and Mentor Friendships

This week, Marshall talks to Stan about how artists can borrow from a writer’s toolbox of exercises and thought processes and use them in their work. Using Gabriele Rico’s book “Writing the Natural Way” as a starting point, the two talk about techniques that can help boost creativity and help artists develop exciting work. Learn how to brainstorm more effectively, leverage creative tension, properly revise your work, and ultimately get more in touch with the creative process.   Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creativity Insights Artists can Pull from Writers

Marshall interviews the clinical performance psychologist Dr. Eddie O’Connor, whose course “The Psychology of Performance: How to Be Your Best in Life,” was the subject of repeated references throughout season 1 of Draftsmen. They discuss the course, and Dr. Eddie shares valuable tips to help overcome anxiety surrounding your work as an artist and individual. Dr. Eddie also brings to light some of the road blocks that keep us from understanding how we can grow. Call and Ask Your Art Questions: 1-858-609-9453 Show Links (some contain affiliate links): Dr Eddie O’Connor - https://dreddieoconnor.com/ The Psychology of Performance - https://www.wondrium.com/the-psychology-of-performance-how-to-be-your-best-in-life Dr. Eddie’s Sleep to the Top - bit.ly/sleeptothetop Success Stories Membership - https://dreddieoconnor.com/membership/ email dreddie@dreddieoconnor.com and mention Draftsmen The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud - https://amzn.to/3kUHPgp Robert McKee - https://mckeestory.com/ Dr. David Viscott - https://amzn.to/3iLdSwu Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz - https://amzn.to/3eVXOqM Finishing the Hat by Stephen Sondheim - https://amzn.to/3kY7gO0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Psychology of Performance - Draftsmen S3E15

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 living with your skills, we are here to answer your questions. We’re here to offer you advice, refer you to our resources, share your love of the craft and maybe inspire you! Learn to Draw - www.proko.com Marshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.com Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Link to survey: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4

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