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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). 

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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.

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Steve Martin - https://www.masterclass.com/classes/steve-martin-teaches-comedy

Windsor Newton Cotman watercolors - https://amzn.to/2ZLc1zP

Daniel Smith watercolors - https://amzn.to/2TLy8CE

John Sell Cotman - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/john-sell-cotman-watercolor-paintings-s2e08.jpg

Scott Flanders - https://www.proko.com/digital-shape-carving-with-scott-flanders/

Wacom Intuos for $65 - https://amzn.to/3gxrCJu

Glenn Vilppu - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/glenn-vilppu-female-male-figure-drawings-s2e08.jpg

1917 - https://amzn.to/2ZLrpwf

The Pursuit of Happyness - https://amzn.to/2XaL0UF

Casey Neistat - https://www.youtube.com/user/caseyneistat

An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood - https://amzn.to/3cj1IG4

Jama Jurabaev - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jama-jurabaev-artwork-s2e07.jpg

The Art of Critical Decision Making by Michael A. Roberto - https://amzn.to/3diOtqc

Donald Kirby - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/donald-kirby-artwork-s2e08.jpg

James Gurney - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/james-gurney-art-sketches-s2e08.jpg

Cesar Santos - https://www.proko.com/how-artists-grow-over-time-ft-cesar-santos/

Mort Drucker - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/mort-drucker-artwork-s2e08.jpg

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Marshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.com

Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko

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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. 

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Steve Martin Masterclass - https://www.masterclass.com/classes/steve-martin-teaches-comedy

Tim Ferriss Bob Iger Interview - https://tim.blog/2020/01/16/bob-iger/

Painting Competitions blog - http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2010/01/painting-competitions-daily-exercise/

Power Causes Brain Damage article - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/power-causes-brain-damage/528711/

DOGTOWN & Z-BOYS 2001 documentary - https://amzn.to/2TDcNeu

The Talent Code - https://amzn.to/2XrIrwC

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George Pratt - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/george-pratt-painting-s2e07.jpg

Howard Pyle - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/howard-pyle-art-s2e07.jpg

Jama Jurabaev - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jama-jurabaev-artwork-s2e07.jpg

Jon Foster - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jon-foster-art-s2e07.jpg

Justin Sweet - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/justin-sweet-artwork-s2e07.jpg

NC Wyeth - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/nc-wyeth-artwork-s2e07.jpg

Rick Griffin - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/rick-griffin-artwork-s2e07.jpg

Robert Beverly Hale - https://amzn.to/2XwaYRJ

Frank Schoonover - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/frank-schoonover-art-s2e07.jpg

Sterling Hundley - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/sterling-hundley-art-s2e07.jpg

Steve Huston - https://www.proko.com/growing-as-an-artist-steve-huston-interview/

Learn to Draw - www.proko.com

Marshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.com

Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko

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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

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Jon Foster - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jon-foster-art-s2e06.jpg

George Pratt - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/george-pratt-painting-s2e06.jpg

Sterling Hundley - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/sterling-hundley-art-s2e06.jpg

Ron Lemen - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/ron-lemen-painting-s2e06.jpg

Vanessa Lemen - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/vanessa-lemen-art-s2e06.jpg

Android Jones - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/android-jones-art-s2e06.jpg

James Gurney - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/james-gurney-painting-s2e06.jpg

Stephen Bauman - https://www.patreon.com/stephenbaumanartwork

Cornelia Hernes - https://www.patreon.com/Corneliahernesartwork

Scott Flanders - https://www.patreon.com/shapecarver

Handprint Watercolor Lessons - https://handprint.com/HP/WCL/water.html

Shep Gordon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shep_Gordon

The Tipping Point - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OYD8T2/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_GrYVEb9EQA1G5

Thomas Blackshear - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/thomas-blackshear-art-s2e06.jpg

Mark English - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/mark-english-art-s2e06.jpg

Learn to Draw - www.proko.com

Marshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.com

Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko

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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. 

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Jeff Watts - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/jeff-watts-figure-drawing-examples-s2e05.jpg

Steve Whitehead - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/steven-whitehead-drawing-s2e05.jpg

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Drawing the Draped Figure - https://amzn.to/2yFgwAU

Heads, Features and Faces - https://amzn.to/3dsBEsP

The Book of a Hundred Hands - https://amzn.to/2WI3Lh1

Bridgman’s Life Drawing - https://amzn.to/3bhiHb8

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Constructive Anatomy - https://amzn.to/3bdgQUR

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Michelle Don Vito - http://donvitodesign.com 

Charles Bargue Drawing Course - https://amzn.to/2YLydtb

Stephen Bauman - https://proko.com/bauman

Robert Beverly Hale’s intro to Paul Richer’s Artistic Anatomy - https://amzn.to/3bkyOoi

Rockwell on Rockwell, How I Make a Picture by Norman Rockwell - https://amzn.to/2zjnprA

Thomas Eakins - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Eakins

Howard Pyle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Pyle

Steve Huston - https://www.nma.art/instructors/steve-huston/

Glenn Vilppu - https://www.nma.art/instructors/glenn-vilppu/

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Will Elder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Elder

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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 trying to set up your own structure. Stan also shares how he created projects for himself that got him excited to learn the technical skills.

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Hidden Brain - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510308/hidden-brain

Wendy Wood - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/wendy-wood-s2e04.jpg

Dr. Seuss - https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Seuss/e/B000AP8MY6?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1588365968&sr=8-1

Beatrix Potter - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KIWHYKO/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1

Albrecht Durer - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/albrecht-durer-s2e04.jpg

Glenn Vilppu - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/glenn-vilppu-figure-drawing-s2e04.jpg

Steve Huston - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/steve-hutson-painting-s2e04.jpg

The Animator's Survival Kit - https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html

Nicolaidis - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/nicoladies-s2e04.jpg

Eddie Fitzgerald - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/eddie-fitzgerald-s2e04.jpg

Stan’s Drawing “Cycle of Life 1” - http://www.stanprokopenko.com/images/gallery/drawings/cycleoflife.jpg

Stan’s Drawing “Cycle of Life 2” - http://www.stanprokopenko.com/images/gallery/drawings/cycleoflife2.jpg

Stan’s Drawing “Dark Side of Life” - http://www.stanprokopenko.com/images/gallery/drawings/darksideoflife.jpg

Mastery by Robert Greene - https://www.amazon.com/Mastery-Robert-Greene/dp/014312417X

Scott Robinson - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1933492732/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_xTiREb40EZJFM

Modern day james -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI8GDFj5BQCQrSHITFebzkA

Drawabox.com - https://drawabox.com/

Alan Becker animation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jggdbxTJPG4&t=2s

Stan’s Pool Table animation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOorjFsGNKU

Kim Jung Gi - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/kim-jung-gi-s2e04.jpg

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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.

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Norton Simon Museum - https://www.nortonsimon.org/

Getty Museum - https://www.getty.edu/museum/

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Ray Bradbury - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/ray-bradbury-s2e03.jpg

John Singer Sargent - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/john-singer-sargent-s2e03.jpg

Spike Lee - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/spike-lee-s2e03.jpg

Werner Herzog - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/werner-herzog-s2e03.jpg

Martin Scorsese - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/martin-scorsese-s2e03.jpg

R.L. Stine Masterclass - https://www.masterclass.com/classes/rl-stine-teaches-writing-for-young-audiences

Drew Casper - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/drew-casper-s2e03.jpg

Novel Writing - Monty Python - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogPZ5CY9KoM&t=37s

Tex Avery - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h6_LmfC--o

Aaron Blaise - https://proko.com/blaise

Malcom Gladwell - Tipping Point - https://www.amazon.com/Tipping-Point-Little-Things-Difference/dp/0316346624

Drew Struzan - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/drew-struzan-art-s2e03.jpg

Craig Mullins - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/craig-mullins-art-s2e03.jpg

Great Courses - Political Theory - https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/power-over-people-classical-and-modern-political-theory.html

Great Courses - Masterpieces of the Imaginative Mind: Literatures most fantastic works - https://www.amazon.com/Masterpieces-Imaginative-Mind-Literatures-Fantastic/dp/1598032909

Great Courses - The old Testament - https://www.amazon.com/Great-Courses-Old-Testament-Part/dp/1565855507

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Great Courses - The Life and Writings of C.S. Lewis - https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/life-and-writings-of-c-s-lewis.html

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Great Courses - The Lives and Works of the English Romantic Poets - https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/lives-and-works-of-the-english-romantic-poets.html

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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. 

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Ivan Loginov - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/loginovart-s2e02.jpg

3 Point Perspective Podcast - https://www.svslearn.com/3pointperspective

Gore Vidal - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Gore-Vidal-s2e02.jpg

Frank Zappa - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/frank-zappa-s2e02.jpg

Steve Jobs - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/steve-jobs-s2e02.jpg

Elon Musk - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/elon-musk-s2e02.jpg

Andrew Wyeth - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Andrew-Wyeth-s2e02.jpg

N.C. Wyeth - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/N-C-wyeth-s2e02.jpg

Little Miss Sunshine - https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B000M2SM92/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

William Stout Asking Pros - https://www.proko.com/getting-your-first-art-job-asking-pros

Laurel and Hardy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jtjo3UtL7E

Learn to Draw - www.proko.com

Marshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.com

Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko

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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. 

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Jim Carrey - http://www.jimcarreyonline.com/info/arts.html

Noah Bradley - Don’t go to art school - https://noahbradley.com/blogs/blog/dont-go-to-art-school

The Daily Show - http://www.cc.com/video-clips/q35d99/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-stay-out-of-school

Albrecht Durer -  https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Albrecht-Durer-artwork-s2e01.jpg

Art School Confidential movie - https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B001Q51DSQ/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

What Color is Your Parachute - Richard Nelson Bolles

Rebel without a Crew - Robert Rodrigues

Laurel and Hardy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_and_Hardy

Learn to Draw - www.proko.com

Marshall Vandruff -www.marshallart.com

Stan Prokopenko -instagram.com/stanprokopenko

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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 throughout the next 2 months. We're happy to be back for season 2 and reconnect with you guys!

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Dorian Iten - https://www.dorian-iten.com/

Ray Bradbury - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/ray-bradbury-s2e00.jpg

The Cinderella Homes of Jean Vandruff - https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/cinderella-homes-book-cover-s2e00.jpg

Wim Hof method - https://amzn.to/2ULzDBu

Shaun of the Dead - https://amzn.to/2yF4kjj

The Daily podcast - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/podcasts/the-daily/the-sunday-read-what-i-learned-when-my-husband-got-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=audio-series-bar®ion=header&pgtype=Article

Collaborative painting application - Aggie.io

Learn to Draw - www.proko.com

Marshall Vandruff - www.marshallart.com

Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko

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