Streams
Recordings of Azat's live streams: reviews of your work, marathon streams and open streams where he draws and talks as he goes.
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Lessons in “Streams”
subscribers only1:28:57Feedback. Contrast and nuance. Composition marathon
Friends, welcome to the marathon feedback stream! On the stream we go through the typical mistakes participants made — I recommend everyone watch it, because the same mistakes come up again and again, and you can learn from them even if you only bought the basic plan. See you all there!
subscribers only1:32:49Feedback. Static and dynamic. Composition marathon
Friends, welcome to the marathon feedback stream! On the stream we go through the typical mistakes students make. I’d recommend watching it whatever tier you’re on — the same mistakes come up again and again, and you can learn from them even if you only bought the basic tier. See you there!
subscribers only1:12:11Week 3 feedback, composition marathon
Friends, welcome to the marathon feedback stream. We’ll go through the typical mistakes participants made — I recommend everyone come, because the same mistakes come up again and again, and you can learn from them even if you only bought the basic plan!
subscribers only1:48:54Marathon week two. Feedback: “Structural links, the grid and lines of force”
A phenomenal review of everyone’s week two work! Come and watch!
subscribers only1:38:32Marathon week two. Stream recording: “Structural connections, the compositional grid and lines of force”
Hi, friends! Week two of our marathon is devoted to the topic "Structural connections, the compositional grid and lines of force." Come along — we’ll work out what it is, what it’s for and how it helps an artist, and then we’ll run it all through our hands and get a good amount of drawing done! If you can’t join, don’t worry: I’ll publish the recording of the teaching stream here 🙂✨
subscribers only2:00:28Marathon week 1. Feedback recording
Friends, welcome to the marathon feedback stream. I went through the typical mistakes participants made — I recommend everyone watch it, because the same mistakes come up again and again, and you can learn from them even if you only bought the basic plan.
subscribers only1:56:51Lecture and practice on “Rhythm”. Week one stream recording
Well, we’re off! Whew, week one of the marathon, love it! The recording has a theory block, a practice block and my recommendations for the week one assignments! Enjoy :)
subscribers only1:02:20Composition breakdown of Vasnetsov’s paintings
There’s only a week left before the marathon! So that the time isn’t wasted and you can prepare and steadily sharpen your understanding of composition, rhythm and the structure of a piece, here’s a lecture with a composition breakdown of Viktor Vasnetsov’s paintings.
subscribers only45:19Lecture. Reviewing student work from the Academy of Arts
Hi! I was recently at the reviews at the Academy of Arts, looking at student work. I recorded a lecture for you on the most interesting pieces, so pour yourself some tea, get comfortable, watch and listen. May this lecture set you up for a productive weekend 💪 By the way, how do you like this format — should I do more?
subscribers only2:09:30Live stream recording. Painterly rendering of a the lady
Hi! Over the weekend I ran a stream on painterly rendering of a the lady. Sharing the recording with those who couldn’t join live.
subscribers only59:45Stream recording. The “Value and rendering” marathon: week six feedback
Hi! Here’s the recording of the feedback on the work for the final assignment of the marathon.
subscribers only2:53:04Stream recording. Marathon “Value and Rendering”. Week 6: Parts of the human body
Hi again! Here’s the recording of yesterday’s stream! A reminder: your task is to do two to four body parts of your choice, using hatching and what you’ve learned about value in the previous topics. References are attached to this post. I’ve shifted the feedback and final stream dates a bit so you have more time to finish everything: December 25 at 21:30 — feedback on the sixth marathon assignment December 28 at 20:00 — marathon results announced 🔥 Good luck! ✨
subscribers only1:01:20Stream recording. The “Value and rendering” marathon: week five feedback
Hi! Posting the recording of the stream with feedback on the week five work. In a marathon, besides the results, it also matters that you’re building the skill, so watching the reviews and making the fixes is still worth doing now ✨ I’d even say that building the skill and seeing your own progress matters more than the results 🙂 Agree?
subscribers only3:00:20Live stream recording. "Value and Rendering" marathon. Week 5: Natural forms
Hi! Yesterday we spent three hours with the crew drawing trees and musing about organic plasticity, supermutants, and the old masters. I love our cozy, productive meetups ✨ If you didn’t catch the broadcast, watch the recording! 🙂
subscribers only1:01:06Live stream recording. "Value and Rendering" marathon: week four feedback
Hi! Here’s the recording of the stream with feedback on your still lifes. Your work is just fire — if you haven’t seen it, I recommend going to the comments and taking a look 🔥
subscribers only3:07:43Live stream recording. "Value and Rendering" marathon. Week 4: A still life of several objects. Continued
And here’s the recording of yesterday’s stream ✨ Good luck! 🙂
subscribers only1:12:29Stream recording. Marathon “Value and Rendering”: week three feedback
Hi! Here’s the recording of the feedback stream. Watch it now and finish off your still life — I’m expecting the final piece from you at the end of this week 😀
subscribers only3:12:39Stream recording. Marathon “Value and Rendering”. Week 3: A still life of several objects
Hi, friends! This week and next we’ll be drawing a still life. I’ve already run the three-hour teaching stream — watch the recording if you couldn’t join live.
subscribers only1:15:49Live stream recording. "Value and Rendering" marathon: week two feedback
Hi! The feedback stream is done and recorded, go watch 😀 And I recommend joining live, since I won’t always manage to post the recording here right away ✨
subscribers only3:09:11Stream recording. Marathon “Value and Rendering”. Week 2: Simple objects. Sphere, cylinder
Hi! Bursting into a new marathon week 🔥 Here’s the recording of yesterday’s stream — watch it, rewatch it, draw, and send your finished work into the comments! I’ll run the feedback stream on Saturday at 20:00, and as always I’ll leave the link here ✨
subscribers only1:28:12Live stream recording. "Value and Rendering" marathon: week one feedback
Hi everyone! Here’s the recording of the feedback stream, if you didn’t make it live. I recommend everyone watch 🙂 And I’m waiting for your work on the week one topic ✨
subscribers only3:34:15Live stream recording. "Value and Rendering" marathon. Week 1: Hatching and value. Value scales
Hi! Hooray, our marathon on value and rendering has started — here’s the recording of the stream on the week one topic, plus the references. I’ll run the feedback stream on Saturday at 20:00, and I’ll leave the link here as always ✨ Those on the feedback plan, I’m expecting your work in the folder I left in that post. If you didn’t save it, message me privately and I’ll resend the link.
subscribers only1:37:37Stream recording. Drawing a simplified portrait
Hi! And I’d be glad if you wrote in about the difficulties you run into when drawing the portrait or the figure — which topic should I cover next? ✨
subscribers only1:02:47Final stream recording. Marathon “Sketching the Clothed Figure”
Hi! Congratulations to everyone on finishing another figure drawing marathon. On Friday I ran the final stream, we went through your brilliant work and had a good talk — posting the recording here for anyone who couldn’t join live or wants to rewatch 🙂 The marathon may be over, but let’s not be sad: there’s plenty more to do together ahead! On the intensive we’ll draw a lot together, work on color, anatomy and proportions, and I’ll share all kinds of little secrets and show techniques in digital painting. For busy people an intensive is a great format for getting into one narrow but very interesting topic, and for anyone who hasn’t studied with us yet it’s a good excuse to try. See you soon, friends! Stay in touch ✨