Draftsmen

About 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 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 Privacy Policy: https://www.proko.com/privacy-policy

Publisher

Stan Prokopenko and Marshall Vandruff

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 May 2019

Latest episode

22 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

4 of 117 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   The Intermediate Plateau

   Host Stan Prokopenko and guest Marshall Vandruff discuss overcoming artistic plateaus by exploring causes and offering strategies like feedback and passion projects.

2. 

   8 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   How to Learn Color

   Artist Marshall Vandruff and instructor Stan Prokopenko discuss mastering color through theory and practice, sharing exercises to develop your artistic intuition.

3. 

   20 Aug 2024TRANSCRIPT

   State of the Art Industry

   Stan Prokopenko and Marshall Vandruff discuss navigating the art industry's constant evolution and challenges, offering insights on adapting for survival and success.

Inside a recent episode

The Intermediate Plateau

Published 22 Jul 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Okay. Do you remember what he prescribes when you're in a middle? No One of the first things is what we've spent the last hour kind of talking about cool. Let's repeat it again It's to name it. Okay, when you say deliberate practice I am in a period of frustration. I am in a period of non -growth When you name it It objectifies that you get it outside of all of this mesh of emotions Do you can say you are not alone in this We have got middles of weeks. We've got middles of life spans. We've got middles of civilizations We've got middles of conversations all of these different middles They all have something in common and it's consistent with the claim of the scientific secrets of perfect timing It may be too big a claim But he is looking at scientific research where they know That the smallest the smallest and biggest things have a ubiquitous shape. […]

Who has been a guest on Draftsmen

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Marvel artists
• Proko instructors
• Stephen Bauman
• Glenn Vilppu
• Aaron Blaise

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

7,238,691,735

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

663 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

42

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

91