Steve Huston on Figure Drawing, Artistic Philosophies and Teaching Art

Draftsmen

Stan Prokopenko and Marshall Vandruff

Visual Arts, Design, Arts

4.9 • 742 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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This interview with Steve Huston covers his journey from comic books to fine art painting, his unique style combining realism with abstract expressionism, and his insights on figure drawing. Steve explains his mastery of lighting and form, approach to conveying emotion through art, and thoughts on engaging audiences. He also covers some of his artistic philosophies and the path it took to becoming a master painter and beloved instructor. Steve Huston - stevehustonart.com Learn to Draw - www.proko.com Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, drafts people. To help fill the void and the lack of episodes in your draftsman feed,
0:06.2	we're rewinding back to five Proco Classic interviews and one new one. You're listening to this
0:12.9	new miniseries where we take a deep dive into the lives, journeys, and minds of some of the
0:18.6	most fascinating artists and instructors from fine art
0:21.8	masters to comic legends. Today we have one of the best art instructors of all time, Steve Houston.
0:28.8	Steve is a fine art painter and author of the book, Figure Drawing for artists. This is an older
0:34.1	interview, one of the first I've done. Me and my production manager, Sean, back in the day, we drove up to L.A. to meet up with Steve,
0:42.2	and we couldn't afford to rent a sound studio.
0:45.5	So we got the cheapest hotel room and tried to make it presentable.
0:51.3	This one goes deep.
0:52.6	Lots of philosophical talk and little gems for you to
0:55.2	mind. I'm sure you'll all get something profound out of it. Enjoy.
0:59.5	Lo do-dood-do-do-do-do-do-do-do. It's the dressing show. Yeah.
1:09.4	Hey guys, so welcome to Proko.
1:12.4	My name's Stan Bricopenko.
1:13.9	This is the one-and-only Steve Houston, one of my biggest idols, somebody I really look up to.
1:20.2	Oh, I'm a fan of your work.
1:22.1	Oh, thank you.
1:22.2	Wow.
1:22.7	Yeah.
1:22.9	You heard that one.
1:23.9	That's right.
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