Winter Mountains
In this tutorial, we’re creating a magical winter wonderland with tall, dramatic mountains, snowy slopes, and cozy forests. This taller canvas really helps add depth and makes those mountains look even more striking. I’ll walk you through sketching the composition, adding layers for depth, and using simple techniques to get beautiful textures and lighting. Let’s dive in and bring this winter scene to life!
Brushes used:
- Basic Sketcher
- Soft Brush
- Studio Pen
- Flotastic Brush
- Pine Tree Forest Brush
- Hard Airbrush
- Standard Blender
Canvas Size:
- 3000 x 4500 pixels
Key Skills Learned:
- Sketching for Composition: Divide the canvas into foreground, middle ground, and background to create a dramatic, well-balanced composition
- Adding Texture and Snow Details: Apply jagged snow shapes and use texture brushes like Flotastic for a painterly effect on snow and mountains
- Efficient Tree Rendering: Combine hand-drawn trees and brush tools to fill forested areas quickly while maintaining variety and detail
Kingfisher
In this detailed Procreate tutorial, we dive into creating a lifelike painting of a kingfisher. I’ll guide you from setting up your canvas to refining the final details of your artwork, blending techniques and colors to capture the essence of this beautiful bird.
Brushes used:
- Basic Sketcher
- Soft Brush (Airbrushing)
- Studio Pen
- Basic Flo Brush
- Flow Darka Brush
- Flow Lighta Brush
- Darken Line 2 Brush
- Lighten Line 2 Brush
- Overlay Brush
- Barky Brush
- Standard Blender
Canvas Size:
- 4000 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Sketching and Proportion Planning: Begin with a rough sketch to identify large shapes and refine them gradually, considering key landmarks like the eye, beak, and body positioning
- Creating Base Colors and Texture: Establish base colors with opacity-controlled strokes
- Layering and Detailing: Apply the darken and lighten line brushes for shadow and highlight detailing, focusing on feather patterns and fine line work for a realistic look
- Edge Softening and Feather Effects: Use the smudge tool strategically to soften edges and mimic the natural texture of feathers
City Cat
Transform your art skills by combining the charm of cityscapes with the character of animals. In this tutorial, we’ll paint a vibrant city cat scene step-by-step, from sketching the basics to adding intricate textures and final details. It’ll be fun!
Brushes used:
- Flotastic Sketcher
- Monoline Brush
- Soft Brush
- Square Chalk
- Flotastic Brush
- Smudge Tool
- Light Pen
- Darken Line Brush
- Flo Darka Brush
- Flo Lighta Brush
- Flotastic Inker
- Overlay Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2300 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Constructing a cat sketch: Begin with simple shapes like circles and ovals, and outline major body parts such as the head, body, ears, and tail, refining with basic geometric lines
- Creating a textured cityscape: Employ drawing assist for precise building lines and multiple color layers to form depth, adding gradient shading for dimension
- Forming natural, textured clouds: Blend with rounded brush strokes and the smudge tool to create realistic cloud gradients and transitions, incorporating various shades for depth
- Adding subtle details and highlights: Use the flow lighter and darker brushes for shading and highlights on the cat, emphasizing light sources with bloom effects to enhance glow and dimension
Cozy Room
I’ve always wanted to make an interior illustration like this, with loose brush strokes and an expressive feel. In this tutorial I’ll show you how you can easily do that with a photo as a base. I think it’s a lot of fun to do! So I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did.
Brushes used:
- Basic Sketcher
- Studio Pen
- Monoliner
- Flotastic brush
- Soft Brush (Airbrushing set)
- Smudging Chalk Mixer
- Darken Line Brush
- Lighten Line Brush
- Light Pen
Canvas Size:
- 3500 x 3500 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Setting up perspective grid and drawing guides: Align the drawing guide with the scene’s perspective, creating a vanishing point and horizon line that simplifies and stylizes the layout of objects
- Creating line art and simplifying details: Trace essential shapes using perspective lines, emphasizing clean, bold lines to achieve a stylized look. Organic shapes are drawn on a separate layer to add expressive touches
- Enhancing depth with multiply and screen layers: Multiply layers add shadows, while screen layers provide highlights, creating color variation and realistic lighting effects in the illustration
- Final lighting and shadow adjustments with masks and duplicates: Use layer masks on multiply and screen layers to add depth, emphasize sunlight, and achieve a glowing effect around light sources, giving the final piece a dynamic, sunny ambiance
Full Color Eye
Let’s take that eye drawing from YouTube and bring it to life with color! In this tutorial, we’ll layer shadows, refine edges, and add vibrant details to create a realistic and dynamic eye. We’ll focus on blending colors, adding light and shadow, and refining textures like the iris and lashes for a final, polished look. Whether it’s adding warmth to the skin or getting that perfect shine in the pupil, you’ll learn how to make your eye pop with depth and dimension.
Brushes used:
- Basic Flo Brush
- Flo Darka
- Flo Lighta
- Darken Line
- Lighten Line
- Lashes Brush
- Standard Blender
Canvas Size:
- 3000 x 2000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Building up shadow and light: Gradually layers shadows with darker colors and overlays, focusing on natural eye creases, the pupil, and the edges of the iris to bring depth to the drawing
- Refining details with precision brushes: Uses the “Darken Line” and “Lighten Line” brushes to create crisp, clean lines for the iris and eyelashes, adding texture and definition
- Creating a colorful iris: Incorporates a mix of bright colors like purples, greens, blues, and yellows to form a vibrant, rainbow-like iris, blending hues smoothly for a lifelike effect
- Adding highlights for realism: Enhances the 3D effect by adding reflective highlights on the tear duct, lower eyelid, and iris, making the eye appear moist and shiny
- Smudging for softness: Softens transitions between shadows and highlights, using rounded motions to maintain definition while achieving a smooth blend
Isometric Cute Cabin
Hey there! In this video we’ll dive into another fun isometric project—this time, a cute little cabin. Isometric drawings are like solving a puzzle, and I love the creative challenge they offer! We’ll start with the basic layout, and then gradually refine it into a beautiful, vibrant scene.
Brushes used:
- Basic Sketcher
- Studio Pen
- Soft Brush
Canvas Size:
- 3500 x 3500 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Setting up the isometric grid: Enable drawing guide and edit it to isometric mode for clean, structured drawings that follow a consistent perspective
- Sketching and refining complex structures: Learn to add volume and dimensions to shapes like cabins, roofs, and fences by adjusting opacity, using curves, and layering elements
- Adding texture and shadows: Use clipping masks, multiply layers, and the soft brush to create shadows and textures, giving depth to surfaces like wood, water, and trees
- Coloring with clean edges: Apply flat colors on separate layers with crisp edges, later blending with shadows and light to achieve a polished, professional look
Value Study Exercise
In this tutorial, we dive into a value study using a black-and-white photo of a statue. This exercise is designed to help you better understand light, shadow, and midtones by starting with a simple sketch and then refining it with three core values: dark, midtone, and light. The tutorial takes you step by step, from blocking in basic shapes to adding subtle details with brushes and blending tools, emphasizing the importance of soft transitions and refining edges for a more polished result.
Brushes used:
- Basic Sketcher
- Base Painter
- Basic Flo Brush
- Darken Line Brush
- Lighten Line Brush
- Standard Blender
Canvas Size:
- 2300 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Blocking in Shapes: Begin by sketching the main shapes, focusing on negative spaces and proportions, which lays the foundation for the value study
- Establishing Core Values: Use three primary values to carve out the statue, simplifying complex lighting into basic light, midtone, and dark areas
- Softening Transitions: Use the Smudge Tool to blend and soften edges, which helps in creating more realistic and smooth transitions between values
- Refining Details: Gradually refine the study by adding smaller details and sharpening edges with brushes like the Darken Line and Lighten Line brushes
Sunny Dog
Welcome to another realism tutorial, this time aimed at beginner to intermediate levels. Today, I’ll show you how to trace a photo to create a painting, starting with a cute dog photo. Some people might think tracing is cheating, but as long as you’re honest about it, it’s a great way to learn in my opinion. So let’s have fun!
Brushes used:
- Basic Sketcher
- Flo Darka Brush
- Flo Lighta Brush
- Darken Line Brush
- Lighten Line Brush
- Soft Brush
- Standard Blender
- Basic Flo Brush
- Smudgy Hair Brush
Canvas Size:
- 4000 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Adjusting Photo Warmth: Warm up your reference image using hue, saturation, and brightness adjustments along with color balance for shadows, midtones, and highlights
- Tracing and Line Art Creation: Lower the opacity of your photo and trace key lines using the Basic Sketcher brush to establish guidelines for your painting
- Building Base Colors: Start with broad base colors for the background and dog, using the Base Painter brush to fill in large areas with warm tones
- Adding Texture and Detail: Use the Flo Darka and Flo Lighta brushes to deepen shadows and enhance highlights, gradually building up the dog’s fur texture
- Finalizing with Lighting Effects: Add glow and contrast by setting layers to Multiply and Screen, using masks to paint in shadows and highlights, bringing your dog painting to life
Painterly Still Life
It’s time for painterly fun again! I love this style for still life pieces, so I thought I’d share the process 😊 I hope you’ll enjoy it too! During this intermediate level Procreate tutorial we’ll create this still life scene with honey, tangerines and flowers.
Brushes used:
- Smeary Damp
- Round Smeary
- Dry Mixer
- Thin Lines
- Rake Brush
- Overlay Brush
Canvas Size:
- 3000 x 4000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Using a dark base layer: Start with a dark color for the background, enhancing depth and richness in the painting
- Layer management: Separate different elements (e.g., jar, tangerines, flowers) into different layers for easier manipulation and detail work
- Smudging and blending: Use brushes to smudge and blend colors directly on the canvas, creating smooth transitions and realistic textures
- Adjusting colors on the go: Continuously refine colors by dropping them into the palette and adjusting their saturation and brightness as needed