Drawing a Face – Stylised Portrait Rendering
You’ve reached the end of our face drawing series, and it’s time to bring your front view portrait line drawing to life with some color and lighting in Procreate. If you’ve missed the earlier parts, make sure to check them out, or you can jump right in with the line drawing I’ve attached to this post.
Brushes used:
- Medium Brush
- Smooth Lines Brush
- Tapered Lines Brush
- Basic Flo Brush
- Flo Darka Brush
- Flo Lighta Brush
- Darken Line Brush
- Overlay Brush
- Standard Blender
- Darken Hair Brush
- Lighting Brush
- Loose Hairs Brush
Canvas Size:
- 4000 x 5600 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Layer Management: Learn how to manage different layers for the background, clothing, hair, and facial features
- Base Coloring: Master the technique of laying down base colors for different elements of your portrait
- Detailing with Brushes: Get comfortable with various brushes for specific effects, like the tapered lines brush for hair
- Shading and Lighting: Develop skills in adding shadows and highlights to give your portrait depth and realism
- Final Touches: Understand how to use layer masks and blending modes for refining your artwork
Drawing a Face – Stylised Front View Portrait
In this tutorial we will dive further into the world of stylized portrait sketching. In the next tutorial we will use this sketch as a base and render our portrait. Attached to this tutorial you will also find cheat sheets which you can use while drawing stylized faces. The cheat sheets show step by step instructions on how you can draw different facial features.
Brushes used:
- Flotastic Sketcher
Canvas Size:
- 4000 x 5600 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Basic Face Proportions and Shapes: Starting with a circular shape for the cranium and attaching the jaw, the tutorial emphasizes understanding face proportions
- Feature Placement: Techniques for correctly placing eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth are covered, with a focus on maintaining symmetry and alignment
- Stylized Hair Sketching: The lesson demonstrates how to sketch hair with volume and texture, emphasizing the importance of capturing the flow and shape of hair
- Layer Techniques: Using layers effectively for creating refined sketches. The tutorial explains how to adjust layer opacity for tracing and refining
- Detailing and Stylization: Strategies for adding details like eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth, with a focus on creating a stylized rather than realistic portrait
Isometric Shop
Welcome back to our cozy corner of creative adventures! In this Procreate tutorial, we’re taking a whimsical dive into the world of isometric art, drawing a charming little shop that’s a bit simpler than our previous isometric room project. In this tutorial we’ll make use of rounded shapes to add cuteness to our little building. So, grab your digital pencils, and let’s start creating!
Brushes used:
- Flotastic Sketcher
- Dry Ink Brush
- Tapered Lines Brush
- Smooth Lines Brush
Canvas Size:
- 3500 x 3500 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Isometric Grid Setup: Learn to enable and customize the isometric grid in Procreate for precise isometric drawings
- Creating Rounded Shapes: Master the technique of adding rounded shapes to your isometric drawings, adding a layer of charm and character
- Layer and Color Management: Gain insights into effective layer management and color application
- Shadow and Light Effects: Explore methods to add shadows and highlights, bringing your isometric shop to life with depth and dimension
Frog
In this intermediate to advanced realism painting tutorial we will paint this lovely frog together. In this video I will guide you through the process of using a grid while sketching to get accurate proportions. A great exercise!
Brushes used:
- Flotastic Sketcher
- Base Painter
- Standard Blender
- Flotastic Brush
- Lighten Line Brush
- Darken Line Brush
- Multiply Brush
- Overlay Brush
Canvas Size:
- 3000 x 2000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Canvas Resizing: Demonstrates how to resize the canvas effectively for a project, ensuring the photo and drawing areas are optimally allocated
- Creating and Using Grids: Emphasizes the importance of grids in maintaining proportion and accuracy in sketches, especially for complex subjects like a frog
- Sketch Refinement: Shows the process of refining sketches from a basic outline to a more detailed guide for painting
- Color Selection and Application: Provides insights into choosing and applying colors dynamically, encouraging the practice of adjusting hues as the painting progresses for a more realistic effect
- Detail and Texture: Focuses on adding realistic details and textures, teaching how to use light and shadow effectively to bring a subject to life
Isometric Book Room Part 2
In this tutorial we will take the line art that we created in the previous part and start coloring it. Once we have laid down all the base colors we are going to make some magic happen. Adding shadows, lights and special effect will really bring this piece to life!
Brushes used:
- Smooth Lines Brush
- Soft Brush
- Medium Brush
- Flotastic Inker
- Lightpen
Canvas Size:
- 3500 x 3500 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Layer Management: You’ll learn to create and manage multiple layers, using reference layers for efficient coloring and clipping masks for shadows and highlights
- Use of Selection and Invert Tools: Learn how to use the selection tool for precise coloring, especially in complex areas, and inverting selections for targeted application
- Adding Shadows and Highlights: You’ll gain experience in adding depth to your illustration through the use of soft and hard shadows, and highlights, using different blending modes like Multiply and Add
- Detailing with Fine Lines and Effects: Finally, you’ll learn to add finishing touches like light rays, sparkles, and detailed lines for texture and realism.
Isometric Book Room Part 1
This intermediate-level tutorial requires some patience as we’ll be creating a room full of intricate elements. Starting with the isometric grid to guide our sketch, we’ll slowly build up the room inside the book. The step-by-step process of creating line art over your sketch teaches you precision and layer management. By the end of this tutorial you will have a beautiful isometric room which we will color in the next tutorial!
Brushes used:
- Flotastic Sketcher
- Flotastic Inker
Canvas Size:
- 3500 x 3500 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Isometric Grid Setup: You learned to set up and adjust an isometric grid in Procreate, crucial for maintaining correct angles and proportions in your isometric drawing
- Detail-Oriented Sketching: The tutorial guided you through creating a detailed sketch, focusing on spatial awareness and proportion consistency
- Creating Line Art: You learned how to transform your sketch into clean line art, adding clarity to your drawing
- Layer Management: The tutorial emphasized the importance of organizing different elements like furniture and decorations on separate layers for easier editing
Pumpkin Pie
In this fun Procreate tutorial, I will walk you through the process of creating a mobile game icon-style illustration of a pumpkin pie. This style is noted for its simplified shapes, bright and saturated colors, and appealing rounded edges, which make the icons recognizable even at small sizes, typical of mobile game interfaces.
Brushes used:
- Flotastic Sketcher
- Smooth Lines Brush
- Round Chalk Brush
- Medium Brush.
- Flo Darka Brush
- Flo Lighta Brush
Canvas Size:
- 3500 x 3500 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Sketching and refining: The tutorial begins with sketching the basic shape of a pumpkin pie slice, emphasizing the importance of capturing the essence of the subject with simple lines
- Layering and base coloring: You learn to create separate layers for different elements of the pie, using clipping masks for efficient coloring
- Adding details and textures: Using the round chalk brush to add air holes introduces texture, making the pie look fluffy and more realistic
- Shading for volume: The tutorial covers the application of shadows and highlights to give the illustration depth and volume
Galaxy Tea
Here’s a fun galaxy themed project for you. We’ll create this stylized galaxy tea cup with this lovely color palette. During this tutorial I will show you how you can create a nice glow effect and we’ll focus on creating smooth lines. All in all a great exercise!
Brushes used:
- Sketch it! Brush
- Smooth Lines Brush
- Soft Brush
- Nebula Brush
Canvas Size:
- 3000 x 4000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Sketching and Basic Shapes: Starting with a simple sketch using the Sketch it! brush, you learn to create the basic shape of a teacup with a focus on making it look cartoony and cute
- Using Symmetry for Balance: The tutorial teaches you how to use Procreate’s Symmetry tool to ensure both sides of the teacup are identical
- Creating Smooth Lines and Details: You refine your sketch by applying smooth lines for the teacup’s outline
- Applying Colors and Gradients: The lesson covers how to effectively use layers and Alpha Lock to apply flat colors, and then enhance those colors with gradients and the airbrushing soft brush for depth
- Adding Special Effects: You explore how to use different brushes and layer modes to add stars, constellations, and nebulae effects, bringing the galaxy theme to life inside the teacup
Van Gogh Flowers
During this beginner to intermediate level tutorial we will paint sunflowers in the style of van Gogh! I have attached a brush pack with special brushes that we’ll use. Let’s get expressive!
Brushes used:
- Sketching Brush
- Broad and Smeary Brush
- Random Strokes Brush
- Impressionistic Brush
- Smeary Damp Brush
- Tapered Brush
- Opaque Thin Brush
- Overlay Brush
Canvas Size:
- 3000 x 4000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Sketching and Composition: Learning to sketch loosely to lay down the initial composition, focusing on the overall shapes and placement of elements like the vase and sunflowers, without getting caught up in the details
- Underpainting: Creating an underpainting layer to establish a base of colors, using a Broad and Smeary Brush for the background and table, and introducing color dynamics with varied strokes
- Painterly Effects: Utilizing a variety of brushes to achieve painterly effects, imitating Van Gogh’s expressive brushwork to add texture and vibrancy to the painting
- Final Touches: Applying the Overlay Brush for adding warmth and unity to the colors