Ghost Dog
Brushes used:
- Round Chalk Brush
- Fineliner Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2300 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Creating Perfect Shapes: Learn how to draw a perfect circle using Procreate’s snapping tool, ensuring precise and symmetrical shapes
- Using Alpha Lock for Shading: Apply shadows and highlights to specific areas without affecting the entire layer
- Adding Texture: Use brushes to hand-color elements, maintaining a textured, chalky effect that adds character to your digital paintings
- Symmetry Tool: Utilize the drawing guide and symmetry tool for perfect alignment, especially when detailing the dog’s face
Pumpkin – Happy and Scary
Brushes used:
- Monoline
- Script
- Fineliner
- Is It Grunge
- Dark Noise
- Nebula
- Blackburn
Canvas Size:
- 2300 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Liquify Tool for Shaping: Adjusts shapes easily using the Liquify tool, providing better control over the final form
- Alpha Lock for Texture: Uses Alpha Lock to ensure added textures stay within the shape
- Layer Mask for Carving: Applies a layer mask to carve out facial features, allowing for non-destructive edits
- Symmetry Tool for Efficiency: Utilizes the symmetry tool to save time while creating symmetrical designs, like the creepy pumpkin’s face
- Clipping Mask for Layer Effects: Implements clipping masks to add lighting and shadow effects that apply only to specific parts of the drawing
Stylized Night Sky
In this tutorial, you’ll create a stunning starry night sky in Procreate, guided step-by-step, even if you’re new to the app. The tutorial makes use of free brushes from Procreate and Flo’s Treasure Chest, and it covers everything from painting a textured background to adding constellations and glowing stars.
Brushes used:
- Grunge
- Monoline
- Heavy Metal
- Polygons
- Burnt Tree
- Spires
- Pine Tree Forest
- Light Pen
- Flare
- Soft Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2300 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Creating Textures: Learn to apply textures to both the sky and mountains using a variety of brushes
- Gaussian Blur: Utilize the Gaussian Blur tool to add subtle glow effects to elements like the moon
- Layer Management: Master using layers and alpha lock for precise control over where textures and details are applied
- Constellation Drawing: Design your own constellations with the Light Pen brush, adding a personal touch to your night sky
- Brush Customization: Modify brush settings, like turning on “Randomized” for the Flare brush, to create unique effects
Fun Doodle
In this delightful Procreate tutorial, we dive into the whimsical world of doodle creation! Creating these colorful doodles is super fun and relaxing. And following my step by step instructions it’s super easy!
Brushes used:
- Chalk Pencil
- Fineliner Brush
- Script Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2300 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Sketching Techniques: Learn to sketch with the Chalk Pencil, using simple shapes to build complex doodles. Emphasis is placed on using Quick Shape for perfect ovals and clean lines
- Layer Utilization: Discover the advantage of using multiple layers for different elements, allowing easy rearrangement and adjustments during the creative process
- Line Work: Master the art of clean line work with the Fineliner Brush, including varying line weights for added visual interest
- Coloring and Patterns: Explore efficient coloring methods using a reference layer and adding playful patterns for more intricate designs
- Shading and Highlighting: Understand how to add depth and dimension to your doodles by applying shadows and highlights, considering the light source for consistency
Pen and Ink Moon
Brushes used:
- Syrup Brush
- Stipple Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2300 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Inserting and Adjusting Photos: Learn how to insert a photo into your canvas and adjust it to fit perfectly using Procreate’s transform tool with uniform settings
- Creating and Manipulating Shapes: Use the Syrup Brush to draw perfect circles and create a crescent moon by layering and resizing shapes, ensuring precise alignment
- Adding Texture and Details: Enhance your artwork with horizontal lines and stippling techniques
- Selective Shading with Stippling: Master the stippling technique for shading different elements, focusing on areas like mountains and the road to create a gradient effect from opaque to transparent
Part 8: Animals
This is the eighth lesson in the Learn to Sketch series! In this lesson we’ll focus on animals. I’ll show you how you can approach sketching animals and the different approaches you can use. I’ll also show ways to exercise and train your animal sketching skills.
I’ve added the exercise file I used during the demonstration. Of course you can also grab your own reference images or go plein-air sketching!
Skills Learned:
- Sketching from the Outside In: Starting with angular, box-like outlines to capture the overall shape before moving inward for details
- Sketching from the Inside Out: Visualizing and constructing the animal’s form with basic shapes like circles, cylinders, and rectangles
- Utilizing References and Anatomy: The importance of using reference images and understanding animal anatomy for accurate sketches
- Creating a Feedback Loop: Comparing your sketches to references or basic shapes overlaid on your work to identify and correct mistakes
Part 7: Landscapes
This is the seventh lesson in the Learn to Sketch series! In this lesson we’ll focus on landscapes. I’ll show you how you can approach sketching landscapes and what you can think of when creating your landscape, like textures, line weight, working from big shapes to small shapes, creative freedom, etc.
I’ve added the exercise file I used during the demonstration. Of course you can also grab your own reference images or go plein-air sketching!
Skills Learned:
- Sketching from Big to Small Shapes: Start with the overarching shapes of your landscape, such as mountains and clouds, before honing in on the details. This technique helps in laying down the basic structure of your sketch
- Creating Depth through Line Weight and Texture: Learn how to use varying line weights and textures to differentiate between the foreground, midground, and background, enhancing the depth and dimensionality of your sketches
- Creative Freedom in Composition: Break away from strictly adhering to reference images or real-life views by rearranging elements in your landscape. This encourages unique compositions and personal expression in your artwork
- Thumbnail Sketching for Composition Exploration: Develop quick thumbnail sketches to explore different compositions and perspectives before selecting your favorite to develop further. This practice boosts creativity and helps in visualizing various possibilities
Part 6: Textures
This is the sixth lesson in the Learn to Sketch series! In this sixth lesson we’ll focus on textures. And in our exercises we’ll put the main focus on just texture. That way you won’t get distracted by shapes and angles for instance. Texture exercises are great to loosen up and get comfortable with your pencil.
I’ve added the exercise file I used during the demonstration. Of course you can also grab your own reference images or find different textures to sketch around the house.
Skills Learned:
- Differentiating Textures: You’ll learn to distinguish between smooth and rough textures, noting how smooth textures have gradual transitions between light and dark areas, while rough textures display a more pronounced contrast
- Capturing Reflectiveness: Understanding the reflectiveness of surfaces helped us grasp how to depict various materials accurately, from shiny, smooth surfaces to more matte, textured ones
- The Importance of Edges: You’ll discover how the edges of objects contribute to the texture’s appearance, with smooth objects having crisp edges and rougher objects having more blurred or undefined edges.
Part 5: Angles
This is the fifth lesson in the Learn to Sketch series! In this fifth lesson we’ll focus on angles and exercise sketching subjects from different angles. You can easily practice this by sketching household objects. We’ll practice seeing the basic shapes as 3d shapes in different angles.
I’ve added the two exercise files I used during the demonstration. I’d highly recommend sketching from life for this exercise though. But of course you can get started with the exercise files. You could also make your own reference images by photographing object around your house. (the photos I used are from Shutterstock and can be used for practice purposes only).
Skills Learned:
- Sketching Basic Shapes in Different Angles: Enhancing the ability to recognize and draw basic shapes like cylinders and circles from various perspectives
- Understanding Perspective and Foreshortening: Learning to depict objects accurately as they appear smaller in the distance and adjust for foreshortening, where an object’s length seems shorter due to its angle
- Drawing Over Photos: A method to train the eye for 3D shapes and perspectives by sketching over images, using dashed lines to visualize the basic shape in three dimensions
- Creating a Feedback Loop: Utilizing a technique of drawing over sketches with a separate layer to identify and learn from inaccuracies in sketches