There are many things to consider when deciding whether to create art traditionally, with pen to paper or paintbrush to canvas, or digitally, with a computer or tablet. Some artists may prefer the tactile sensations of a brushstroke loaded with oil paint, or the dust of a charcoal pencil smudged by a fingertip. However, technological advancements and innovations in programming have enabled artists to get just as much personal satisfaction — along with professional success — out of digital art.
Digital art with the Procreate app for Apple’s iPad is one such program.
Procreate is available for a low, one-time fee through Apple’s App Store. Once purchased, users can take advantage of all of the latest tools, tricks, and tips of digital art that the powerful app has to offer. Paintings, sketches, illustrations, drawings, and other artworks will come to life thanks to Procreate, which offers artists of all experiences and calibers the chance to plunge into art without getting their hands or clothes dirty. Making a masterpiece with Procreate is the closest thing to traditional artwork you can get to without pouring paint on an actual palette.
Learning Goals
You’ll walk away knowing how to:
- Use the best-in-class recreational digital drawing tools – iPad & Apple Pencil
- Use the best iOS drawing app, Procreate
- Select & customise brushes to best suit your creative style
- Use layers to plan & construct your art pieces
- Use Procreate tools and shortcuts to improve your workflow & result
- Create & import texts with fancy fonts to craft your story
- Export your creation into multiple formats for various purposes
- Take your creative skills to the next level
You will need to have these for class
- iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil (Recommended)
- Any iPad and a third party compatible stylus
- Preinstalled Procreate app
To register your interest, please use our interest registration form and we will touch base with you within 1-2 business days.
There are well over one hundred brushes and tools for artists to pick from on Procreate. From different kinds of pencils and charcoals to colored pastels and types of paint, there is sure to be a medium for everyone. From watercolor paintings to graphite sketches, Procreate offers the proper tools for every project imaginable. There are even brushes that harness light and shadow, adding depth and dimension to 2-D works.
Artists can use the brushes and other tools in Procreate literally in endless, infinite ways. That’s because Procreate offers the opportunity for users to customize brushes for specific uses. If you customize a brush that you use often, you can even save it for repeated usage. Artists can also download customized brushes from other Procreate users online and add them to their own arsenal of tools.
Printing and framing finished works of art is simple, too — a finished masterpiece on Procreate can easily be emailed or downloaded to take to the printers. Procreate offers portable professionalism, meaning that digital art doesn’t have to tie you down to a desktop, away from the world.
This app is also ready to integrate with other Apple operating system features. Easily share and email even single layers from your artwork with simple commands from within the app. Make copies of your work and save them to the cloud easily. Procreate’s gallery simply and beautifully displays all of your work in one easy-to-access location. Manage and organize your completed projects and your works in progress with everything in the same place.
Procreate comes with myriad features to help artists develop the experience that will most suit their personalities and projects. Streamline workflow with different touch gestures within the app, including a double tap to undo an action. Customizing and mastering these actions will help speed up your creative process, as well as organizing your work experience. Procreate also features a customizable quick menu to swiftly access the commands you use most often in the app. With a simple swipe to the screen, you can easily add layers, access blending tools, or anything else that helps streamline your artistic efforts.
Whether you’re already a seasoned artist, digital or otherwise, or someone new to the world of creating art using technology, Procreate easily helps you adapt and offers you tools to help you continue to grow and develop as an artist. One of the most groundbreaking tools available on Procreate helps artists master the challenge of perspective drawing, laying down a grid and helping strokes snap to guides in order to be as accurate as possible. Even if you’re an artist without experience in creating perspective drawings, this tool will help you learn on the go.
With Procreate, you’ll soon be creating digital art that you had no idea you were capable of before.
To register your interest, please use our interest registration form and we will touch base with you within 1-2 business days.