Procreate

I have tried out Procreate for a little while now, have learned how to use layers, alpha lock, clipping masks and such. It’s certainly great what you can do digitally, the way you can play around easily. I have made some nice sketches, a pastel painting and an Art Nouveau piece. There are lots of courses on Skillshare, some great ones are by Liz Kohler Brown. Thanks to her courses I have not only done some beautiful illustrations, I have also got tons of different brushes for free — and some fonts.

Now I need to figure out how creating with Procreate can compliment my sketchbooking, the analogue kind. Right now Procreate is fascinating, but I don’t yet know where it will lead me, where it should lead me. I don’t want to forget my sketchbook over Procreate.

Drawing digitally

I love to draw on paper with pen and pencil. And I love my sketchbooks. But I‘ve seen people draw on their iPads and seen how convenient it is. You can experiment, undo and change things as you like. And you don‘t have to waste material to do it.

Now that I happen to own an iPad that is compatible with the Apple Pencil I finally decided to try it out myself. I bought myself an Apple Pencil and the app Procreate. This app seems to be amazing and there even is a free handbook. And it isn‘t expensive at all.

I‘ve started to learn how to use it and am already experimenting with it. For now I’m planning to use it to test ideas, play around and see if this can promote my creativity. It’s certainly freeing to be able to play without having to think about wasting paper. I don’t think drawing digitally will replace drawing on paper for me, but it may support it.