A Beginners Journey In Digital Art

A Beginner’s Journey in Digital Art

Like a lot of people starting out with Procreate and digital art, I went to the source. Even though the Procreate tutorial is pretty easy and short, I still had to get used to following the instructions that went by quite fast. I haven’t memorized all the brushes yet and still have to pause quite often trying to find them, still, it will get easier with time and practice.

While not exact to the tutorial, it’s recognizable 😊

Pastel Doodle

Even before I tried the Procreate tutorials, I opened the app occasionally to play around a bit.

I feel like there’s a bit of a double challenge, the app itself, switching to a digital format with layers and digital brushes has its own learning curve, but also just drawing itself. I haven’t really drawn in ages and almost feel I have to relearn how. Nothing like some practice and also remembering not to take things too seriously or get discouraged 😊

Used the default Procreate pastel brush for this “study of an apple”. Done sometime last year.

Amanita Muscaria

Playing around with pastels, a quick sketch of a mushroom 🍄

Solid Colours

One of the first so called “completed” pictures I did last year when I decided to get back into drawing.

I was mostly trying to get a sense of the app, so stayed with simple lines and solid colouring. Used a butterfly picture as a guide, didn’t trace it. Not perfect, but like in all things, you have to start somewhere 😊

Ferry Doodles - Pink Flower

I guess flowers are one of the easier things to doodle while on a ferry. Playing around a bit with the Bardot watercolour brushes trying to remember what I did in the tutorial 😊

Ferry Doodles - More Flowers

No wifi on the ferry, this time I consciously tried to remember what I did on the watercolour tutorial and recreate it from memory. Shrug, could have been worse 😊

Used the Bardot watercolour brushes.