Extend your skills in the Procreate app through this engaging and imaginative course. Students will explore a variety of fresh techniques, including ways to recreate traditional painting aesthetics digitally, while also being introduced to additional tools and broader application methods. These practical experiences will expand your confidence and deepen your understanding of the program’s extensive creative capabilities. If you’re ready to strengthen your Procreate abilities and gain meaningful hands-on experience, this course is designed for you.
Preparation for Digital Fine Art
- Explore three approaches to creating custom textured canvases, including the use of blend modes
- Learn the process of designing your own brushes
- Discover strategies for creating and organising personalised brush sets
- Understand how to source and download digital brushes, stamps, and textured papers
- Develop advanced mark-making skills
Traditional Painting Techniques in a Digital Setting
- Follow step-by-step stages to produce digital gouache and watercolour artworks that extend beyond simple brush application
- Gain a clear understanding of colour blocking and how to apply it effectively
- Work with the Reference Window
- Introduction to the Feather tool
- Create a lino-cut inspired visual effect
Advanced Colour Features
- Adjust tones using the Colour Balance and Curves tools
- Investigate the creative possibilities of the Gradient Map feature
- Utilise pencil selection tools with precision
- Refine the technique of removing backgrounds from imported images and replacing them with a single colour backdrop
The Text Tool and Specialised Tools for Specific Purposes
- Introduction to Animation
- Explore the range of Text Tool features
- Create customised margins for layout control
- The Perspective Grid tool
- Learn techniques for inverting text and shapes
- Develop artwork with transparent backgrounds, suitable for watermark, stickers or clip art
- Produce 3D text and experiment with creative text enhancements
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Understand how to create custom textured canvases that resemble watercolour paper
- Create your own brushes
- Create an animated artwork
- Create,edit and organise Brush Sets Folders
- Acquire the skills to download and use commercial brushes, stamps, and papers from the internet
- Enhance your colour adjustment skills through various techniques
- Discover the methods of creating artwork with transparent backgrounds
- Achieve the styles of gouache, watercolour paintings and lino cut prints using advanced techniques and a variety of brushes
- Master the technique of removing backgrounds from imported images
- Familiarise yourself with the text options in Procreate and utilise them in creative ways
- Use the Perspective Grid tool
Please be advised that students will need to bring their own iPad (including charger) and Apple Pencil that they know how to use as well as purchasing and downloading the Procreate app (the cost of Procreate is not included in the course fee).
- You can use Apple Pencil (1st generation) with these iPad models: iPad mini (5th generation); iPad (6th generation and later); iPad Air (3rd generation); iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st and 2nd generation); iPad Pro 10.5-inch; iPad Pro 9.7-inch
- You can use Apple Pencil (2nd generation) with these iPad models: iPad mini (6th generation); iPad Air (4th generation and later); iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later); iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later)
If you are uncertain of what model your Apple Pencil / iPad is, please check the user manual that came with your device, or contact your nearest Apple store.”
