Ready to supercharge your drawing skills while learning how to sketch stunning birds in Procreate?

In this class, you'll learn essential fundamental concepts that will highly improve your drawing skills and empower you to capture the beauty of any bird that catches your eye.

Birds aren't just beautiful and whimsical creatures. They're also incredibly diverse!! Making them the perfect subjects for practising key drawing fundamentals to improve your artistic skills.

You'll start the class by learning key drawing fundamentals that will help you tackle birds and any other subject in the future.

How to analyse angles and use guiding lines
The importance of using proportions
How to simplify complex subjects into simple shapes
Use of negative space to refine drawings
Pencil exercises to achieve texture and volume
Drawing eyes in various styles to achieve different personalities

After learning these concepts, you'll practice drawing a bird of your choice. I'll demonstrate how to draw a parrot and a kingfisher bird, and you can follow along. Using these drawing fundamentals, following step-by-step instructions, you'll create a realistic drawing from a reference photo.

This class has a fantastic bonus!! Using Canva, you’ll learn how to combine your digital illustrations with well-crafted fonts and ready-made templates, and you’ll discover how easy it is to create breathtaking, timeless designs for personal or professional projects!

By combining your illustrations with text, you’ll be ready to create personalised gifts for friends, enhance social media posts, decorate weekly planners to stay organised, make greeting cards and print posters to decorate your space!! Anything is possible in the world of Procreate & Canva! To sum it up! This class will take you from being a beginner to drawing like a Pro!!

WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR?

This class is all about advanced techniques, but don't worry if you're a beginner – I've designed it with step-by-step instructions that make it accessible for everyone. So, whether you're experienced or just starting out, you'll fit right in!

It's worth noting that while prior experience isn't required, having some familiarity with Procreate’s interface and tools will undoubtedly make your learning journey more seamless.

Is it your first time with Procreate? No worries! I've got you covered. Begin with my initial Procreate class, where I delve into each tool extensively. The exciting part is that as you become acquainted with the interface, you'll also craft vibrant fruit illustrations that can seamlessly transition to Canva for creating delightful designs!

Digital Illustration: A Beginners Guide to Mastering Procreate

WHAT YOU’LL NEED FOR THIS CLASS

All that's required is an iPad with Procreate and Canva – simple, right?

REFERENCE IMAGES

DOWNLOAD HIGH RES PAPER TEXTURES

I love adding texture to my drawings, and earlier this year, I photographed my high-resolution textures. As a bonus for this class, I’m giving away a few images for free, which you can download following this link:

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HOW TO USE THEM

1. Import the paper texture to your Procreate file and place it on top of the layer stack
2. Set the layer overlay to 'Multiply'
3. Enjoy!

PROCREATE FUN RESOURCES TO ELEVATE YOUR GAME

Watercolor Procreate Brush Kit – Achieve Realistic Digital Watercolors

After months of experimenting, testing, and refining, I’m beyond excited to share my Watercolor Procreate Brush Kit with you! This collection is designed to replicate the organic beauty of traditional watercolor while giving you the flexibility and ease of digital painting in Procreate.

Why You’ll Love This Kit

Realistic Effects – Carefully designed to mimic the behavior of watercolor pigments on paper.
Easy to Use – Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, these brushes will elevate your workflow.
Versatile & Customizable – Layer textures, blend colors, and experiment with different brushes to achieve your unique style.

Procreate Stamps: Create Watercolor Mountain Scenes

With this beautifully crafted Watercolor & Ink Stamp Pack, you'll be able to create stunning landscapes effortlessly and have fun doing it!

This collection features a variety of hand-painted watercolor and ink elements, including trees, mountains, clouds, people, pets, and other nature-inspired details. Whether you're a seasoned artist or just starting out, these stamps make it easy to build breathtaking scenes while adding your own artistic flair.

INCLUDED IN THIS MOUNTAIN SET (55 STAMPS)

23 Bushy Trees, Pines & Leafless Winter Trees
6 Grasses
7 Landscape Elements: Towns, Birds, Rocks…
10 Town Elements
9 People

1 Procreate file with watercolor paper so that painting feels even more real!

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