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1. Sketch Techniques Introduction: Welcome to my class on creative ways to reuse
your sketch out lines. To enhance your illustrations, will explore different
techniques to incorporate your sketch layer into
your finished pieces. Such as adding a gold foil
effect and in addition, creating a white outline. As in this example. These methods will
add interest and dimension to your paintings. I encourage you to experiment. Share your finished
illustrations to class projects. Don't forget to hit
the Follow button for updates on future lessons. Next, let's look at
the class projects.
2. Sketch Techniques Class Project: The class project is
for you to create an illustration using the traditional color
blocking technique. Once you've completed that, you will then have
the opportunity to experiment with some of the creative sketch
outline ideas presented in this class. Instead of typically removing the sketch outline
after color blocking, will focus on manipulating
the sketch outline only. You will clearly see various creative ways to
reuse it in your artwork. So let's move on
to less than one.
3. Sketch Techniques Explained: Welcome. In this class or goes through the
sketch techniques. Normally, we make changes to the sketch outline
after color blocking, often by removing it altogether. So here I will simply
use the sketch only to clearly show ways to change your
outline technique. And then we'll move on in the next lesson to paint
the entire illustration. So let's get started with
the first technique. Open up your Canvas and
import the sketch provided. Go to the brush and
choose a soft airbrush. Then go to layers. Add a layer, make that
layer a clipping mask. Now, in this technique, we're going to use a
single color to create depth by using different
shades of that color. E.g. you can use a light blue areas of the sketch that are
closest to the viewer, like I'm doing here. Then move on to a darker blue. As you get further away. Now carry on using
different shades. And you can play about
with this to get the effect that you
feel looks the best. So that's using one
color to create depth. Now I'll move on to number two. Now we're going to
create contrast. So go into your sketch layer. Adelaide. Change that layer to a clipping mask and using
the same soft air brush. Now contrast will be
colors like red and green, opposite ends of
the color wheel. So we'll make a red bird. Green flowers. Another shade of red, another shade of green. Just contrasting the colors. Now we'll move on to
technique number three. Now we're going to use
color to create mood. So again, add a
layer, clipping mask. Different colors can
evoke different emotions. E.g. warm colors like red and yellow can create a sense
of excitement or warm. Now you can do the
same thing using cool colors to create a
sense of calm or mystery. By choosing colors
that are appropriate. You can create the mood you want to in your artwork and you can help enhance
the overall impacts of your sketch outline. Now we're going to use color to add visual interest. Layer. Clipping mask. And we're going to use
all different colors. So you might have
a yellow flower. Floss. Green leaves. Even use purple for the bird. Maybe a dark blue for this bird. More yellow on the bus apply. This can help keep the viewer's attention and keep them engaged
with the piece. Just try all sorts of different colors until
you get a great effect. We can also use colors
to convey information. This isn't the best
illustration to show you that. Because what I'm really
talking about is using different colors to represent different
characters or objects in your artwork. So for instance, this bird might always be this color throughout
your illustration. And the other character, a completely different color. Maybe the butterfly
is another character. You have a different
color again. I think you get the idea. So you would use this
technique to convey information in a different
kind of artwork. I just wanted to go through it quickly so that you can see the idea to use when you're doing
particular characters. Here I want to show
you how I've used the foil technique that I've used in my
actual illustration. So we'll add a layer
clipping mask. Then we'll go into
the wrench tool, add, insert a photograph and
bringing the gold foil. Because it's on a clipping mask, it will immediately fill
in the sketch layer. Now I want to show you
how to add another layer. Bringing the sketch. We going to make that
sketch much larger. Then we will add another layer, make it into a clipping mask. And then maybe we can color
part of that layering white or even yellow or even a green color. Now I think we'll
just play about with that sketch and move it around. Now we're going to go
on to the sketch layer, the second sketch, and
just move it around. So it looks a lot better. You can always just, um, oops. You can always just
tap the screen outside the square to
move it very slightly. See it's covering
up the goal there, so I'll move it out a bit more. So here I'm showing you how
you can use a double layer. I'd like to show you a couple
of other things you can do. Go into layer, choose
the sketch layer. Going to the Magic Wand,
choose Gaussian blur. And just blur. Sketch outline, which again
gives you a different effect. Just one more. Go into the color layer. Duplicate this, press the N, and then put a screen on top. Screen actually looks
quite nice on this one. Color Dodge. Just play about these
different screens. I think that concludes most
of the things that you can do with using
the sketch layer. Now, in the next lesson, we're going to move on and
paint the entire image. As I mentioned before. With this image,
there'll be a goal for a line and a white outline. Just a reminder. We've gone through all
the sketch techniques. But normally you would do them after you've done
the color blocking. So let's move on.
4. Sketch Techniques Illustration: In this class, I will show you my whole process in
making this illustration. I'll provide the
reference photos and the sketch for you to use. If you prefer, you can choose your own illustration and
just follow the process. I would love to see
your finished work. Simply upload to class projects. Let's begin by
choosing our Canvas. Tap the plus sign and
choose your canvas size. Here, I've used 20
" by 30 " portrait. Or for those who use pixels, 6,000 by 9,000 pixels. And it's 300 DPI for
best print quality. Next, I'll change
the canvas color so white can be easily seen
in the illustration. Now bring in your
reference pictures. Press the wrench key, swipe the, insert a
photo to the left. Now it reads insert
a private photo. This means that on
a video replay, the photos will be
invisible to the viewer. Large the photo to the
size that you want. Other layer, range key. Insert a private photo and
bringing the butterfly. Tap that flip horizontal key
and position the butterfly. Now we'll merge those
two layers together. Merge down, click the N, and reduce the opacity. Choose the studio pen. And the size of that 40%. Choose a dark color
to make your sketch. Add a new layer and sketch
over your photo image. Now be sure to close our each of the shapes so that
when you come to Color Fill, they won't bleed out into
the rest of the picture. Now, I'll carry on
making the sketch. Now there is my finished sketch. Now, add a new layer
above the sketch layer, make it into a clipping mask. Tap the range key, insert a photo, and
bringing the gold sheets. Now we have a gold sketch. Just for safety. Let's take off the background
color and share as a PNG. So we've got it for future
use if we should need it. Put the background back on so we can see what we're doing. Now we'll bring in the
reference picture, tap the range key,
Canvass, reference. So we can use this
to color pick. Now, go into layers, tap on the gold layer
and merge down. Now, make that sketch layer
or a reference layer, add a new layer. And then we can start
to color block. So pick your colors and
simply drop them in. And continue on until you colored block the
whole illustration. Now we're going to add a new layer and move it
under the sketch layer. Tap the range key,
insert a photo. And we're going to bring
in the colored background. Add a new layer above that one. Now we're going to choose
the willow charcoal brush, which comes with Procreate. Make it as large as possible. And then we're just
going to tap around the outside with
some darker colors. To frame our illustration. Can use several
colors to do this. To make the texture a little
bit more interesting. I get blue, darker color to the darker
colors right in the corners. There we have our frame. Now we'll put in some shading. So choose the soft
airbrush. I'm white. Lower the opacity and the size. And we're just going to make
a new layer at the very top. And make this a clipping mask. We'll just add some shading, finished shading, and added in the flower details into layers. Add a new layer and put that layer above
the sketch layer. And we're going to bring
in our original sketch. And you can't see it because
it's underneath there. So we're going to just
make it slightly bigger. Now we're going to
add another layer. Make it a clipping mask. Choose white and
the soft airbrush. And then we're just going to make that sketch layer white. Just go over all the black pieces. Turn the opacity back. There. We have a nice
sketch, white outline. Back into layers. Merge that down over
the sketch layer. Merge the shading down
into the block layer. Duplicate it. Go into the n. Let me go
into make this color burn. But we're going to reduce
the opacity just to bring a little bit of brightness
back into the illustration. And that's it. We have a
finished illustration. Like he's just staying with me. He got this far. And now I'll go
into the wrapper.
5. Sketch Techniques wrap Up: Thank you so much for joining me in this illustration class. I hope you're excited to use the outline techniques to
enhance your paintings. I would love to see how you've used the sketching outlines. Please upload your
finished illustration to class resources for
everyone to enjoy. Please take a moment
to leave a review. I would appreciate
the feedback so much. Thank you again for
taking my class. I'll see you in the next one. If you'd like to
know more about me, please visit my website,
color story.com. I started my creative journey
writing books and audios, as you can see here. Then I returned to
my first love art and created all kinds of art. Finally, I have 20
years of mind, body, and spirit articles to help my readers navigate
our complex world. I think you'll find it
very interesting to visit my website, color story.com.
Christine Sherborne, Artist and Author
