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1. Introduction: Hi everyone. Welcome to my first class on
digital painting. We will be learning various ways of using the gauche
brush in Procreate. We will do lots of sketching on paper as well as on iPad
and the procreate app. I will give many
tips and tricks to make your workflow of
digital painting smooth. I will show my preferred ways
of using the wash brush. As the brush becomes somewhat tricky to use as a beginner. It is a textured, transparent brush which requests
to follow some steps, which enhances this
beautiful texture. You will get to see
lots and lots of drawings and three complete
painting processes. And as I usually do, I will show my research
sketchbook pages and we will look
at the paintings. I have done. Gosh pressure. So don't forget to
watch till the end. If you like using Procreate, you will definitely
enjoy the class. So let's get started.
2. Sketching on Paper: We will start by
doing some drawings. You can use iPad and start drawing in Procreate
directly if you like. I prefer drawing on paper because I can go
back and forth on the pages to compare the drawings and erase
any unnecessary parts. This makes me feel more
connected to the drawing. In the first step itself. I have simply folded a few
A4 size paper in half, which has made an
easy job sketchbook. You can make such small, either swing or just
stapling in the middle. It is fun to make many such
themed books this week. I'm going to make
simple yet weird pots with plants in
them for our gosh, paintings, this will
be our team here. You can choose any
theme of your choice, but make sure to keep it simple. Our main goal today is going to be learning goals
technique on Procreate. So keeping it simple, we'll help in executing
the information. You can later use
this technique to make more complex
paintings on your own. On these pages, I will draw
many compositional sketches. Choose a few from these pages to make our digital paintings. I have kept going
off my sketch books open in front of me
just for reference. Sometimes new ideas emerge
out of previous class. I am drawing boards
of different shapes. What's in transparent
jars or containers, roots, more, plants
and more. Plus. I'm just trying to
develop an idea in the next sketch and
new ideas joined. They're measuring the ports
kept in another part. I can play with transparency
and opacity in Procreate. At the time of painting. I can learn and practice
layering colors. In this week. You can add lines and your choice of simple
textures in the drawings. As I'm doing to make it
look more interesting. As in this case, I can add patterns on the ports
or details on the leaves. I like to keep the
sketches simple. My drawing things in
a continuous line. That's why I use a
mechanical pencil, which gives me a
consistent plan. Before starting to paint. I will also show how to create your own color scheme
in this class. So don't worry, if you have
no idea which colors to use. I have been there and I couldn't
choose colors on my own as I had to rely on ready-made color
schemes, which is finite. Julie and I also use some basic color schemes derived from the color
wheel, which is fine too. But being able to make your own color schemes,
which are worsening. Using colors you gravitate
towards the most, is the most freeing
experiences, so forth. So I will show you what
I have learned till now about colors in
the upcoming lessons. It can use simple rectangular
shapes to practice the techniques or draw some simple parts overlapping each other as your
first painting. Making some more drawings when
you transfer them on iPad. In the next lesson, we will see multiple ways of transferring these drawings and also making few more drawings directly on iPad in
the next lesson.
3. Take Sketches to Procreate: If you have made the
sketches on paper like me, you can simply take
pictures of them on iPad. You can scan them. If a scanner is easily
accessible to you, scan the drawings from the north than simply open notes and
create a new document. Then click on this camera icon
and select scan documents. It gives more crisp drawings
and makes it easy to remove the white background and lets us keep only
the line drawing. I did not scan the images, but just took photos of them and inserted those
images in Procreate app to make a new document. To start with the painting, I'm taking a 2,500 by
3,000 pixels Canvas size. This is a fairly
medium-sized Canvas, which will give me 31 lives. You can insert the
images we took before and edit a
bit to get a line drawn from the adjustments tab. Select Hue Saturation
and Brightness and tones saturation all the way down to make the images
black and white. Then play with Goes to get
just the line drawing. Remove unnecessary lines from here and your drawing
is ready to work on. But that is still a
white background there, which we can remove by using the selection tool
and by selecting the automatic selection and selecting the white
area, then delete it. But this time, I
would like to trace it by adding a new layer
over the first one. Don down the opacity
of the layer. Having the edited image. It is just fun sometimes to trace over the lines we
have already approved. I can enjoy this
pure drawing session without worrying about anything or make any corrections
I find along the way. Let's complete this
drawing and then see multiple ways of
using the gauche brush. Good.
4. How to Use the Gouache Brush: There is really no definite way of using the brushes
in procreate. But I will share some of
the techniques I have found useful to have
a smooth workflow. Select the gauche brush, which you can find in the painting section
in the Brush Library. Fresco brush can also be used together with gauze to get
a bit different texture. I like to use these two
brushes in the same painting. Both of these brushes
are transparent. So we can layer
different shapes and colors on one another
to get nice effect. Play with opacity of the brush. To get more transparency. I have lowered the
opacity to around 60%. And you can see how different
colors look when layered. This is how different it looks when used with maximum opacity. That is still a bit of
transparency which I enjoy. Now, let's see how
we can collect any shape using
the gouache brush. Here I have a shape of a leaf. Use a new layer
for your drawings and use different
layers for coloring. Lowered opacity
of drawing layer. If they use the gauze brush, just like other brushes, by filling the shape inside. First of all, it
will not come out neat because of the
edges of the brush. And secondly, we will lose
its beautiful texture, which we certainly do
not want to happen. So what we will do is
on a separate layer, paint a blob of color
over the shape. Use the brush with a big size. You can let the colors
the way you want. Make sure that texture
inside the shape looks. Once you're happy
with the texture, select the eraser tool and use your choice of
brush. As an eraser. I prefer using the mono line
brush to carve up the shape. And then I use a flat brush to erase any excess paint
outside the shape. So here it is, the
leaf shape ready? Let's see the process again
using a different color. Paint, a blob, carve out the
shape using the eraser tool. And then it is the
outset colors. Using any big rush. You get a nice
texture shape there. I will show how the
texture looks when used as a normal brush to
fill inside the sheet. The color mixing using the
merge tool also looks blotchy. So I don't use this method to paint with textured brushes. There is one more way you
can use the gloss brush. Draw the outline of the shape. Using a thick brush, which doesn't have much texture. I use mono line brush. Use a color which will suit well as a background
color to that shift. Drag the color from the corner
inside this to fill it. Make sure the shape is closed from every place
for this to work. That is why we are
using a brush, doesn't have any texture. Then go to the Layers panel, select the layer and
enable Alpha Lock. Now whatever you will draw or AD will remain inside the
already filled area. Let's add the gorgeous
texture over this. Select gauche brush
and change the color slightly darker or
lighter however you want. And add the texture.
Your leaf is ready. Let's add some more
fun stuff on the page. Always keep the drawing layers and painting layers separate. I find Procreate soften that. Sometimes when I start to
sketch an experiment on a page, I get N cross and the base starts converting
into a painting. That is what is happening here. I was enjoying
drawing random things here that I started connecting
them as a composition. It was a fun session. Then I continue to
add other details using the evolved brush
and six B pencil. I enjoyed the play between transparent colors and
sketchy marks of events. I use this combination using traditional
media on paper too. So I used the same
way in digital media. I use the fresco brush
to paint this leaf. The texture gives nice
variety in the painting. I can see the shapes by just
dragging the color inside. But I wouldn't get this
nice texture like a pencil that I prefer spending time on that and enjoying the
drawing painting session. Just like traditional rent. Color mixing looks great by
using the gouache brush. The texture more just
two colors really well. Balancing the shapes, textures, colors is super
important individual. In my opinion. That's why I have made a whole separate
class on that topic. You can check that
out if interested. The balance of every
aspect I mentioned. Hey, it's in keeping
the eye movement of the viewer within the space. This making the visual
more successful, naturally aware, and capable of balancing things
on a 2D surface. But we just need to practice
it by doing some exercises. What is on one side should be
balanced on the other side. That does not mean that the quantity of each
element should be quick. It only needs to be balanced. It is fun to erase the
color from the size, the shape we want reviews, and the process
looks so satisfying. So I'm done with this
unplanned painting, which I initially started as
a brush technique practice. It was a fun painting and I
had a nice time making it. In the next lesson, I will share some tips to make your own color schemes without using any
direct reference.
5. Creating Colour Schemes: I have always found making a color scheme to be a
very difficult task. I only selected the colors
from the color wheel, from the set color schemes,
like monochromatic, analogous complimentary
triad, split, complementary, or changers,
darkness, or added vitamins. This method was not
completely wrong. In fact, if you are a beginner, you should practice
in this week. It hurts to learn about colors. But I was there for
quite some time. Then to learn about
colors further, I started to use the pre-made color schemes
from the websites. It is the best way to
broaden our use of colors, the red variety of
colors schemes on it, which are great to practice. Try making these
colors by mixing in your palette using
traditional mediums. This alone will help
in understanding them. But I wanted to move one step
ahead and applied or even develop my own understanding further of using
combination of colors. So I studied from various
sources and by practicing, I've not really developed a best understanding
of colors till now. I guess doesn't even exist
in terms of using colors. But still, I'm not
where I want to be yet. I wanted to share the
knowledge I have right now. Even before using the
colors that is used, we should understand
the value scale better. Making a value scale digitally is very easy than
making on paper. Make sure the Saturation
scale is down to 0% and brightness
scale is on 95%. 100% will be the
white of the paper. I'm using the hard
edge brush here. Then start sampling each shade by lowering brightness,
but 10-person. So after 95%, it will be 85%, then 75 per cent, and so on. You will have a ten
step value scale. You can decide the difference
between the sheets by keeping a difference of
five to 30 per cent, making the scale
bigger or shorter. But 10% at the beginning
is good, in my opinion. When you divide the scale
in three equal parts, the upper part is called Heikki. Middle part is middle key, and the bottom part is loci. Using these keys, hertz and making it more mature
color combinations. We can even use the keys
in different parts of the same painting to set a mood or to show
depth and perspective. When you said saturation and
brightness to zero per cent, you get the brightest and most saturated colors obviously. So just toggle, they use
K to select the colors. I still lower the
saturation a bit because I find the most saturated
colors to be too harsh. So as you know, the
colors opposite to each other on a color wheel are
called complimentary colors. These color combinations can
be used to make a painting. But if you use them as they are, both being the most saturated, there won't be any
when Qu'Appelle point or a point of
interest in the painting. The visual will look chaotic, leaving the viewer confused
about where to look. The magic of
complimentary colors is that when you add one
color in another, it helps reducing the
saturation of that color. When a transparent layer of
green is added over red, red loses your saturation
and turns brown. Whereas when we add a transparent layer
of violet over red, which are not complimentary
to each other. The resulting color
will be magenta, which is still quite saturated. These are all the basic concepts of color that I'm explaining, which will help in
making a color scheme. When you select any you with a saturation level up and
loading the brightness by 15%, you will get the value
key of that color. Remember that every
UE has its own value. I will show you a trick
to see the color image in black and white without
disturbing the layer. Make a new layer,
fill this with black. Then go to layers and select the same lead to see
all the blending modes. A black color blending mode, which will let you see all the layers underneath
in black and white. You can see saturated
yellow is the lightest and portable and
blue are the darkest used. Using all this information and other information of study of the color wheel you
might have done. Let's create color schemes. If we select colors as
usual from a color wheel, let's say I want to use analogous color scheme of
yellow, orange, and red. As we have talked about before, all the colors are
very saturated. So the first step is
that use only one color which will be more
saturated than the rest, called an accent color
in a color scheme. Now second step will
be to choose a value. Remember, this is just an
exercise we are doing. After enough practice. You will be able to choose
colors of your choice without force villi sticking to a value key and the colors
with gin look cohesive. But for now, Joseph
value, I'm using hike. Then select the colors and
try to fit them in the value. As I said, it is
easier to do this digitally as we can set the exact percentage
of colors here. So I selected dread
as an accent color, and then selected
other colors in yellow and orange,
you ranging 100-75%. This has given us a beautiful, warm yet soothing color scheme. I then arrange these
colors from dark to light. We can see and
compare the colors of this color scheme by enabling the fruit that we
previously created and change the value if
something doesn't fit. Let's make another color scheme. But by keeping the gap
between the values higher, I've kept the gap of about 20 to 25% brightness
between each color. And I have used another analogues color scheme
of yellow, green and view. And my accent color over
here is greenish blue. This has given us yet
another beautiful Cholesky. Let's do this one more time. But without deciding all
the colors beforehand. Use the value scales and choose any color
and shade you like. Then go on changing the hue, saturation and
brightness slightly. Don't forget to stick
to the value key. And also having only
one accent, color. Changing things you are in that third color
scheme is ready. I hope you find this output. By doing the exercises. You will find the colors
you gravitate towards. Those will be your colors. Experiment with them
for the find Variety. Have fun playing with colors. In the next lesson, we will select the sketch
before started.
6. Painting: We will use the techniques we learned in the last two lessons. And let's color this
drawing we started earlier. I am selecting the colors, keeping in mind that I want
to stay in the height to mid-60s of values and stick to the analagous
colors near Greek. Also decided to have pink
color as my accent color. If the created color scheme on a separate layer
in one coordinate, handy to grab the colors and use start coloring the elements one by one, using the gospels. But before that, I will
fill the background. Deciding the colors on top
becomes easier that way. I like using the jagged
brush for the background. You will find the brush
in the painting section. I've created a separate
folder of brushes. I use most frequently. That way, I don't need to find require precious each time. Let's complete the list first. Then carve up the shapes. And it is the extra colors
with the flat brush. But the same thing
with each element. Increase the brush size. If the element is bigger. Also, see the texture inside the shape and see whether
you are satisfied or not. I like a bit of
transparency in the leaves. Let's complete each element and then see what
to do after that. Fill every pot with
suitable color. Don't forget to balance
the colors in this piece. Now I will add a gradient in the background to show
hazy sky and land. I use the brush with
reduced opacity and taking lighter colors each
time to blend the two colors. I don't like keeping the drawing lines,
the final painting. So I reduce the
opacity of drawing layer and paint on
separate layers. If you like keeping
the drawing lines, your workflow would look
different than mine. Once all the elements that make sure each one
has its own layer, then it's time to add details. I like using different drawing and sketching brushes
in this step. This one is incorrect, which I'm using to paint the branches at
just the thickness according to your liking. The texture it gives is suitable to be the
branches. I think. The reason we keep each
element in a separate layer is because we can change or adjust its color
however we like. Even in the latest stages,
go to adjustments. And to use saturation and brightness to adjust the colors. I darken the color of the
brand just a little bit. When more benefit of
keeping each element in its separate layer is that you can edit it using
Selection tool. Here, I wanted to add a
darker opening to this port. So I drew the oval using Selection tool and made it
darker using adjustment panel. I did this to each port
to add an opening. Now that each
element is complete, let's move on to
more complex ones. That is, the roots I
have drawn the pattern. I painted them using
white with a gauze brush. Then added lines on the leaves. Making any painting. Having a simple workflow which
you're comfortable with. Important. You should know how to get out of the confusion about what we'll do
next at any step. That is how you keep on being interested and excited
about continuing to paint. Of course, keeping a room for
experimenting is necessary. Otherwise, the process
will become monotone and each painting will turn
out more or less the same. Once everything is done, I like to add borders
around in selected places. I mostly use the
Evolve brush for this. To connect the background
with the bots. And large, I drew stones
to have a sense of depth. The stones at the
bottom are mostly big and the ones in the middle
of the page are smaller. Then they use the same technique of painting with the gospel. I then had just read the background color a
bit to make it lighter. That way it gives more
contrast in the painting. And with that, our first digital gosh painting
is complete.
7. Drawing Session: Let's have some fun by having a drawing
session in Procreate. I like using pencil
and paper to draw, to have a better
connection with my books. But every once in a while, I also enjoy drawing directly in Procreate because
of the ease of it. Just double tapping with
two or three fingers. It raises or brings
back our lines. I used to use the monoline
brush for drawing. But as the line comes to be consistent and without texture, it doesn't have the
organic feel to it. So I switched to
using six B pencil. I love her perfectly
sketchy drawings it gives me and all the pencils and brushes I use are the ones which
comes with procreate. It says, I have not bought any
brushes outside of it yet. The default brushes
themselves are so many that I have not even
experimented with many of them. So here I am drawing
whatever comes to my mind. But sticking to
the theme of ours, which is pots, drawing various shapes of them and decorating them
with simple drawings. When morph plus point. And for nose drawing in Procreate is using
the selection tool. We can select, Move, make things bigger or
smaller, however we want. Acute it, these
sketches complete here. Let's just start
drawing in Procreate. And six B pencil has
a major role here. It is very difficult to stop, make small duties
and within no time, these doodles start
connecting on the page and takes
form of a composition. Later it is up to you
whether you want to paint that page and turn
it into a painting, or continue drawing
on another layer. It is just like
using a sketchbook. Having fun is the main mode. Sometimes I find the
default brush settings of the brush I use not suitable to the
drawings or it is not big enough or
doesn't get thin enough. In this case of
the brush dry ink, it does not get bigger
than a certain size. So here is how you can change the settings to suit
your requirements. Go to brushes, select the required brush and make
sure could duplicate it. Then tap on the Brush. Select Properties.
Underbrush behavior. You will find maximum and minimum size
adjustments settings. Change that to your requirement. And you will see how we can make bigger strokes
with this brush now. And as we have
duplicated the brush, we still have the original one in case we will need it later. In the same way, I have changed the settings
of the six B pencil. It was not big enough. You can also change the texture
of the brush by selecting stroke path and increasing
or decreasing the jitter. I've done the same
to the evolve brush. I liked the brush, but it had too much of
the textured edges. So I decrease the jitter. I now use it more
often than before. Like this, experiment with various Brush settings to
get different results. Make sure to duplicate
the brush before that. So you don't lose your
previous settings. Yeah, it is a small painting, time-lapse, just for fun. I told you before. It is an addictive process. You just want to keep on
drawing once you start. Enjoy this process video. In the next lesson, I will show some paintings and color sketches I have done
using the similar technique. I will also show some of my latest sketchbook
pages for inspiration.
8. Sketchbook and Examples: I hope you enjoyed the class. I included the techniques and some functions of Procreate, which I find important and
which are regularly used. If you have any
suggestion or anything you would like to share or even if you did not
understand anything at a point and would like me
to explain it in detail. Feel free to type in
the discussion section. You can also contact
me on Instagram. I will be happy to discuss. Now, I will show
some of my reasons. The way I tried to
do in each class. When I see other sketchbooks, works in progress or
sketches, I feel motivated. The finished artworks feel a bit overwhelming
for us at times. We worry about how
to manage so much. But when we look
at other sketches, min notice that they
also have started small, silly little idea turns
into a big painting. This realization comes by
looking at the sketches. So I would like to show
my sketch book to you. You never know what
will encourage. This is the sketchbook
where I decided to draw only portraits and
simple compositions. This was the time
when I was trying to see whether I
would like to draw. People are nodding. When
it comes to portraits. I have only painted the realistic ones by having
a live model in front of me. I never explored
drawing people as a part of a composition
or to develop an idea. I never find it necessary to
bring people in my scene. So I thought, why not just
try it and see what happens? I somewhat liked it, but just for the fun of it. I still don't like people
to come in my composition. It looks deliberate
to me in my art. But I'm glad I tried. I can make a sketch book only
to draw such weird people. And when it comes to
making a sketch book, I now use the simplest approach. I just fold the paper in half
and double in the middle. Of course I do this to
sketching Pepper's Lonely, in which I only intend
to use pencils or pens. Thicker papers won't
lay flat when opened. I used to make a proper
sketch book by sticking and gluing the papers together and
by making it cover for it. But then it becomes
too precious for me as I spent so much
time on making it. I tried to protect it and tend not to
experiment in it much. That did not help growing mat. This quick method works
very well right now. In this sketch book, I decided to walk in boxes by selecting a space
and everything ideas. It worked for me to
develop paintings. Having a rough team
in mind while using a smallest sketch book
helps to keep on creating. We give a purpose to
it and what can it to finish it. A bit bigger. Sketchbooks can have
mixture of things. They can be divided to
explore multiple ideas, as well as can be
used to draw and paint freely to see
what comes on its own. Right now, I am enjoying
utilizing the whole page. I'm also enjoying
drawing with a pen. It feels more bold
and permanent, which makes me more and more
confident with my lines. Let the patterns in your
mind repeat itself. Let the similar forms are
ideas repeat on paper. When you let the
lines flow on paper, your mind either gets bored
of it or it enjoys so much that it starts finding
variety in that your ideas, forms, shapes,
developed that way. It is one of the ways
of idea development. It might be slower
but very effective. I am telling this
because I used to beat myself up when its shape or
a combination of shapes, gum on page every time I draw. My thoughts were about
how struck IN or how I'm not creative enough that I draw the same
things again and again. But when I give
importance to these torts is when we actually becomes
stuck at any stage. Instead, do its thing and let your hand do its
own thing on the page. We only can focus on whether we enjoy what is coming
on the page or not. My drawings may look repetitive, but it will definitely change. After few pages. They will again look reputation. That is how it works for me. The process is slow
but effective. I can let it decide
which drawings I like to look at and develop
them further if I want. By walking regularly
in the sketchbook. I also have realized that
I like drawing too much. I don't like or even
misusing painting mediums. I like to draw and add colors all by using
drawing mediums. It doesn't mean that I won't
use paint brushes again. But it is great to
know what I truly like so that I can work and get
better at it even more. Now, let's see some
digital examples. Then using the wash brush
are done in a similar way. This is the painting
we did in the class. I like the softness, colors, and the overall
transparency of it. But it needs some more elements
or visual texture in it. Well, that is what
I feel right now. Looking at it after some days, I might not feel the need of
any additional things here. This is the first-ever painting I made in
the Procreate app. I used to use Photoshop to
make digital paintings before. I love everything
about this painting, the textures, colors, shapes. I enjoy looking at it. This is the recent painting in this wash and ports in
the outdoor series. I used red as an
accent color and used it only in the
plant to show emphasis. This is the sketch I did that drawing
session of the class. I later decided to color it. I like the use of sketchy
lines and wash brush in the same painting.
This one is another. The painting I showed. What I like the most are the colors. They look this soft because of the texture, gauche brush gifts. I also use modular tool to blend the colors
in some areas. This is yet another sketch don't into a painting
we did in this class. We get your ideas for
the paintings when we look at them all at
once after their complete. This is the last painting
I have to show today. This was done entirely by using the six B
pencil in Procreate. So that is it for today's class. I hope you enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun
making it for sure. Thank you for joining me here, and I will see you
in the next class.
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