Grab your iPad and whatever art supplies you have on hand, and get ready to make something a little messy and a lot of fun in Procreate.

In this Procreate illustration class, you’ll combine analog and digital art by starting with simple, hands-on techniques like painting, drawing, and mark-making, then bringing those pieces into Procreate to create textured digital illustrations using layering, blend modes, and shape-based techniques.

No fancy materials required. Just use what you have on hand and see what happens!

What You’ll Create

You’ll work on three fun illustrations inspired by analog objects, each using a different technique:

Create textures by hand and use them as overlays to illustrate a rotary phone
Paint your own papers and turn them into layered artwork for a film roll illustration
Draw shapes by hand and build an illustration from them to create a globe

Each project follows the same flow: a quick analog warmup to loosen up, a hands-on analog process to make your textures and shapes, and then bringing it all into Procreate to turn it into a finished illustration.

What You’ll Learn

Along the way, you’ll learn how to:

Make textures and marks using simple materials
Photograph or scan your analog work
Use layering and blend modes in Procreate
Combine shapes, color, and texture into finished illustrations
Experiment more and worry less about making things perfect

Digital tools can sometimes make everything feel a little too clean or controlled. By starting with analog techniques, you introduce variation, texture, and unexpected details that are hard to create digitally.

It’s a simple shift that can completely change how your artwork looks and feels.

This Class is For:

Procreate users who want to add texture and variation to their work
Traditional artists curious about working digitally
Anyone who wants to loosen up and try something new

Basic Procreate knowledge is helpful, but no advanced skills are required.

What You’ll Need

iPad with Procreate
Basic art supplies (paint, pencils, paper, etc.)
A camera (your phone works!) or a scanner

Hi, I'm your teacher, Lisa! I’m a digital artist, educator, and lover of all things creativity. I’ve taught tens of thousands of students how to use Procreate and develop their own artistic style.

While I spend a lot of time working digitally, I’ve always loved working with analog materials like paint, ink, and paper. Bringing those two worlds together has become a big part of my work, and in this class, I’m sharing the exact process I use to combine them.

Try things. Make a mess. Keep going! I can’t wait to see what you create.

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Kathleen Menzies

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