Ipad Art: Halloween

 I still love my Ipad

Halloween Art on Ipad with Procreate following a Watercolor Tutorial, lol.

I found a tutorial on Youtube for a cute halloween watercolor, but I had a headache and didn't want to deal with water and brushes and mess.  So I grabbed my trusty Ipad and just looked at the finished product on Youtube and ignored the tutorial and did it on Procreate. I'd still like to try the tutorial with watercolors but Halloween is over now, so maybe next year.  I used Gouache brushes to make this, and am happy with how it turned out.  

Procreate Art, Ravine Bridge Landscape #ArtwithFlo

 Another GREAT ArtwithFlo Tutorial!

Ravine Sunset Landscape on Procreate, #ArtwithFlo tutorial

I had such a great time doing this tutorial from ArtWithFlo!  I learned how to use so many different brushes, and even got to make my own brush...the leaf brush that I used for the leaves, which was so much easier than having to draw them all individually.  Great tutorial; I highly recommend it: 

Ravine Sunset Bridge

Today's Art on Procreate: Palm Beach

 

Palm Beach, by Kathy Schopp

I really enjoyed painting this on my Ipad with the Procreate App.  I have been dreaming of tropical beaches and Caribbean cruises, so thought I'd try to draw this. I did look at many pics of tropical beaches online but didn't follow a tutorial for this.  I may go back tomorrow and try to add a dolphin jumping, but I'm done for today.

Today's Art: Yellow Tailed Damsel Fish, on Procreate

 

Yellow Tailed Damsels by Kathy Schopp, on Procreate

I've been in a fishy mood, lol.

I found a photo of a pretty yellow tailed damsel fish and did my best to recreate it on my Ipad, with Procreate.  

Here's the image I found online at Bird's Head Seascape blog:

Today's Art: Damself Fish, on Procreate

Damsel Fish, by Kathy Schopp

 Todays Art on Procreate: Damsel Fish

So I drew the damself fish on the upper left, after looking at loads of pictures of real fish.  Then I painted him, experimenting with different brushes, colors, and layers.  I duplicated him twice and played around with the shape, color, and orientation for the other two fish. 

The background was just painted with the soft air brush in several colors of blue from dark at the bottom to lightest at the top, and the plants are just brushes that came with Procreate, in various colors and opacities.  I had fun, and need to try again as I'm not fully happy with the fins.

Octo Moon Ipad/Procreate Original Art/cartoon

 

Octo Moon by Kathy Schopp

Octo Moon

I created this cute little Octopus tilting the moon, on Procreate with my Ipad yesterday. No tutorial, just my imagination. I want to try it again without the black outlines and maybe more detail.

I wrote a story to go with it and hope to do more drawings to go with the story.

Procreate Art, Summer Sunset Lake Landscape

 

Summer Sunset Lake #James Julier Tutorials

Another Great Tutorial by James Julier

I really enjoyed making this pretty landscape art on my Ipad using Procreate, thanks to the talented Bob Ross of Procreate, James Julier.

It's hard to see here when the image is so small, but I think I improved my clouds technique, especially the ones that are fluffy and highlighted by the setting (almost fully set) sun.  I love the colors.

I need to learn how to do grass better, and reeds, but I think I've finally learned how to do skies, trees, and lake reflections. :-). 

I may go back to this and edit it so there's not so much sky at the top; but this is how the tutorial was done. I think I'd like it more if the horizon line was up higher and there was less sky on top.

Snowy Sunset Digital Painting on Procreate

Snowy Sunset 

I was in an arty mood today and decided to follow a tutorial on Youtube, by James Julier.  I'm so glad I did; I love the way it came out! 

Snowy Sunset, followed a tutorial by James Julier 

I really love the colors of this, and the fact that it has snow in the shade and melted snow; bare land in the sun.  So cool! I'm getting a bit better at the trees. 

This painting would also be beautiful as a summer painting with water in the areas without snow, and along the rocks.   Maybe one day I'll be good enough to try that.

If you want to try this tutorial, it can be found here: Snow sunset tutorial by James Julier

Happy Squirrel Day 2022, Procreate Digital Art

Happy Squirrel Day!

Procreate cartoon squirrel

 I love squirrels so I drew this little cartoon in honor of squirrel day. 

Procreate Art, Tulips

 Tulips, on Procreate

I followed a tutorial to make these pretty tulips in Procreate, on my Ipad today.  It's snowing and blowing and so cold, and I felt like drawing flowers in anticipation of spring, because it's still so far away, lol.

Tulips drawn on the Ipad with Procreate, tutorial by Illustrateria

You can find the tutorial here: Tulips tutorial

Today's Procreate Art, an Original by me, lol: Christmas Squirrel on an Icy Pond

 Christmas Squirrel on an Icy Pond

Christmas Squirrel on an Icy Pond, digital art on Procreate by me, Kathy Schopp

I've been doing a lot of Procreate tutorials on youtube since mid September, and I decided to try something on my own today, using techniques I've learned.

I'm really happy with the way this came out.   I experimented with a lot of different brushes.  I did the trees with the fine nozzle spraypaint brush.  I used different texture brushes for the texture, and I used the Sable brush for the squirrels fur.  These brushes all came with procreate.  I only drew the tree once, and cut and pasted and warped and resized them, and also flipped them around so they were facing different directions. 

I need to figure out how to crop the photo because I'd like to crop out some of the sky.  When I was drawing I made the canvas bigger and then forgot the top existed, lol.  I added clouds but would like to cut it out and make the painting end just above the tree line.

I used this photo of a squirrel for reference.  I had it open on my computer to look at while I drew on my Ipad.  I know there's a way to use reference photos on the ipad but I forgot how, lol.

I greatly simplified the squirrel by drawing shapes...mostly ovals, for the head, body, and legs. I wanted mine standing up straighter than the image above so I just straightened his little back. I could have shaded the squirrel more but I didn't want it too realistic looking.  I'm very happy with the way it turned out.  I hope you like it too, and that it makes you smile.

Winter Scenery with Birds

 I really enjoyed doing this tutorial by Tatiana from Tatyworks on Youtube. It took me 4 hours and 16 minutes to do the original painting in green, white, and black, and then another half hour or so to play around with the color balance to get this color, which I like a lot better. 

Winter Scenery original colors

I think I like stylized art the best; it sort of reminds me of storybooks i used to read as a child.  Like a cross between realism and fantasy? 

I don't know, I just like it, lol.

This was a very challenging tutorial for me, and I got frustrated at times...not with the drawing, that was fine, but with my memory.  You'd think I could remember something I listen to 5 seconds after hearing it, but no, i had to keep stopping and replaying every bit of the tutorial. 

 I keep forgetting how to use Procreate. I need to use it more frequently. I really let a lot of time go by between this painting/drawing and the last.  Oops. 

There were supposed to be berries on the little bush that the bird is sitting on. I drew them but they disappeared when I merged the layers.  I didn't notice they were gone until just this second, lol.  I can add them back tomorrow; I'm too tired now, and also, I need to charge my Ipad.

If you want to try this tutorial, you can find it here: Winter Scenery by Tatyworks

Today's Art, Northern Light's, Procreate

Northern Lights, Procreate, following a tutorial by James Julier

 Northern Lights on Procreate

I had a lot of fun painting these dancing sky lights on procreate. I was lucky enough to see real Northern Lights like these when I taught way up North in Moosonee ON, years ago.

This entire painting was done mostly using the airbrushes, except for one spot on the snow where I used a crayon brush. 

If you want to try this, the tutorial by James Julier can be found here: Northern Lights

Our Camp; My first Procreate Art without a Tutorial

 My First Procreate Painting with No Tutorial

Our Camp, Procreate/Ipad Digital Art, no tutorial

I'm learning!  I had so much fun making this.  It's not perfect, but it's the best I can do so far, lol.  I made this painting/drawing/illustration (what are they called, lol) for my Dad.  

This is our family cottage, which we call camp.  I sketched and then painted this based on a photo I took this summer while I was out there. I want to try to make it again a year from now to see if I've improved.  

My Dad loves it; it was part of his 82nd birthday. 

Today's Art, Spooky Landscape, Procreate Digital Art

 

Spooky Landscape, done on Procreate, #Art With Flo tutorial

I was in a Halloween-y mood today,

So I did this cute tutorial called Spooky Landscape on my Ipad, with Procreate. I followed a tutorial on youtube by Art with Flo. You can find it here: Spooky Landscape

Ipad Procreate Hamster and Cage Artwork

 Adorable Hamster and Cage

My version of Hamster and Cage #Genevieve's Design Studio Tutorial

I made this adorable hamster in his or her cage, following a Youtube tutorial by: Genevieve's Design Studio.

It was a fun tutorial and I'm happy with the way it came out.

I changed it up a wee bit, but not much.  

Animated Birthday Candle on Cake

I made this animated birthday candle/cake on my Ipad, with Procreate, following a tutorial by Genevieve's Design Studio.

Cute Fox in the Forest, Artwork on Procreate

 

Cute Fox in the Forest, Today's Art on Procreate, #Tatyworks

I LOVE my Ipad and Procreate

Today I spent hours drawing/coloring this adorable fox in the forest.  I saw this tutorial by Tatyworks on Youtube a few months ago and really wanted to try it, but it was a 56 minute tutorial, and I figured that since half hour tutorials take me hours to finish, an hour long tutorial might take me days, but I got it done in one day (I am guessing it took about 3 hours?)  Nope...I just checked; my Ipad says it took me exactly 4 hours and 9 minutes to finish, lol. 

Totally worth it, and I'm sure I'll get faster once I learn more. I have learned a lot already.  Procreate is much easier to learn than Clip Studio Paint.  Much more intuitive. Plus, all the good tutorials are done for Procreate and being able to follow tutorials along exactly the way they were made is amazing. 

If you want to try this tutorial, you can find it here: Draw a Cute Fox in the Forest

Cloud Forest Procreate Art on Ipad

Cloud Forest, Procreate #James Julier Art Tutorials

Cloud Forest

This digital painting was a lot of fun to paint, and used only 2 brushes...the soft air brush and 1 artistic brush that I think is called leather, that has some texture, which was used for the trees.

If you want to try this tutorial, you can find it here: Cloud Forest Tutorial