Today's Digital Art: Poppy Field with Procreate on the Ipad

 Procreate is still my favorite way to make art

Poppy Field on Ipad #JamesJulierArtTutorials

I am so happy with the way this poppy field digital painting came out!  James Julier makes the most wonderful tutorials for realistic landscapes.  I can only follow the tutorials if I don't have a headache, and thankfully today I woke up headache free so was able to jump right in.  

As always, these paintings look so much better on my Ipad than they do on FB or Instagram or even my computer.  

If you want to give this tutorial a try, you can find it: here

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.

 

my version of Spring Fields, Procreate Art, #JamesJulierArtTutorials

Spring Fields Landscape Art on Procreate

I had so much fun doing this beautiful digital art landscape today.  I followed a tutorial by James Julier, on Youtube.  It was so much fun, and I'm pretty happy with the results.  My clouds need more work, but I'm happy with my trees, bushes, and field :-). 

Spring Fields tutorial

 Seawaves Digital Art, on Procreate

Seawaves, #JamesJulierArtTutorials

I really enjoyed doing this digital art painting on my Ipad, with Procreate. 

James Julier is like Bob Ross for digital art; his tutorials are so good.  The tutorial was an hour long and this took me almost 5 hours to complete, lol.

Sea Waves tutorial

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

Snowy Tree with Deer, Procreate Art

 Procreate Art, Snowy Scene with Deer

Procreate Snowy Tree with Deer, #James Julier Art Tutorials

I followed a tutorial by James Julier on Youtube to create this pretty snowy scene.  I added the Christmas lights and the deer (they were not a part of the tutorial).

If you want to try this, you can find the tutorial here: Snowy Tree Winter

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

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

Dramatic sunset in Procreate, # James Julier Art Tutorials

 I LOVE my new Ipad Pro and I LOVE Procreate!  It is so much easier than using my Veikk and Clip Studio Paint. 

This is my second try on Procreate. I followed this tutorial on Youtube, by James Julier Art Tutorials: Dramatic Sunset

I am already learning so much, and I'm planning to do a LOT of art, lol. 

Sunrise Painting with Clip Studio Paint and Veikk VK 1200 Tablet

 

My painting, following a tutorial by James Julier Art Tutorials, on my Veikk VK 1200 and Clip Studio Paint

While I was at camp, I did this digital painting. I wanted to do a sunrise over a lake because I'd seen so many in real life, and I wanted to learn how to paint waves.

I had fun, and I love my Veikk, but it is so frustrating that all of the good tutorials are about how to paint using procreate.  I had planned on buying myself an Ipad for Christmas so that I could use Procreate and follow the tutorials the way they're meant to be followed...but...

I came home to discover Best Buy was having a huge Labor Day Sale...and so...I thought hard about getting an Ipad.

My whole rationale for getting the cheaper Veikk tablet (under 200 dollars) was because I didn't want to spend the money on an expensive tablet if it turned out I didn't like digital art.

Well, as it turns out, I LOVE digital art, and have been doing a LOT of it. 

Check out my art on Pinterest, here: My Digital Art

I have been busy.  So, I thought long and hard about getting an Ipad.  But I couldn't decide...

Finished My First Real Landscape Painting

 It took me 3 Days, but I'm done!

My first real landscape, from following JamesJulierArt Tutorial

I'm really happy with the results, except for the sandy beach.  It doesn't look beachy enough for me.

Like the other tutorials I followed, this was done on an Ipad with Procreate, and mine was done on my Veikk with Clip Studio Paint. 

The artist used a medium airbrush for his, but clip studio only has hard and soft airbrushes, so I used hard.  That was the only brush I use for the entire painting. 

Everything was hand painted; no specialty brushes (in digital art, you can "cheat" by using brushes that sort of stamp images in place...I didn't do that). 

I learned a lot and I plan on following more of James' tutorials one day. 

Working on a Multi Day Digital Landscape Painting

 Landscape Painting?  Why Not

Trying a landscape tutorial, step 1, sky, background mountains, and fog

I saw this Mountain and Tree Landscape Art tutorial on Youtube, by James Julier Art Tutorials, and thought I'd give it a try. 

I was really happy with the way my background came out.  I was terrified to add the trees, lol. 

Following a landscape tutorial.  Added trees and a tree line

The art instructor made it seem so easy...just a few straight lines for the tree trunks, and scribbly squiggles for the branches.  Yeah not so easy.  My first few tries looked like something done in kindergarten.  Thankfully this is digital art so it's easy to press undo and try again, lol.  I finally came up with these trees.  Mine aren't as full as the artists, but I think it's because I live in Northern Ontario and our Pines and Spruce trees have a lot of gaps, like this.  To me, this is what trees look like. Only Christmas trees from tree farms are full 

The next step is to add color to the trees.  I'm embarrassed to say it took me two days to get as far as I did, lol.  It's literally a 33 minute tutorial and it's taking me multiple days, a sore hand, and a blister on my finger from holding the pen so hard. I need to adjust my settings, lol.

Wish me luck.