Weekly WrapUp Brushes, Line Draws, More

Welcome

On most Wednesdays, check this blog for a strategy, process, or reflection for illustration with the iPad app ProCreate or Affinity Designer. This week I’ll share Procreate work of line drawings, symmetry, a scallop pattern, florals, and new brushes created by myself. It’s been a busy week of art.

Peggy Dean Bootcamp and Class

I continued the Pigeon Letters Peggy Dean’s Procreate Bootcamp prompts, which included line art drawings which I completed with wash brushes. We also learned to create our own brushes in Bootcamp, and I took a folk art symmetry class from Peggy too.

Line Art

The first prompt was to draw in one line — a popular contour art style that is not easy, as my mess of daffodils shows. But I took the one continuous line drawing and created a fun watercolor with gold accents. It’s the image above.

The second line art challenge was to draw BLIND– not looking. Here’s the sequence of my attempt:

Brushes

The watercolor in the daffodil illustration uses the brushes I made in Bootcamp. The first one I called Soft Hued Texture Blend— I wanted a subtly changing color with each stroke that left a texture PLUS blended in naturally with the previous stroke. I love it.

Here’s the info on that brush — you can see the texture, blending, and subtle color changes:

Next I created another brush — narrower and flat with color change. Then I combined the two brushes together. Here’s how these two brushes can be applied:

I also adapted the brushes for one large brush with the blending texture, one texture without color change, and a flip burst brush without color change. You can download my new set here for personal or professional use, just please don’t give the brushes away; refer them to this post. Thank you. You might want to save the info image too for reference.

Folk Art Symmetry

The moth image above is another folk art symmetry with my own wash brushes, explained above. Before that though, I took Peggy’s Folk Art Symmetry class and drew my own version since I’ve created such illustrations before:

What’s fun about the folk art class is that it is so relaxing. You can add as much detail as you want while meditating and enjoying the symmetry fill out the design. I added a bit of shading with stipple and lines as well as pattern fills. I love the result, and made it into a birthday card for a granddaughter.

Beachy Boho Creatures

The Beachy Boho challenge wants neutral colors, so I tried another scallop pattern in the suggested hues of blues and beige. The scallop pattern is flatter than most; I learned from  Jennifer Nichols. Click this affiliate link for information on how to join — it’s a fabulous community with so many Procreate lessons with templates and brushes. I’m loving this flat scallop design template. It’s so versatile.

Still, it’s not quite what I’m looking for. I’m going to try one more design before deciding which one to submit by March 24th.

Forget Me Not

a watercolor for my daughter, forget me nots.

Thanks for stopping by!

Spring is in the air, and the daffodils and violas are open. I’m so excited! Join me: Make some art to spread some joy!

You can find many helpful artists teachers, including the ones mentions in this post, on my Artist Resources  page. Take a look at their IG and YouTube. Find one that fits your learning and art preferences and stick with them a while to develop your skills. If you have any questions, just ask!

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