Blooms of peachy florals say "Hello" on dark teal background by Sheri42
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Wednesday WrapUp Cards & Autumn

weekly strategies and reflections on using ProCreate and Affinity Designer, featuring courses and autumn-themed illustrations for art inspiration

Greeting Card: Two folk art birds in berry bush "Happy Anniversary" by Sheri42
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Folksy Birds Cards for Day 5

Delores Naskrent's 5 Cards in 5 Days course offers a fast-paced learning experience, teaching sketching, card design, and posting on platforms like Card Isle and Zazzle.

Victorian House by Sheri42
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Wednesday WrapUp MAE2025 September

The September 2025 art challenge encourages daily creativity in artwork, featuring tutorials and prompts. Artists explored various techniques while utilizing specific tools and color palettes, enhancing their skills collectively.

patterns and color by Sheri42
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Wednesday WrapUp Color and Patterns

This blog offers weekly insights into digital art strategies using ProCreate and Affinity Designer, highlighting various classes and artists that enhance skills in illustration and color techniques.

Cat in the Yarn by Sheri42
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Wednesday Wrap Up Cats And More Reflective Patterns

weekly insights on using ProCreate and Affinity Designer for art projects, focusing on reflective patterns, cat illustrations, and lessons from various instructors.

three art projects from Terry Runyan classes: Cat with Yarn; Cat Rainbow; Tiger Dance Studio
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Painting Cats

Terry Runyan's classes inspired my friend Ali and me to explore cat painting using Procreate instead of traditional watercolor. I completed three projects: a tugboat, simple animal stories for a school supply drive, and fun cat scenes. Brushes, palette mentioned

ogee pattern in pinks
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Wednesday WrapUp More Affinity Patterns

Affinity Designer. textures, vector tools, and a MasterClass by Delores Naskrent. Ogee pattern

Drop Floral Greeting Card by Sheri42
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Wednesday WrapUp July 30 25

ongoing lessons in Affinity Designer, focusing on vector and pixel tools with insights on creating reflective patterns using templates, such as the Single Reflective Half Drop. Additionally, they're developing a calendar project in Procreate, emphasizing the importance of planning in design.

First vector flower and leaf assets by Sheri42 in Affinity Designer
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Wednesday WrapUp Reuse those assets

the author's journey in mastering Affinity Designer with assistance from Procreate. It details the creation and vectorization of assets, such as folk art rabbits and floral designs, for reuse in patterns. The author emphasizes the significance of developing reusable assets for artists and showcases learning experiences from an Affinity Designer MasterClass.

affinity designer; vase with flowers by Sheri42
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Wednesday WrapUp Stroke Width Tool

Updates on the journey learning Affinity Designer through a MasterClass by Delores Naskrent. It details revisions made to previous artwork, including a bouquet and vase, and explains the use of the Stroke Width Tool.