Week nine Let’s talk about leaving the warm, lovely, enveloping, yet creatively throttling place that is your comfort zone. It’s pretty safe to say that if you’re participating in Making Art Everyday, you are already pushing the boundaries of your comfort zone. The beauty of a daily art-making practice is that the stakes are LOW….
How to Draw a Cat in Procreate
https://youtu.be/477vaTshNSc In this real-time tutorial, I will teach you how to draw this furry kitty! If it looks a little intimidating, fear not, I’ll be walking you through every step. (I can’t wait to show you how to do those eyes!) I’ll be using my new Fur & Fluff brushes, which you should download for…
Week 8 // Water Animals // Making Art Everyday – Year Three
How to Draw Fur in Procreate
If you’ve ever found yourself feeling frustrated about drawing anything furry or fluffy, join me in my first-ever Skillshare class as I teach you all the fundamentals of drawing fur in Procreate. New to Skillshare? Get two weeks of Skillshare Premium by clicking the button below. Get two weeks of Skillshare Premium for free! Have you…
Week 7 // Furry Animals // Making Art Everyday – Year Three
Week SEVEn SKILL BUILDING: Drawing Fur This week we are diving deep into drawing furry animals! Drawing fur can seem daunting, difficult, and time-consuming. A few weeks ago, I avoided drawing furry creatures because it seemed like so much work! So I took some time to teach myself how to do it and discovered…
Week 6 // Animals // Making Art Everyday – Year Three
Week 5 // Favorite Foods // Making Art Everyday – Year Three
Week five SKILL BUILDING: Reflecting on your Progress As we wrap up our first month of MAE, taking time to reflect upon your progress is essential to establishing your art-making habit. So I made you couple of journaling sheets to use right in Procreate! Monthly Reflection Journal Use the Reflection Journal at the end of each month…
Week 4 // Meals // Making Art Everyday – Year Three
Week four SKILL BUILDING: Establishing a Habit I know what you’re thinking: “Establishing a habit? Boring! I want to learn how to draw backgrounds, or learn about color theory, or perspective, or animation!” Well, establishing a habit is the most powerful thing you can do to improve your drawing and illustration skills. Once you have…
Week 3 // Sweet Treats // Making Art Everyday – Year Three
Week three Ffion Evans has been Making Art Everyday since its inception in January 2019. Not only does she show up every day to draw, but she also shows up with nuggets of wisdom and words of encouragement for the MAE community on the regular. If you need creative motivation, or you just want to admire…
Week 2 // From the Garden // Making Art Everyday
Week two SKILL BUILDING: Using Reference Photos Reference photos are essential for drawing just about everything! Looking at references may not only be inspirational but can give you lots of information about how a thing looks. You can take that information and interpret it however you wish as you create your artwork. Contrary to what…