Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
I spent Saturday creating some art, rather than the usual card making frenzy. I love creating pen and ink monograms and rather than using only black and white I opted to dig out my Zig Memory Writers and my Prisma Color Pencils. Links to Products Used: Kuretake - ZIG - Memory System - Dual Tip Writer Marker - 48 Piece set SB | AZ Prismacolor 92805 Sanford Scholar Colored Pencils, 24-Count AZ Sakura MICRON BLACK PIGMA PENS 8 Pack SSS Art Alternatives Sandpaper Pencil Pointer AZ Crafter's Companion GAMSOL BLENDING SOLUTION Spectrum Noir AZ | SSS Pro Art BLENDING PAPER STUMPS Size 4 SSS