Week 1
Lesson 1
Who Are You?
We start off getting to know each other as artists and the kind of art each student likes to create through a digital drawing activity called "Meet The Artist." We cover how to open a new canvas, choose a size, pick a digital brush, change colors, use layers, and exporting your drawings.
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Inspirations
Next we learn from Picasso when he said "Good artists copy, great artists steal." I'll teach you how to "steal" techniques from your favorite artists to come up with your own, unique style! I'll teach you how to change the opacity, use alpha lock, and multiply your layers.
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Mixing Media
This week we'll combine traditional art (like drawing on paper) with your digital art to create a beautiful blend that utilizes the best of both worlds! We'll cover layer settings, how to add images to your canvas, and how to resize and distort images.
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Digital Brushes
In this lesson we'll cover how to import different brushes, how to manipulate and make edits to the ones already in your app, and how to create your own! Students will also be taught how to create their own stamp brushes using their own illustrations.
 Week 5
Lesson 5
Color Collages
There are so many different color effects and palettes at your disposal on Procreate and in this class I'll show you how to use as many of them as we can fit into the hour together! From color combinations like split-complementary to tertiary, and how to pick color palettes from real life.
 Week 6
Lesson 6
Special Effects & Adding Text
Let's create some awesome logos this week by choosing from the many different fonts Procreate has to offer and adding gradients, shadows, glows, and more! We'll also cover a variety of special effects you can use to spice up your illustrations too.
 Week 7
Lesson 7
Timelapses
Show off your drawing process through the timelapse feature and learn how to export videos! We'll also draw a "Toon Me" challenge where you draw yourself like a cartoon character from your favorite animated show.
 Week 8
Lesson 8
Animation Part 1
We dive into the animation process on Procreate by creating a traditional beginner exercise of a bouncing ball with plenty of opportunity to add your own flare to the movement as well!
 Week 9
Lesson 9
Animation Part 2
In our second-to-last class together we further your animation education by adding the finer details to your bouncing ball like squash, stretch, and blurring. Then I'll show you how to create a repeating animation, aka a GIF, from your illustrations!
 Week 10
Lesson 10
Last Class Party!
In our final class together I give your children a "Pop Quiz" which is really my fun way of celebrating all of their hard work this session. It entails watching clips from their favorite animations and getting a chance to show off the art chops they learned in my course through some fun art challenges!