Beginner Digital Art: Learn to Draw & Paint on Your Ipad With Procreate

In this friendly, supportive class, young artists are encouraged to explore the magic of digital art while learning art fundamentals like drawing, shading, color and observational skills! We providing individual support and encouragement, giving everyone a chance to share and receive feedback if they want it. Learners leave our class each week feeling confident, accomplished and inspired to keep practicing! Each week is different, and provides a steady practice that builds over time into confidence and trusted intuition!

Our classes are anchored in kindness, affirmations and fun! We do not use competitions or comparing. Constructive, hamburger-style critiques are offered by the teacher at the student’s request (and many feel safe and confident to ask!). There is a variety of skill level in each group, and we validate and help kids feel good about wherever their skill is. Kids love to share their art and bond over what they love and struggle with. Skills build with time and practice!

EXPERIENCE: This is a Beginner class for our youngest group of digital artists, ages 6-10

✨  We teach kids how to find joy and delight in their practice, which motivates them to do it more. We teach them to see shape, line and form in complex references, which builds the confidence over time to create art from literally anything you can imagine or see!

SCHEDULE:
{May. 5 - May. 11}    ANIMATION ASSIST
{May. 12 - May. 18}   WATER BRUSHES
{May. 19 - May. 25}   SELECTION TOOL & TRANSFORM TOOL 
{May. 26 - Jun. 1}      GRADIENT MAPS
{Jun. 2 - Jun. 8}         FILE SAVES & TIMELAPSE RECORDINGS
{Jun. 9 - Jun. 15}      THREE-FINGER SHORTCUTS
{Jun. 16 - Jun. 22}   CROP & RESIZE
{Jun. 23 - Jun. 29}   VALUE ORGANIZATION
{Jun. 30 - Jul. 6}     
{Jul. 7 - Jul 11}           
{July 14- July 20}               
{July 21- July 27}              
{July 28-Aug 3}
More is added ongoing :)

✅ Procreate Skills:
👉🏼 layers                           👉🏼 color selection
👉🏼 opacity                        👉🏼 color palettes 
👉🏼 selection tool              👉🏼 transform tools
👉🏼 drawing guides           👉🏼 drop fills
👉🏼 animation                    👉🏼 quick shapes
👉🏼 brushes                       👉🏼 textures
👉🏼 saving files                
👉🏼 and so much more!

✅ Artist Skills:
👉🏼 color theory                 👉🏼 line
👉🏼 light & shadow            👉🏼 shape
👉🏼 composition                👉🏼 gradients
👉🏼 textures with               👉🏼 seeing the line and shape in references
       multiple brushes        👉🏼 simplifying/stylizing
👉🏼 value                            👉🏼 gesture
👉🏼 sketching loose          👉🏼 mood
👉🏼 trusting instincts        👉🏼 expanding interests
👉🏼 failure=growth           👉🏼 experimenting
👉🏼 and so much more!

👉🏼  Growth Mindset: Over time our students feel powerful and capable in many other areas of life because the work they’ve done in our class shows them that they can do hard things, and they can stick with it.

MORE about this class:

✨ We have time to share work and connect over shared interests at the beginning and end of each class! Students do not have to share and it’s never a big deal to pass. Chatting and sharing happen mostly at the beginning and end of class, with the majority of time in the middle spent on step-by-step focused work.

✨ We focus on learning and process—most classes will not end with a “finished” piece. Instead, students will build and practice the tools and techniques needed to continue with the piece between classes!

✨ You can join anytime. We work step-by-step each class to begin to create something new in Procreate so learners can follow along, and when  they feel comfortable more advanced students can work at their own pace, modify and enhance their prompt with feedback and guidance from me! 

✨Students who want to practice even more, look for one of my self-paced classes to get started! https://outschool.com/classes/4e448664-e6dc-4d6a-8a2c-f0aa08c16445/schedule

✨ Over time, our classes give students the skills and confidence they need to draw and paint anything, anywhere, anytime, and the intuition to create from inside, not for trends.

🏳️‍🌈✊🏽 ✨This is an inclusive, anti-racist, LGBTQIA+ safe space where every member can feel empowered to be themselves and create art that reflects the world they dream about! • Bring your ideas and an open mind! • Classes may run up to ten minutes late depending on sharing, learner questions and discussion. • Mics ON is allowed and encouraged (assuming no background noise-in which case just mute while not talking)!