This fun, interactive, casual class will give you the prompts, step-by-step instruction, challenges and support you are looking for to become an illustrator! 

Each week, we create digital art together step-by-step in the app Procreate. 

This class is designed to get students thinking through how to see like an artist, breaking down references into basic shapes and lines, then adding detail, nuance and style. 

✨  This is a level 2 class for students who have some comfort with drawing fundamentals and can follow step-by-step direction at a lightly moderate pace. Students do not need to have any Procreate experience, but must be comfortable following step-by-step instruction at a lightly moderate pace and have some practice at drawing shapes and line to create form and figures.

✨ Level 2 students begin at all different levels of skill in Procreate and drawing—the real unifier is that students can move a bit faster through drawing shapes and line, and can get clarity with questions, answers and demos a bit quicker than level 1. Students at this level may have a lot of practice at drawing some things and no practice at drawing other things—our class will fill in all those gaps!!

✨ Learners will build confidence in their drawing, composition, design and use of color & dive a bit deeper into textures and layers. Please contact me if you're not sure of your level!

✨ We practice and discuss the process of art making, from fundamentals like line, shape, value and color, to connecting over what we love, what we struggle with, how to persevere through doubt and disappointment in our art making and ultimately learn how to trust the process and develop trust in our intuition.

✨ 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 with no experience necessary. We work step-by-step each class to begin to create something new in Procreate so beginners can follow along, while 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


✨ Many of my students stay with me for years, and when you age out of this group I encourage you to join my teen group of the same name :)

✨✨ I teach illustration Procreate classes to ages 8-13 for level 1 and level 2, ages 13-18 in all levels, and now new cohorts are forming! Not sure where you should be? Message me!

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

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

✨ This class is collaborative--I want to know what you love to make art about? What do you want to get better at? What do you think of the illustration world/design world? What do you want to know about having a job as an illustrator? I will find a way to incorporate all ideas into classes (as long as they are age-appropriate 😉 :)

✨ Over time, my 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! • No previous experience is necessary. 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)!

TOPICS SCHEDULE:
(Almost all topics are student-driven requests at this point. So sometimes our topics might change, as I make an effort to combine requests as best I can so we can get through more of them faster! Feel free to message me to confirm topics)

Week of November 11: Owl House or Sister’s 8 Books (requested)
Week of November 18: Pusheen the Cat or Wish (requested)
Week of November 25: Owl or Brown Teddy Bear (requested)
Week of December 2: Chairs or 5 Worlds (requested)
Week of December 9: Harry Potter Pets & Creatures-devils snare, mandrake (requested)
Week of December 16: Cluck Avengers or Ratatouille (villain backstory) (requested)
Week of December 23: Japanese Dragons (Tallulah’s references-requested!)
Week of December 30: Ship of Fools or Just Shapes and Beats-boss battle, long live the new fresh (requested)
Week of January 6: Capibara or Gravity Falls (requested)
Week of January 13: Care Bears or Snowflakes (requested)
Week of January 20: Amphibea or a Bumblebee (requested)
Week of January 27: Make a brush & settings (color dynamics, shape, texture and more) (requested)
Week of February 3: Claire's cat, Hunter! (requested)
Week of February 10: Eden's Chihuahuas!  Skye and Lumen (requested)
Week of February 17: Baby snake or blue cat (requested)
Week of February 24: Avatar the Last AirBender or cactus (requested)
Week of March 3: Dandy's World or Centaur World (requested)
Week of March 10: My Little Pony Gen 4 or Hands, wrists, elbows (requested)
Week of March 17: How to Train Your Dragon (requested)
Week of March 24: DND Birds or Half Human-Half Cat/Dragon (requested)
Week of March 31: Fabulous Beasts  (requested)
Week of April 7: Sprout, June's chicken or Olivia Rodrigo (requested)
Week of April 14: Human gestures or hands or eyes (requested)
Week of April 21: Moo Deng the Hippo or Dandy’s World (requested)
Week of April 28: Crap Taxidermy Book or Tacos (requested)
Week of May 12: Pony or Minecraft (requested)
Week of May 19: Ember graphic novel or Disco dragon (requested)
Week of May 26: Invader Zim from Anarya or Unicorn with a floatie (requested)
Week of June 2: Wallace & Grommet or Shopkins (requested)
Week of June 9: Roblox (any) or Gotcha Life 2 (requested)
Week of June 16: Gravity Falls or Avatar Last Airbender (requested)
Week of June 23: Kitsune or Wolfblood the show (requested)
Week of June 30: Loud House or 
Week of July 7:

***SUMMER BREAK! Tentatively between July 11-August 4, 2025. Dates will be finalized by late-May!***

Week of August 4:
Week of August 11:
Week of August 18:
Week of August 25:
Week of September 1:



⏰Please note that there may be some weeks *off* throughout the year. 

❤️ Self-Paced Classes: If live classes don’t fit your schedule, you want more time for each project, or you simply want MORE of this class: please consider taking my self-paced classes. Self-paced classes are pre-recorded versions of this same class, with step-by-step instruction on making art from references, and you can watch them at your own pace! I plan to continue to build my library of self-paced classes, so send me your topic requests, follow me and check back often!