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Gallery
Saving your picture is
only a step away. Click
on the Gallery icon
in order to save your
image and see it next
to your growing body
of works
Knowledge base
The forgotten skill
Art, according to Pablo
Picasso, is a skill that we
love as a child yet all too
often forget as an adult.
Procreate is an inexpensive
app that allows you to try
and reconnect with that
skill that we all took for
granted. You never know,
you might just find your
new favourite hobby.
7: Textures
Once you’ve had a trial run with the texture library it’s
time to make your own mark. For that you need to take
photographs of interesting textures.
Spotlight
Professional art in Procreate
Don’t be scared, Procreate is a playful yet powerful art editor
8: Black and white
Imported textures are turned into greyscale images.
White will be seen on the screen and black becomes
transparent. You can even draw your own textures.
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Action
This takes you to a wide range of options, from
photo import, sharing options (also available in the
Gallery), Bluetooth stylus support and the app’s
handbook and gesture manual
Colours
Clicking on the
colour box (which
also helpfully shows
you the colour
you currently have
selected) gives you
an edit box covering
swatches, palettes,
hue, tone and
saturation. You also
have a colour picker
available in this box
Brush size and opacity
In addition to all the brush types
available, the easiest change you can
make is to the size and opacity of the
selected brush. The two sliders on the
right of the screen make these changes
9: Play time
The key is to experiment and to see what works. After
all, how many times do you get to make a paint brush
out of a Marmite label and a concrete slab?
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