Procreate Essentials: Digital Art on iPad with Jacquie Curry

In this hands-on workshop students will be introduced to the app interfaces creation and editing menus and will set Procreate preferences to ensure maximum efficiency in their drawing workflow. They will discover the power of gesture controls and will learn the uses of different brush sets, ways to use the individual brushes to create different mark-making results for specific end uses and shown various ways to further manipulate them artistically. 

They will be learn how to set up their own canvas types both as plain and also representing textured paper. They will be shown the benefits of working in layers for drawing and will also discover how to resize and crop existing canvases and how to save and share their work in a range of formats. By the end of the workshop the students will have created a digital drawing using a range of Procreate skills and be equipped to use this app in their future creative practice.

Materials List

An iPad and Apple Pencil and the design app Procreate installed on the IPAD (it only costs $20). 

About Jacquie Curry

Jacquie Curry is a professional designer with extensive industry experience, specializing in using Procreate as a core tool for creating illustrations, textile patterns, and graphic designs. With a formal teaching qualification and over two years of experience teaching Procreate, Jacquie combines her design expertise with a passion for education, guiding students through practical techniques and creative workflows. Her classes offer a hands-on approach, helping students unlock the full potential of Procreate for their own artistic and design projects.