Drawing Digital The complete guide for learning to draw & paint on your iPad

by Bardot, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9780760385326
• ISBN10: 0760385327
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-10-17
• Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing

Summary

Learn how to draw digitally and get the most use out of your tablet with this book full of helpful tips, creative inspiration, and 12 step-by-step drawing and painting projects.

In Drawing Digital, artist and teacher Lisa Bardot, the expert behind @Bardot Brush, introduces the art of digital drawing. Using your tablet and Procreate, or another favorite drawing app, you can leave behind your pencil and paper and make art anywhere and at any time.

Lisa gets you started with a range of easy-to-follow projects, including:
 

• A still life
• A snake plant
• Cacti in the desert
• Flowers
• A dog
• A school of fish
• Self-portraits
• Characters
• City scenes
• And more!

Accompanying each project are complete step-by-step instructions and Lisa Bardot’s signature, vibrant artwork. Also in the book are:
 

• Tips for finding creative inspiration
• Information on tools
• App basics
• How to draw and paint lines and shapes
• Instructions for layering, duplicating, exporting, and more
• A review that promises to help you draw anything

The author works in Procreate; however, her instructions apply to any digital drawing app, so you can use whatever you have on hand. The projects, tips, and techniques offer the ideal starting point if you’re a beginner to digital drawing, but if you’re an expert, you’re sure to learn plenty from Lisa’s expert advice, as well. Lisa finds great joy in creating, and soon you will too, wherever and whenever you like to draw.

Kick start your creativity and learn to draw on your tablet with Drawing Digital!

Author Biography

Lisa Bardot is an illustration artist, a teacher, and an all-around creative person based in California. With the iPad and Procreate as her tools of choice, she creates educational tutorials, industry-leading digital brushes, and art-making resources to help beginners and experienced artists alike find joy in creating. Her educational videos about drawing and illustration have been viewed millions of times, and she receives high praise for her thorough, concise, and fun teaching style. Additionally, she runs the Making Art Everyday artistic prompt challenge, followed by thousands of participants worldwide. Check out more of Lisa’s work on Instagram at @lisabardot, @bardotbrush, or on the Bardot Brush YouTube channel.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Getting Set Up
Tools: Hardware & Software
Spotlight on Procreate
Essential Gestures
Selections
Transform
Exporting & File Formats
Printing & Resolution
2 Everyday Objects—Line & Shape
Learn Your Lines
Simple Shapes Practice
How Shapes Become Stuff
From Forms into 3D Objects
Project: Still-Life Sketch
3 Plants –Digital Art Essentials & Coloring
Brushes
Layers
Project: Learn Layers with Leaves
Alpha Lock & Masks
Blend Modes
Coloring Workflows
Project: Potted Snake Plant
Project: Colorized Line Art Cacti
Project: Painterly Trees & Grass
4 Flowers—Color & Style
Digital Color Theory
How to Draw Flowers
Project: Render a Poppy
What is Stylization?
Project: Vase of Flowers
5 Animals—Defining Features
Using References
Project: School of Fish
Take It From the Top: Animal Heads
Standing Tall: Animal Legs
Proportions & Exaggeration: Draw a Cow
Project: Draw a Furry Dog
6 People & Characters
Studying the Facial Features
Project: Stylized Self-Portrait
Body Proportions
Project: Build-a-Character
7 Making a Scene
How to Build a Scene: The Process
Project: Skewed Perspective Tabletop
Project: Cityscape
Project: Nature Scene
8 How to Draw Everything
How to Draw Everything
Resources
Index
Acknowledgments