March 2025 Procreate Designs

Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work.  I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since.  

While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad.  No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies.  This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation.  I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate.  My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process.  

The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was.  There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table.  The other bonus was how much it lightened my bag on the trip.

I was inspired by the textures at the beach and the colors of central California.  I also found myself relaxing and diving head first into mixed media without worrying about making a huge mess to clean up.  This was the reason I’d invested in Procreate and an Apple Pencil in the first place; to enjoy the freedom of making art anywhere I pleased.

Focusing mostly on digital artwork creation has been a bit out of my comfort zone, but I’ve really started to enjoy the freedom it’s given me to create more artwork.