Procreate Course for Beginners

Learn how to use Procreate with a pro.



2 x 6 hours - 6.5 hours Class size 1 to 12 guests    

  $379 - $389 (price varies across dates) (Afterpay & PayPal Pay in 4 available)
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Looking to gain some new graphic design skills? Learn how to use Procreate with Sydney Community College!
With Procreate, you can unleash your creativity by turning your iPad into a digital art studio. Procreate provides the opportunity to draw or paint using your iPad using its brush and shapes options, using your Apple Pencil in combination with hand gesture control. You can also import your existing hand-drawn sketches or photographs and transform them into digital artworks.
Procreate is user-friendly and is accessible to use anywhere allowing you to sketch on the bus, in the park, or at home. All you need is your iPad, Apple Pencil, and your imagination.
So what are you waiting for? Learn how to use Procreate's intuitive tools to sketch, paint, shade, use colour, and apply effects in this hands-on Procreate beginners course in Sydney.
Course content:
Session one: Basic interface and getting started:
  • Outline of why Procreate is such a popular and powerful tool in the design industry
  • Introduction to the key Interface tools and preferences
  • Creating a new Canvas + Resolution and Colour Profiles
  • How to then resize if necessary
  • Understanding how size and dpi affect the number of layers available
  • Using an existing file or illustration from photographs as a starting point
  • Brush Basics and brush sensitivity
  • Quick Shapes
Session two: Starting to create a drawing:
  • Introducing some shortcut gestures
  • Drawing Guide and Symmetry
  • Layers and Blend Modes
  • Selection Tools and editing selections
  • File Formats and saving your work and ways of sharing
Session three: Colour:
  • Introduction to the Colour palettes and the ways you can create your palette from the colour panel or from a photograph
  • Different ways to recolour artwork via the colour panel
  • Creating a gesture shortcut
  • Adding colour interest through Transparency
  • Adjusting colour with the Magic Wand
Session four: Editing existing artwork and applying special effects:
  • Masking to create clean edges via clipping masks and layers
  • Applying different effects to your artwork via the magic wand and selection cursor
  • Understand different ways to be creative with the tools
  • Saving work in a format for printing
All students must be over 18+ years of age.
What you'll get
A fully comprehensive lesson on how to use Procreate for future projects at home.
Knowledge required
Perfect for beginners!
What to bring
  • You will need to bring an iPad and an Apple Pencil. See list below for compatible iPads.
  • Students will have to have downloaded the Procreate app (the approximate price of app-only is $14.99 AUD available from the App Store).
  • Please make sure all devices are fully charged and you also bring a charger to class.
  • A pen and notepad for taking notes.
You can use Apple Pencil (2nd generation) with these iPad models:
  • iPad mini (6th generation)
  • iPad Air (4th generation and later)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later)
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later)
  • Apple Pencil (1st generation)
You can use Apple Pencil (1st generation) with these iPad models:
  • iPad mini (5th generation)
  • iPad (6th generation and later)
  • iPad Air (3rd generation)
  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (1st and 2nd generation)
  • iPad Pro 10.5-inch
  • iPad Pro 9.7-inch
Session repeats

This class series runs over 2 consecutive sessions, which are 1 week apart.

Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, birthday or hens party.

This experience would also be a fun gift for her, gift for mum or gift for couples.

Location

Sydney Community College - 2A Gordon Street, Rozelle NSW

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Jacqueline Curry

Jacqueline Curry


Jacqueline has been working as a designer in the textile industry for over 20 years in Australia and the UK. She uses a number of digital programmes in her workflow including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Procreate. 

Jacqueline's experience designing for different end-products spans from printed and woven textiles to also creating stand-alone illustrations. She is also a keen hands-on designer, finding inspiration from a number of creative outlets such as drawing, painting, embroidering and crafts generally. 

Pattern has been the driving force for Jacqueline's work throughout her career and is heavily influenced by movement, colour, and proportion. She aims to share this passion with her students so they can discover their own personal style.




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