Learn Procreate for Architects / Architecture Students

Learn Procreate for architects introduces essential setup: an iPad, the Procreate app, and a compatible line maker, with a recommended Apple Pencil and a hand guard for comfortable drawing.

Navigate Procreate to organize architecture projects with canvases and stacks, import files or photos, and export as a Procreate document or PSD to preserve layers and time-lapse playback.

Explore the Procreate drawing interface on iPad, mastering gallery navigation, brush types, layers, color palettes, and essential tools (selection, move, smudge, eraser) with two-finger gestures for undo and canvas rotation.

Create and customize canvases in Procreate by selecting presets or defining custom dimensions, setting DPI and color profile, enabling time-lapse, and naming canvases for architecture work.

Explore Procreate shortcuts for architects, including undo/redo with two- and three-finger taps, precise brush sizing with the size slider, and snap-based drawing of circles, rectangles, and perfect curves.

Master how to use brushes in Procreate, build and organize a custom brush library, import brushes from cloud storage, and leverage pressure sensitivity and settings for architectural drawing.

Master layer basics in Procreate for architects with first layers lesson, learning how layers act as a stack, how to open the layers tab, reorder, group, duplicate, lock, and merge.

Explore opacity and blending modes for dynamic layer interactions, and use layer masks, clipping masks, and reference layers for non-destructive edits in Procreate.

Explore the Procreate color picker, including disc, classic, harmony, value, and palettes, and learn how to sample colors with the eyedropper, read hex codes, and build palettes for architectural drawing.

Explore creating and managing color palettes in Procreate for architects, including importing from images or photos, sampling colors, and exporting or sharing palettes for consistent project color schemes.

Explore Procreate app fundamentals, focusing on layering linework and drawing guides for architectural sketching. Stay tuned for updates, access resources, and ask questions as the section builds toward course.

Explore how to use Procreate's canvas and drawing guides to create one point and two point perspective, isometric drawings, and symmetry, with drawing assist snapping to grids for architectural sketches.

Master the line weight hierarchy for drawings, using dark cut lines, proximate lines, and hairlines for detail. Use consistent Procreate brushes with a grid to create clean plans and sections.

Learn Procreate for architects by mastering lining and color, textures, clipping masks, and turning sketches into full drawings with a warm light effect.

Learn Procreate for architects by tracing a house from a photo using perspective guides and multi-point perspective. Fill colors with layers, clipping masks, and window glow to complete the drawing.

Master procreate techniques for architectural rendering by organizing layers, creating color palettes from reference images, and using assisted layers to infill color and refine details.

Apply textures to the roof using clipping masks and grouped layers, then blend with cloud and metal textures and soft brush techniques to add light, depth, and realism.

Learn Procreate textures for architects using clipping masks and reference layers. Create water, wood, metal, dirt, grass, and stone textures with layered brushes and gentle blending.

Learn to convert a sketch into a Procreate drawing for architects using a two-point perspective drawing guide, layers, and pencil lines to render a modern house with a garage.

Transform a rough sketch into a polished architectural drawing in Procreate by building linework, applying clipping masks, layering textures, and simulating light and material variations.

Learn to create warm light in Procreate for architectural sketches by building a two-point perspective scene, layering light with soft blends, clipping masks, and glow effects to evoke inviting interiors.

Finish our first drawing (part 1) by refining masonry and hardie board textures, grounding with perspective and lighting in Procreate for architects.

Finish the drawing by refining grass texture, layering weeds, and adding subtle foliage, then build depth with clipping masks, shadows, and distant trees for a natural landscape.

Develop the essential skill of creating trees for architectural graphics in Procreate, in a concise section that highlights a key technique for architectural illustrations.

Learn to draw simple trees in procreate for architects, using clipping masks, soft blend, and the yummy tree colors library, building layered leaf shapes and autumn palettes.

Explore isometric drawings and diagrams as fundamental tools in architectural representation and graphics, and learn to communicate information to critics and elevate architectural presentations.

Master isometric landscape sketches in Procreate by using the isometric grid, drawing guides and drawing assist, and layers to build a sectional landscape with water, a bioswale, and a bridge.

Apply textures to the isometric landscape in Procreate—water, dirt, grass, wood, and concrete—using clipping masks, layers, and brushes for realistic detailing.

Create an isometric landscape (part 3) in procreate by drawing a person, adding directional shadows, and using symmetry and layers to convey scale.

Learn how to import png foliage into an isometric landscape in Procreate, compare png and jpeg, and use cloud storage to bring in trees, bushes, lily pads, and birds.

Learn to build an isometric landscape in Procreate for architects by layering foliage, trees, and water plants, using masks, alpha pngs, and shadows to achieve perspective.

Learn how to create architectural diagrams and begin thinking about diagram design, starting with a solar diagram as a practical example.

Learn to communicate architectural ideas with solar diagrams in procreate by mapping sun paths across morning, noon, and evening conditions, using isometric grids and layered diagrams for accuracy.

Use Procreate to create site plans that convey a site's context beyond Google Maps and GIS topographies.

Create a foundational vicinity plan by tracing a bird's-eye view image in Procreate, separating water, grass, and roads, and adjusting line weights for a clear site context.

Develop schematic site plans in Procreate by building layered color palettes, applying clipping masks, and painting water, grass, roads, and buildings with texture and shadows.

Learn to create detail drawings that show how a wall assembly goes together in construction, using a wall-section layer cake view, without providing full shop drawings.

Learn to craft wall detail diagrams in Procreate, using isometric drawing guides, color layers, and textures to illustrate curtain walls, insulation, air and vapor barriers, and glass details.