The Complete ProCreate Masterclass Course

Explore the Procreate gallery and file manager, learn to share, duplicate, delete, stack, rename, import from cloud or photos, use image browser mode, and create a new canvas.

Tap plus to create canvases in Procreate, choose screen size, clipboard, or a custom size, then adjust width, height, dpi, color space, name the file, and save as artwork.

Explore the Procreate user interface, from the gallery and brush library to layers, color picker, and core tools like brush, smudge, eraser, and undo/redo.

Navigate Procreate menus from add to move, explore crop, drawing guides, time-lapse video, export formats, and adjustments like hue, blur, and liquify for precise edits.

Learn how to navigate your artwork in Procreate using touch gestures: pan with two fingers, pinch to zoom, rotate the canvas between portrait and landscape orientations, for precise drawing.

Create practical Procreate canvas presets for common sizes like A4, A3, and letter, plus a high-end finished piece preset at 600 dpi. Learn to edit, delete, and rotate canvases quickly.

Set up gesture controls in Procreate to optimize your drawing workflow on iPad, configuring smudge, eraser, eyedropper, quick menu, full-screen, and multi-finger gestures for efficient painting.

Master Procreate brushes for drawing and painting using the brush, smudge, and erase tools; adjust size and opacity with sliders and undo with two-finger or redo with three-finger gestures.

Explore the Procreate brushes palette, create custom brush sets, manage options with gestures, and share or export, duplicate, and reset to defaults, then import, customize, and organize brushes.

Learn to import brushes into Procreate using your computer by unzipping brush set files, uploading them to iCloud Drive, and importing them into Procreate via the iPad Files app.

Explore Procreate's color panel, including disk, classic, and palettes, with hue ring, value, saturation, and grayscale controls. Use the color picker to sample and save colors to palettes.

Master color picking and blending in procreate using the color pick button and round brush to create smooth red-to-blue transitions. Leverage pressure sensitivity and quick color swaps for painterly blends.

Explore the basics of layers in Procreate, viewing them as transparent sheets stacked on each other, with line drawings and flat color on separate layers and layer modes affecting content.

Explore the Procreate layers panel, learn to add, reorder, and group layers, toggle visibility for non-destructive edits, and use the background color layer to achieve transparency.

Master advanced layer options in Procreate, including rename, select, copy, paste, alpha lock, merge down, groups, and layer modes with quick opacity control.

Use the move tool to relocate drawings on specific layers by selecting the cursor icon in the layers panel, then drag the sketch to rearrange on the page.

Learn to select and group multiple layers in procreate by swiping right on layers to multi-select, then group them with the top-right icon and move elements across those layers.

Master alpha lock to paint only on filled pixels, preventing bleed and enabling precise shading on the skin color layer. Also color lines for a painterly look.

Learn how layer masks provide a non-destructive way to hide or reveal parts of a layer, using black to conceal and white to reveal, with brush sensitivity and textures.

Explore Procreate's reference and color drop features, using a reference layer to guide color fills on the layer above, usually a lines layer. Use color drop for quick flat coloring.

Master layer mode essentials in Procreate, focusing on multiply, screen, and overlay to color over lines, create natural shadows, and achieve post-production refinements.

Access the touch quick menu with finger input to flip horizontally or vertically, create or clear layers, merge down, and use flipping to spot errors via a mirrored view.

Master the cut, copy, and paste quick gesture for layers in ProCreate, using three-finger swipe up to access layer edits, copy all options, and the move tool.

Import images and drawings into your Procreate canvas using the image menu to insert files or photos. Keep each image on its own layer and adjust with the move tool.

Master selections in Procreate by using automatic and freehand tools to pick areas, fill colors, and manage multiple selections with add, remove, invert, and duplicate functions.

Master procreate transformation tools by moving, scaling, and warping content with magnetics and perspective distortion. Use selections, flips, and warp features to align, refine edges, and enhance digital art.

Master Procreate's liquify tool from the adjustments menu to sculpt images like clay using push, pinch, expand, and twirl with adjustable brush size and pressure, and reconstruct to reverse changes.

Demonstrate how the quick line tool in Procreate turns a held stroke into a straight line across brushes, with adjustable delay for precise angles in technical drawings.

Explore Procreate's drawing guides, including 2d grid, isometric, perspective with up to three vanishing points, and symmetry, then customize color, size, and opacity and enable drawing assist to follow guides.

Explore Procreate's 2D grid drawing guide: rotate and move the grid, adjust grid size, and draw perfect squares for layouts and comic panels.

Reset isometric grid rotation with the green dot and reset page movement with the blue dot to maintain precise isometric drawings, and use assisted drawing for pseudo 3d block forms.

Explore Procreate’s perspective drawing guides to build one-, two-, and three-point perspectives using vanishing points, horizon lines, and drawing assist for dynamic environment scenes.

Explore the symmetry tool in Procreate to create mirrored designs with horizontal, vertical, quadrant, and radial symmetry. Adjust the symmetry line with the rotation tool to tailor patterns and icons.

Export your Procreate artwork by selecting a file format from the share menu, then save to photos, files, iTunes, or Dropbox, and share via messages or Gmail.

Explore Procreate time lapse replay, scroll, rewind, zoom, and flip pages to review strokes, then export full or 30-second timelapses for sharing and workflow analysis.

Observe a full time-lapse replay demo that teaches drawing an elf in Procreate, showcasing step-by-step sketching, line work, shading, and color application in a masterclass setting.

Explore the adjustments menu, the magic wand icon, to see how image adjustments on a layer or scene include opacity, blurs, and color and value tweaks.

Explore the three blur adjustments in Procreate—Gaussian blur, motion blur, and perspective blur—to create depth of field, motion effects, and speed lines in your artwork.

Explore the sharpening adjustment in Procreate, using a slider to increase edge sharpness and bring focus to selected zones. Avoid over sharpening by keeping edges natural.

Apply noise or film grain to a selected layer to add texture and reduce digital sharpness, using layered duplication and moderated opacity for a nuanced, handcrafted type look.

Explore hue saturation and brightness adjustments on the currently selected layer; hue shifts color zones, saturation adjusts gray and color richness, and brightness adds or reduces light.

Adjust color balance to fine-tune highlights, midtones, and shadows by moving toward opposite colors (cyan–red, magenta–green, yellow–blue), creating a blue atmosphere and improving color read.

Explore the curves adjustment, blending hue, saturation, brightness with color balance for precise control of shadows, midtones, and highlights, using per-color curves for red, green, and blue.

Explore Procreate's recolor tool with two methods: recolor a zone using flood fill; or use color drop from the color picker for a targeted fill.

Explore Procreate's advanced brush options, including shape and grain sources, invert and insert photo features. Learn to adjust dynamics, stroke, spacing, and taper by duplicating brushes to practice.

Design a square brush template and a grain texture, save them as shape and grain sources, and assemble a new brush in Procreate to test and refine its look.

Conclude the course by applying efficient, high-quality art education with ProCreate to create professional drawings. Explore character drawing, manga drawing, and character coloring and painting for advanced practice.