Learn how fun and satisfying colors are when they play well together with this comprehensive guide for beginner illustrators in Procreate.
Color palettes are like good soup. Throw in ingredients, season and use your imagination. Sometimes your experiments are tasteful. Other times, not so much. That’s when a good sense of color comes in handy!
In class you will learn to create lively illustrations from concept to full color. Key lessons include:
- Developing dynamic compositions.
- Drawing textures and layering paint.
- Using Procreate brushes, tools and masks.
- Adjusting and correcting your colors.
- Fundamentals of illustration and color theory.
If you’re struggling with finding the right color combinations for your work you’re not alone! Many creatives struggle with balancing colors in their illustrations. I’m an artist and illustrator based in North Texas. My work often features portraits and places in painterly and vibrant style. I learned color theory throughout college for industrial design and in art school. But true understanding of how colors work came years later when I got into illustration.
For today’s class I chose Ramen soup for the class project because it gives us the opportunity to draw fun ingredients and we can practice painting them separately, really focusing on learning techniques one at a time. If there’s one thing I want you to take away from this class is how fun and satisfying colors actually are. Because when colors work you just know it!
