Speed Painting the Four-leaf Clover on iPad | Create Glowing Effects with Procreate
Painting a clover in gold on the Apple iPad with Procreate.
Happy Easter! Here we are in mid-April with another art video.
Today we're debuting the Golden Four-leaf Clover digital painting completed on the iPad with Procreate! This one was a very different project for me but still very enjoyable.
The picture above is the finished rendition. I was after this glowing effect from the start, but there were some things that held me back in the beginning.
First Rendition
In this beginning phase, you can see how I added the shadow, giving some illusion that the light was coming from the clover itself. For a while, I tried to emulate this painterly effect on the clover, as if it really were a glowing watercolor. But it was hard to mimic the effect of watercolor and glowing light at the same time.
Second Rendition
I scratched the first layer and started over again. Still trying to find the effect I was going for while working with new brushes in Procreate. I love how some lines felt like paints or watercolor, but it all was still lacking for me. So I started over again.
Third Rendition
Throwing out the second rendition, I started all over again, but this time was different. I added in the light first. To really trick my mind into believing the clover was glowing, I added some lighting effects from Procreate's preset brushes. This did the trick. I started to believe it and found the proper brushes to make the clover even shinier than before.
What do you think? Is it believable? Let me know!
MATERIALS USED
▪ iPad Pro | https://amzn.to/3EqcMAQ
▪ Apple Pencil 2nd Gen | https://amzn.to/3jIsHRp
▪ Procreate | https://apple.co/38VnTWI
Don't forget to watch the whole speed painting session here!
Have you drawn anything glowing before? Tell me how it went in the comments below!
If you're painting along with me, please let me know! Head over to my Instagram, @_gepennington, and use the hashtag #drawwithge so I can see it!
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Best brushstrokes,
💛 ge
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