creating canberra bells in procreate- episode 5
video - Episode 5
In today's video chat, we discussed drawing Canberra Bell flowers in Procreate and making the flowers cascade down from each other and how background color effects your color choices.
When drawing artwork in Procreate for a project, it is crucial to know the background color when filling in your artwork with color. The color does not have to be exact, as you can change your mind later, but it should be close to the background color you plan to use.
Think ahead when illustrating in color in Procreate so that the colors you chose now will work on the background colors you want in your finished design.
Watch Creating Canberra Bell Flowers in Procreate
You can view the full custom illustration project that this artwork was created for here.
Procreate brushes used in this video:
Inka Brush for edges & details (standard Procreate brush - one of my favorites)
My Monoline Brush for color fills
6B Pencil for sketching (standard Procreate brush)
Get the Canberra Bells Procreate Color Palette
Start creating floral artwork with the color palette used in the video.
Canberra Bells in Procreate Transcript:
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I am Denise Palmer, and I am an illustrator,
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artist and surface pattern designer working out of my studio close
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to the Gulf of Mexico where water adventures and botanical plants surround
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my everyday life.
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Welcome to these video chats where I talk about some of the techniques I've used
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to create my artwork and chat about all things illustration, art, and design.
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In this TimeLapse video, I'm creating these Canberra Bells in procreate,
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and I also have a list of the procreate brushes that I used in the
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description below. This video,
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as well as the procreate color palette for these flowers are also below the
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video.
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As I was creating the flower sketch for these bells,
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I had sketched multiple plants in the same procreate document,
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and you can see some faded out leaves behind the bells sketch that I'm
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working on.
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These flowers are so pretty and I loved their bell shape,
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so I wanted to make them cascade down from each other.
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The bells are native to Australia,
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and since I was working on an Australian project,
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that is why I was creating these flowers.
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I knew I wanted the background to be darker for the end project,
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so I made the background darker here so I could really see how the colors would
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look as I was filling in the plant with color,
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I try to think about the end project and what the background will look like
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because the color that you use behind the artwork has a real impact
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on the look of the artwork and how the colors play off each other,
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so you need to take that into consideration.
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Most of the time you are not using a white background because white is very
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stark, so I typically avoid all white backgrounds.
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Even when I'm sketching.
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I like to sketch on an off-white or light gray background.
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The softer background is much easier on your eyes too.
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I want to encourage you to think ahead,
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even when you are creating your illustrations,
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that will be in a bigger finished product to really think about the
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background color you will be using because it helps to get a feel for your
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finished work. That being said,
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you do not have to be completely committed to the background color you are
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choosing while illustrating,
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as you can change it as the artwork evolves into what you are envisioning.
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Here is a pattern design that I created with all of the artwork for this custom
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project for my client for his Apple Arcade game.
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You can find the link to that project below this video if you wanna check it
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out. I will be sharing more process videos,
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so be sure to subscribe. If you would like to learn more about drawing plants,
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you can also check out my beginner mini course,
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all about illustrating leaves in Procreate at deniseanne.com/leaves.
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Thank you for watching!
