Couple of miles away from the 2nd Annual Heart Party at Greenstone, where the pavement ends.
SketchBook, Procreate, Apple Pencil, iColorama
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Category Archives: iPad Art
Separation of Powers
Sketch Club, Apple Pencil, GOP Strategy, Separation of Powers, Delay, Delay, Delay
Cliff’n Norm
Study: Conversationalists extraordinaire, Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson. Procreate and Apple Pencil. Getting a little more comfortable with Apple Pencil and finger. Reference photo.
Nearly 30% Still “Believe” …
From time to time I express my political views explicitly. They’re probably a lot more obvious than what I think, but bias is bias. What triggered this flare up? I frequently see a statistic indicating that 30% of Americans believe Obama is a Muslim. It’s the word “believe” that gets me in particular; yet, when it’s embedded in this sort of proposition, I feel compelled to gag. In my view this pseudo factoid is akin to claiming that the Mississippi River actually begins 5 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. Forget that the entire watershed covers what, two thirds of the country? While we’re at it, forget also that the percentage is even higher among Republicans. I simply wish that, each time the so-called statistic is mentioned, someone might feel inclined to ask how it is that this belief was first implanted and how it has been nourished so long. It may be the very nature of “beliefs.”
Digital Coffee Anyone
Update: July 29, 2025. Our Jura coffee maker is now 10 years old, so I’m adding a couple of photos below that might help tell the story about what I’ve been doing every 3 months or so to enjoy coffee this way.
Procreate, Apple Pencil, and finger…lots of finger.
I’m still getting the hang of the Apple Pencil, especially in the iPad (Pro) drawing app, Procreate. At this point my biggest complaint is that the Apple Pencil is very reluctant, were I to anthropomorphize it, to “pick colors,” that process of touching down on existing colors to select a given color. There are other wrinkles that I’m hoping I can iron out as well. So it’s hit and miss here and there…practice, learning, identity change.
Incidentally, the Jura Impressa C65? Yes, that’s the way to go. Nuff said.
Special thanks to Seth Watkins at Pinhook Farms in Clarinda, IA for the coffee mug.
And now…the updated, 10th-anniversary photos: 2015-2025
A Beer, the Apple Pencil, and of course, the iPad Pro
When you move a lot, you get used all the same and some new things being rearranged here and there, as I’ve tried to report on elsewhere. Light switches, pots and pans, basket for car keys, etc.. Used to be here somewhere, now they’re over there somewhere. Well that’s what’s going on with the introduction of the Apple Pencil. Some things work just the same way, some things work differently, some things work better, some things don’t seem to work, some things take 3 or 4 clicks before they start working. Sometimes you have to jiggle the handle to stop the toilet from filling. But let’s face it, $99.00 helps to coax out the motivation.
I went downtown for a beer and some digital drawing time. I drew and sipped, sipped and drew, learned a little, and cranked this out using a photo reference in a side by side manner:
Cowboy in Ann”s Office at night
iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Procreate
Sketches’ Paintbrush & Watercolor Brush Lesson
Here’s a snapshot of yesterday’s digital art class focusing on 2 new brushes, new since we upgraded from the free version to the pro version of Sketches. We spent quite a bit of time on the mechanics of increasing and decreasing both the size and opacity of these two new brushes.
As an illustration, I had prepared this painting the night before using only Sketches’ paintbrush and watercolor brush:
This was a lot to take on, but the folks in the class hung in there and ultimately produced some promising works.
See image for the reference photo credit.
Stay tuned for a closer look at what the Enrichment Centers create.
Coin Operation
Quarters…lots of ‘me.
Sketch Club, Sty-HD (till Apple Pencil gets here)
brows’n stache
I love the procedural stipply brush/effect in Sketch Club. Like I’ve said, it’s like painting in the air with a sparkler. Sketchy’s cool too.
Sketch Club, Procreate, iColorama, Sty-HD
(STILL waiting for Apple Pencil to arrive!)
Richard’s 63 Chevy
There it was. Right in the Save Mart parking lot in broad daylight.
Procreate, iPad Pro, cheap stylus, still waiting for my Apple Pencil
portfoliolongo 
