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.

Jan 29 2-16

As an illustration, I had prepared this painting the night before using only Sketches’ paintbrush and watercolor brush:
dig art class

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.

Pope = Bowls +

Wood Turner, Artist, & Friend

A very quick sketch in Procreate from memory with two scoops of leeway. You see, I’m not sure Pope wears safety googles, work gloves, and an apron; but, he can crank out some beautiful bowls and more.

Pope

I’m learning a thing or two about wood and art from Pope.

In the 2011 video he mentions the Merced County Arts Council (MCAC), the Arbor Gallery, and a few other artistic institutions here in Merced, CA. I’m proud to be a new board member of the MCAC…lots to learn!