Yesterday, which happened to be the day after yet another shameful Republican
“Presidential” Debate in which decency and civility were set back at least 100 years, I saw what I’m almost certain was a 1962 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Wagon on Main St. in Merced, CA, and I was quick enough to pull out my iPhone and catch a photo, which I used as a reference for a freehand drawing in Procreate using the Apple Pencil.
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Procreate, Apple Pencil
I grew up seeing Mail Pouch barns all over the place. I hope nobody minds that I went ahead and had a little fun doing some digital marketing in Procreate on my iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil and my very own finger using this reference photo in a freehand drawing.
Procreate, Apple Pencil, finger, reference photo.
Dry Creek, Royalston, and Boulder along side her old friend, Mignon Faget, a Sunday am study.
Procreate, Apple Pencil, click here for progress video.
Couple of miles away from the 2nd Annual Heart Party at Greenstone, where the pavement ends.
SketchBook, Procreate, Apple Pencil, iColorama
Study: Conversationalists extraordinaire, Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson. Procreate and Apple Pencil. Getting a little more comfortable with Apple Pencil and finger. Reference photo.
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
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
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!)
portfoliolongo 
