Chris Osborne Art 
Trying Digital Art with Apple Pencil
The Story Behind the Urban Sketching
When I was dropping off my artworks for a competition at Biloela I popped into another historical village and came across this old Dimond T something or other. Sorry I’m not a car man.
Anyway I thought I would give digital art a go since I had lots of Telstra points and this enabled me to get an Apple Pencil 2nd generation for next to nothing. I downloaded Procreate and watched a few quick tutorials while my pencil changed up and got stuck straight into sketching digitally.
My Sketching and Painting Process
Initial pencil sketch on the iPad, which was a strange process painting on a super smooth glass surface.
Oh and the iPad got extremely warm, so probably not a good idea on a hot day
Choosing the best lines to go over with the technical pen brush on a separate layer.
Well the watercolour brush was rubbish so I tried out some airbrush and textured options to added some basic colour. I’m sure this will get better with practice once I learn what all the 100+ brushes do.
This was added to another layer and the pencil one turned off.
I found a marker brush for toning and shadows, in the real world I would use the Tombo brush pens.
Drawing in all the fine details with the Technical Pen.
What I did like was painting highlights with the Lightpen this made the car highlights shine.
Final artwork.
Not too bad for a first effort, what do you think ?
My iPad with Apple Pencil 2.
Well it was an experience and I did enjoy most aspects of digital painting, especially the different layers and the option to undo mistakes.
No I’m probably not moving to digital art just yet.
The reason I did get procreate was to photograph an artwork that was almost complete and then digitally try out different backgrounds.
Most of the tractors, trucks and cars are in sheds with complicated structures and difficult to sketch. I think they would look better with just a few items not to distract from the main subject.
So I thought trying to paint a background on the iPad was the way of the future and a safe option and if it looks good then repaint this on the original artwork.
My painting come from my own experiences that I have photographed while traveling. By reading this blog, you as a viewer can now hear The Story Behind the Painting. Where, when, what was happening while I was photographing the wildlife.
Enjoy, Chris Osborne
Chris Osborne Art 