• CALENDAR
  • SIGN UP FOR EMAILS
  • DONATE
  • MEMBERSHIP
  • MY ACCOUNT

Academy Center of the Arts

Lynchburg's Local Arts Center

  • TICKETS
    • BOX OFFICE
      • Discounts
      • Ticketing Policies
    • Black History Month Celebration
    • Broadway at the Academy
    • Gift Certificates
    • Group Sales
    • RESIDENT COMPANIES
      • The Charlottesville Ballet 22/23 Season
      • Endstation Theatre Company 22/23 Season
      • Jefferson Choral Society 22/23 Season
      • Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra 22/23 Season
      • Opera on the James 22/23 Season
      • Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest 21/22 Season
    • SEATING CHARTS
  • COMMUNITY ACCESS
    • Academy in Motion
    • Education Access Program
    • Facilities Access Program
    • Ticket Access Program
    • Artist in Residency Program
  • EDUCATION
    • ALL CLASSES
    • ADULT CLASSES
    • YOUTH CLASSES
    • POTTERY CLASSES
    • SUMMER CAMPS
    • YOUTH THEATRE
    • Field Trips At the Academy
    • Education Access Program
    • Instructor Interest Form
  • GALLERIES
    • The Academy Artist Expansion Initiative
    • 2023 National Juried Art Exhibition
  • RENTALS
    • PRIVATE EVENTS
      • Birthday Parties
      • Corporate Rentals
      • Professional Workshops
      • Social and Private Rentals
      • Weddings
    • Ticketed RENTALS
    • Performance Partner Program
    • Facilities Access Program
  • SUPPORT
    • Fall Campaign 2022
    • Volunteer
    • BECOME A MEMBER
    • Make a Donation
    • OUR DONORS
      • CORPORATE SPONSORS
    • LEGACY GIVING
      • Endowment
      • Legacy Giving
  • ABOUT
    • Annual Report
    • CONTACT US
      • CONTACT US
      • Board of Trustees
      • Staff Directory
    • Employment
    • GET INVOLVED
      • Internships
    • GETTING HERE
      • DINE
      • STAY
      • Parking and Directions
    • HISTORY
    • VENUES
      • Accessibility
      • PARKING AND DIRECTIONS
      • Tours
  • TICKETS
    • BOX OFFICE
      • Discounts
      • Ticketing Policies
    • Black History Month Celebration
    • Broadway at the Academy
    • Gift Certificates
    • Group Sales
    • RESIDENT COMPANIES
      • The Charlottesville Ballet 22/23 Season
      • Endstation Theatre Company 22/23 Season
      • Jefferson Choral Society 22/23 Season
      • Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra 22/23 Season
      • Opera on the James 22/23 Season
      • Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest 21/22 Season
    • SEATING CHARTS
  • COMMUNITY ACCESS
    • Academy in Motion
    • Education Access Program
    • Facilities Access Program
    • Ticket Access Program
    • Artist in Residency Program
  • EDUCATION
    • ALL CLASSES
    • ADULT CLASSES
    • YOUTH CLASSES
    • POTTERY CLASSES
    • SUMMER CAMPS
    • YOUTH THEATRE
    • Field Trips At the Academy
    • Education Access Program
    • Instructor Interest Form
  • GALLERIES
    • The Academy Artist Expansion Initiative
    • 2023 National Juried Art Exhibition
  • RENTALS
    • PRIVATE EVENTS
      • Birthday Parties
      • Corporate Rentals
      • Professional Workshops
      • Social and Private Rentals
      • Weddings
    • Ticketed RENTALS
    • Performance Partner Program
    • Facilities Access Program
  • SUPPORT
    • Fall Campaign 2022
    • Volunteer
    • BECOME A MEMBER
    • Make a Donation
    • OUR DONORS
      • CORPORATE SPONSORS
    • LEGACY GIVING
      • Endowment
      • Legacy Giving
  • ABOUT
    • Annual Report
    • CONTACT US
      • CONTACT US
      • Board of Trustees
      • Staff Directory
    • Employment
    • GET INVOLVED
      • Internships
    • GETTING HERE
      • DINE
      • STAY
      • Parking and Directions
    • HISTORY
    • VENUES
      • Accessibility
      • PARKING AND DIRECTIONS
      • Tours

5 Reasons to Love Making Art with Procreate

March 4, 2016

I am very pleased to have the opportunity to offer a Procreate workshop at the Academy Center of the Arts. This iPad app is the most robust digital drawing and painting tool I have ever used. What really pleases me is how much kids like it. Don’t be confused; this is a tool for professionals and adults too. Here’s why it so great.

  1. Look What I Made

Skill building is confidence building. Few things please me more than to see kids (and adults) show me their work and radiate pride at their accomplishments. Here is a gallery view from a student’s Procreate app from last summer. This collection shows not only a mastery of the tool but also the pure joy of creation.

ProcreatePost-02

Another collection of student work created in Procreate. These young students are obviously not intimidated by this robust app and one image inspires another.

ProcreatePost-03

  1. Ease of Use

Some very smart interface designers worked on this app. I find that with a good introduction to the tools, students are off and running on their own. There are tips and tricks I can add along the way, but most students find their way fairly easily.

This is what the interface looks like. I painted this bird for one of my preschool media projects. The tools are accessed from the top panel. The icons to the right are easy to decipher. I have never asked kids what they thought they meant and not gotten the correct answer.

ProcreatePost-04

 

You can see it’s a sleek interface. The younger students only need to use the brushes, possibly the eraser and the color selector. On the right are sliders for opacity and stoke size. There is an easy undo, a favorite with digital artists of all ages.

  1. The Brushes

The variety of brush tools in Procreate makes it very easy to make something amazing relatively easily. This is just one selection of choices from one of the fifteen categories of brushes. My very favorites is Victorian, seen here highlighted in blue.
ProcreatePost-05

You can see the Victorian Brush used on the inside of my Valentine and in the green background.

ProcreatePost-06

Cool drip brushes were used by this student to make a background image for a digital book cover.

ProcreatePost-07

  1. Make Art for Animation and Apps

I am frequently offering workshops that include instruction in Procreate as a tool to use with app production and animation. Images made in Procreate can be saved to the iPad Photos and easily imported into other programs. Here are some examples of student work used for their projects.

ProcreatePost-08

ProcreatePost-09

  1. Art Making Doesn’t Stop with the Workshop

I have heard from very happy parents that their children have continued to work with Procreate to complete assignments at school. Learning these digital tools develops a visual and technical vocabulary that also translates to other digital tools and other media creation projects. This is problem solving and critical thinking at its best…helping students and adults visually express themselves creatively.

Come and join us to explore this wonderful tool for artists of all ages. We have iPads to lease if you need one for the workshop.

Kristin Reiber Harris
www.iArt4Kidz.com
www.KristinHarrisDesign.com
www.KristinReiberHarris.com

@iArt4Kidz
FB:iArt4Kidz

Filed Under: Art, iPad

Categories

  • Art
  • Community Outreach
  • Donors
  • Events
  • Film
  • Gallery
  • Holidays
  • iPad
  • Local Art
  • Music
  • Press Release
  • Theatre
  • Uncategorized
  • Youth

Archives

  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • May 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • June 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015

Recent Posts

  • Spotlight on Academy in Motion
  • Celebrate Juneteenth at the Academy
  • Beyond the Bell Tower with Academy Youth Theatre Professionals
  • Recognizing All of Our Academy Volunteers
  • Behind the Scenes of Academy Youth Theatre’s Production of My Son Pinocchio, JR.

CONTACT US:

(434) 846-8499
600 Main Street
Lynchburg, VA 24504
  • Tickets
  • EDUCATION
  • Galleries
  • RENTALS
  • Support
  • About
  • Blog
  • Board of Trustees
  • Employment
  • Internships
  • Press & Media
  • Contact Us
SUPPORT THE ACADEMY DONATE
STAY UP TO DATE EMAIL UPDATES

Academy Center of The Arts Copyright © 2023