Digital Art: A Beginner’s Workshop for iPad and Procreate in a Gallery Setting

If you have an iPad and Apple Pencil and are wondering how to
Start your digital artistic journey, then this workshop is for you!

Procreate is an app that is similar to Adobe Photoshop and
Illustrator but much more user friendly and MUCH cheaper at just £10! Tutor Rosie is a self-taught artist and
Illustrator and since she started using procreate it has completely
Revolutionised her art and business.

This
One-day workshop will consist of 3 stages and at each stage you'll learn the
technical aspects of Procreate whilst taking creative inspiration from the
wonderful gallery space at Attenborough Arts Centre and your own influences.

This
Means that you won't need any fully formed ideas, we'll take the galleries lead
For our artistic imagination giving us the head space to drill into the techy
Stuff!

PLEASE NOTE: For this course you will need
your own iPad, digital pencil and have the Procreate app downloaded onto your
iPad. We are unable to loan this equipment to participants.

For the first
Stage we'll learn the absolute basics of drawing with a digital pencil in
Procreate. We’ll learn how the different ‘brushes’ work. How to save, select
change and move images. We’ll learn how layers work, how to use different
Colours and ‘colour drop’ and the general inner workings of the app.

If any of this
sounds like jargon, then you’re in the right place! And we promise it’s easier
Than it sounds!

Then we’ll use
More of our imagination and creative skills by getting to grips with the
effects section of Procreate. We’ll be taking more inspiration from the gallery
Space by learning how to insert images, what can be done with them and how they
can be manipulated. We’ll learn how to add other things too like text, and how
You can start to build up your drawn images.

The final stage will be
all about how to make your work ready to sell. If you’re doing this course just
for the joy of it, that’s great! But learning these extra special skills will
still be mega useful! Like repeat patterns, logos, alpha lock, text and saving
for print. We’ll explore the effects more and consider how we might merge other
art into this new digital landscape. For example, enhancing our own photography
or physical drawings. We’ll also explore any specific interests you
Have personally and how we might continue on this new digital venture!

About the tutor:

Tutor
Rosie Johnson is a self-taught artist and illustrator. She specialises in
Modern calligraphy, hand printing, decorative homeware, digital illustration
and graphic design with a sprinkle of glitter! Rosie has been teaching for a
Number of years now and runs her own business making all things quirky and
alternative. She believes everyone has creative talent and loves proving
Herself right in every class she teaches!

Further information:

Recommended
for ages 14+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a paying adult at all times.

The
workshop will start at 10am and end at 4pm. There’ll be a short break for
lunch. Our café will be open or you’re welcome to bring your own refreshments.

If the
Course/workshop you'd like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list
simply contact our box office team on / and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then contact
You if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to accept it if
You've made other plans!

Please ensure that you read and agree to our updated Terms
& Conditions before booking as courses/workshops
Are non-refundable if cancelled within 21 days of the start date for any
Reason.

We aim to
make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome
just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you'd
Like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss
your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email
Arts-centre@le.Ac.UK, pop in or call, open 7 days a week.

We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts
Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for
Blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.

Free parking for all customers is available after
5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park
next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road. The closest public car
park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us
(near De Montfort Hall).