Explorations in Procreate

Preparing to illustrate a children's book, I discovered a vast array of  brushes and techniques generated in the digital world by exceptional artists:

Used Procreate to follow instructions by Lisa Glanz

Mena hears rustling grass across the stream.

Kitty's Bunny

Kitty's Kitty

Followed instructional video on actual charcoal techniques, used digital charcoal "brushes"

Another instructional video on actual watercolor, used digital "watercolor" brushes

Actual watercolor tutorial using digital "watercolor" brushes

Draft Book Cover

My version from YouTube tutorial

Collaged photos intentionally distorted for the drawing, then colorized--"mixed media"