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10 Drawing Exercises That Train Your Hand and Sharpen Your Lines

April 26, 2026April 25, 2026 by vern
10 Drawing exercises for iPad users of Procreate drawing software.

We are learning to draw, just like you. We have been doodling our entire lives, and this has given us some idea of how to draw, but not very well! What is necessary is an outline of steps to practice to get better. Wouldn’t it be great if you had a list of 10 specific … Read more

Categories Drawing Exercises

Which iPad Is Best for Learning to Draw? A Straight-Up Comparison

April 26, 2026April 25, 2026 by vern
iPad Pro 11 M1 with Mali Lovic's Art

Let’s get to the heart of this post immediately and give you the answer. The best iPads to learn how to draw on are the iPad Pro 11 inch, the iPad Air 11 inch, the iPad 10.9 inch, and the iPad Pro 12.9 inch tablets. IPads combined with drawing software like Procreate have become a … Read more

Categories Drawing Tools

12 Best Procreate Brushes for Line Art (And When to Use Each)

April 26, 2026April 25, 2026 by vern
The 12 best brushes used in Procreate for drawing lineart on the iPad.

Procreate comes with over 200 brushes you can use to make your artwork – without buying or making any more. However, eventually, you’ll find the need for some specialized brushes. I just made a fish scales brush that helps me add hundreds of scales to my fish art in seconds. It’s SUPER helpful. I’ll have … Read more

Categories Drawing Tools Tags brushes, lineart, ProCreate

20 Tips for Drawing Fish in Procreate That Actually Make a Difference

April 26, 2026April 25, 2026 by vern
20 Tips for helping you to draw fish using iPad and ProCreate as your drawing app.

Why Draw Fish? I own a couple of fishing websites, so I have always been in the market for fishing pictures and graphic illustrations of fish. However, I have not been able to find excellent fish identification photos for many of the fish around our home in Florida. So, I figured why not try to … Read more

Categories How To Draw a Tags drawing, fish, ProCreate

How to Draw a Remora Fish (or Any Fish) Step by Step in Procreate

April 26, 2026April 25, 2026 by vern
Remora fish drawing with ProCreate on iPad Pro 11" M1 tutorial.

What Are Remora Fish? Remora are a type of sucker fish that attach themselves to larger fish like sharks, cobia, whales, whale sharks, and other large fish in the sea. They grow to around 30–110 cm (12–43 in) long. They eat their host’s feces, so they may not be a good fish to eat if you catch … Read more

Categories How To Draw a Tags fish, Paper Pen, Paper Pencil, ProCreate

I Made Money Drawing on My First Try — Here’s Exactly What Happened

April 26, 2026April 25, 2026 by vern
I made money drawing this mullet fish. I know. It's crazy!

Making money with illustrations created on the iPad when you’re not even an expert at it, is something that can put a big smile on your face. It doesn’t even need to be a lot of money, just the idea that by creating something digitally, you get paid for it is a real mind-blower! You … Read more

Categories Artwork Tags drawing, graphic design, illustration

iPad vs Paper for Drawing: Which Is Actually Easier?

April 26, 2026April 25, 2026 by vern
Artist using iPad and ProCreate to draw instead of paper.

The question, ‘is it easier to draw on iPad versus paper’ is one that I never really considered. I just figured it’s going to be much easier to draw on the iPad. However, now that we have had an iPad for a year and the Apple Pencil I’ve come to the conclusion: it is easier … Read more

Categories Drawing Tools Tags ipad/paper
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