Cafe Portraits in Procreate

Use the iPad and Procreate app to make dynamic gesture drawings, sketches of people, and quick portraits. And learn how to draw people from life.

If you love drawing on the iPad and if you want to improve your drawing skills, but you also long to be able to draw dynamic and expressive sketches, like gesture drawings of the figure, then this class is for you. You will learn exactly how to sketch people on your iPad. You will learn how to draw people in a busy environment like a cafe.

This one simple practice of sketching people in a coffee shop, in a park, at the corner pub, or in any public space, is THE ONE drawing practice that completely changed my drawing style.

I went from drawing very rigid and uninteresting figures, to being able to draw confidently and expressively no matter what the subject was.

This drawing practice is for animators, figure drawing students, illustrators and ANYONE who loves to draw and sketch.

The scariest part of drawing people is making them look realistic.

The scariest part of drawing from life, in public is the pressure of wanting to draw perfectly.

This class outlines exactly how to approach drawing people in real life, in real time. It gives you a set of sketching techniques and exercises, in Procreate, that will show you exactly how to tackle drawing people, even people that are moving.

During the lessons you will learn:

• 4 powerful drawing drills that will ramp up your skills and help you to draw loose and expressive

• 1 simple tip to draw the figure or the face in proportion forever more (without sighting or measuring)

• How to draw people who are constantly moving or talking

• How to make gesture drawings in a digital medium

Plus you'll also learn the difference between WHAT to draw and HOW to draw when it comes to drawing the face or the figure. I’ll also show you how to approach drawing in a public space, what to expect and how to navigate the challenges.

Throughout the class, I’ll be supporting you to make your own cafe drawings by setting you 3 projects that each progressively build towards drawing a portrait sketch:

Projet 1: Quick Warm Ups

Project 2: Drawing Full Figures

Project 3: Drawing a Portrait

You don’t need to be super skilled at drawing to take this class, and you don’t need to know how to draw the figure or make a portrait. This is a fun and easy exploration of loose sketching in a digital medium that anyone can do.