Tag Archives: Procreate

A Second Stuffed Bird

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Yesterday I drew this bird but did not like the background. Today I added more gouache paint to the background and scraped it around.  Then I made the sketch less dark and cropped it by using Photos and Procreate.

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Playing Games

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Thanksgiving week is winding down, and our kids are on the way back to their homes. One of the many delightful parts of holidays is playing games together. We learned a new game that involved convincing others of the believability of … Continue reading →

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Watching Videos and Nodding Off

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

  It is late on the day after Thanksgiving and we are watching videos, nodding off, and sketching. I have my iPad and am sketching using the Procreate app. It has been quite some time since I have drawn using … Continue reading →

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Editing Sketches with Apps

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

This was an interesting afternoon. I went back and edited some of my sketches from the week with Procreate, Snapseed and Photos, all apps on my iPad. In the sketch above I adjusted the tables in front of the two … Continue reading →

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Pumpkin

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Procreate, an art app for the iPad, recently had a major update and I thought that it might be fun to work in it this evening. After sketching a pumpkin on black paper with a white pastel pencil and gouache, … Continue reading →

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Close-up of an Unnamed Plant

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

This afternoon I walked up to the college and sketched closeups of the flowers and leaves that belong to a plant whose name I do not know. When I got home I propped up my two sketches on my desk … Continue reading →

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End of the Last Day of the Workshop

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I sketched these three lifelong colleagues two weeks ago on July 17 at the start of the workshop they were organizing together. Their workshop ends today and they are in the same living room sharing some last thoughts. Sketching them … Continue reading →

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