Part 2 Follow Tony Underhill step by step as he demonstrates how to use digital art to expand your traditional drawings and paintings

Tony Underhill

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

■ Dip a toe into digital art

■ Use out of register shapes and discord colours

■ Create a balanced design

Embracing digital art doesn’t need to be a wholesale change. You can use it to improve or expand what you’re already doing using traditional pens, paints and paper. Last month I demonstrated how to improve your traditional paintings by using layers to create flexible, visually striking tonal plans to make your work easy to read and, therefore, more effective. This month I want to show you one way you can expand your traditional drawings and sketches by adding digital colour blocks to give them a contemporary or perhaps retro twist and ‘new tech’ feel.

I used the Procreate for iPad app (£5.99 from the iTunes App Store) and believe other apps have similar functions. I selected and drew with a stylus, but with practice you can achieve similar results by using just your finger. Whatever you use, I suggest you familiarise yourself with the basic user interface and functions first, through online manuals and user forums, trial and error experimentation and YouTube tutorials.