Image Credit: Procreate Handbook On the image above, the Gallery button is labeled 10, and is at the far left corner. To Create a Project in Procreate, Step 1: Click on the Gallery Button on the Far Left Step 2: Click on the + Sign at the Far Right Image from Procreate Handbook Click on…
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Procreate Is the Best Bargain in Apps for Ipad – Free Procreate Manual + Free Youtube Beginner’s Series
1. Paint JUMP TO: 00:00 Introduction 01:11 Painting Tools 03:28 Color 04:31 Gestures 07:34 Layers 08:14 Add Layers 15:25 Share your Art Painting Tools (top right) On the top right menu bar you’ll find everything you need to get started. Paint, smudge, erase, create layers of artwork, and choose colors. 1. Paint Sketch, ink and…
November 1 Is My New Year: Time to Set New Resolutions – New Goals
For the past several days, I have been talking about how some of the ancient civilizations celebrated the New Year on November 1: I have decided to start my new year today, too. As of today, November 1, I have officially left the skeletons of my old self behind me, and I have resolved to…
November 1 – The Beginning of a New Year – Blessing of the Water
Yesterday was October 31, which–over time–has become the date of Halloween. Today is November 1, which–over time–has become [for Catholics and Christians] the date of All Saints Day. I have said this before, but again, I want to add that the Catholic Church and the Early Christians evoloved out of a Pagan Culture, and I…
Procreate Tutorials
How to Work in Split Screen in Ipad: How to Draw and Paint a Daisy in Procreate With the same sketch color, add dabs between petals where they touch the center. Add textural lines on leaves. Use Liquify Tool to Make Small Corrections Liquify Liquify warps the pixels of a layer in six different…
Another Shout-Out for Stream of Consciousness – I Also Create My Youtube Videos in a Stream of Consciousness
Some of you may not know this, but for a couple of months, I have gone out into my garden several times a week, and I have talked about what is or is not growing there. Quite often, my videos pivot into something that is rather philosophical, and I label those thoughts as “Learning from…
To Everything, There Is A Season – A Fable – The Moral: Look for the Beauty of Every Time of Year
Nothing sings the song of autumn more eloquently than a sunflower withering on its stem. Mid-July I was at a nursery, purchasing a perennial that had been marked as a clearance item. Like the sunflower in the above photo, that Black-Eyed Susan [Rudbeckia] had passed its season, and it had withered almost to nothingness. When…
The Importance of Planting Pollinators in Your Garden
I have written several posts about the pollinators I plant in my gardens. Generally speaking, I focus on planting perennial pollinators. But I also add several annual pollinators. For instance, I plant Heavenly Blue Morning Glory Vines EVERY year, and the morning glories I plant are annuals. What Is A Garden Annual? An annual is…
Growing Morning Glories – Remembering My Grandmother’s Garden – Memoir Monday – Joy Comes in the Morning & Thomas Wolfe: Some Things Will Never Change
For weeks, I have watched my morning glory vines as they have slowly and tediously twisted themselves into glorious blue tapestry that has woven itself around my garden. Morning Glory Vines at the Back of My Garden – July 15, 2024 During the early part of summer, I praised my morning glory vines as they…
The Outlaw Years: Land Pirates of the Natchez Trace – Homes and Life of the Pioneers
THE OUTLAW YEARS: THE HISTORY OF THE LAND PIRATES OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE by Robert M. Coates James Calk keeps a diary: 1775 Mon 13th [March?] “I set out from prince william to travel to caintuck. . . . “Thursday i6th We started early it rained Chief part of the day. . . . “Wednesday…