I’m trying to move on from my disappointment about the 2024 election [primarily with the people who elected him]. To help with that effort, I turned off the news channels. Being hooked on the drama of what is happening in our nation’s politics is a drug that was killing me. For years, I had allowed…
Mistakes — Everyone Makes Them — Let’s Move Into the Light!
“Gypsy Rose Lee of Kalamazee, In Kalmazong, Mazoo, Has Looked in Her Ball –Oh! Wonder of All– I See what she Saw was You.” Jacki Kellum Gypsy Rose Lee Jacki Kellum Illustration Reworked in Procreate Several years ago, I started a journey toward learning how to make art on my iPad in Procreate. I created…
Happy Birthday to One of My Heroes – Mary Travers – Because of Peter, Paul, & Mary, I Learned to Ask the Questions that Were Blowin’ in the Wind
When I was a teenager, the Beatles and the rest of the British Invasion were at the top of the musical charts, but I still preferred to listen to folk music. Of all the folk musicians, Peter, Paul, & Mary had the greatest influence on my life, and partially because I was a female with…
Contour Drawing Is a Way to Explore and Truly See Your Subject Matter – Jacki Kellum Contour Drawings – Both Traditional and on Procreate
Seeing is a type of looking at something that involves a detailed recognition of all of the object’s physical traits–as well as seeing into the object’s spirit–seeing the essence of the subject. Looking is a physical type of viewing. Truly seeing is more spiritual. Artists and writers must be able to see. Contour Drawing is a type of…
Looking at Toni Morrison’s Words about the 2024 Election – Make Beautiful Things to Heal
This morning, I was thrilled that a new load of gin trash was delivered to my garden. A Load of Gin Trash Being Dumped into Jacki Kellum’s Garden What Is Gin Trash? Gin Trash is a by-product of ginning cotton. Unfortunately for many of you, you must live near a cotton gin to have access…
A Look at Barbara Kingsolver’s Words about the 2024 Election — Quotes from The Poisonwood Bible
In The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver wrote: “Imagine a ruin so strange it must never have happened.” After the 2024 Presidential Election in the USA, she may have recalled those words, but from somewhere deep within herself she managed to say the following: “Truth and love have been smacked down so many more times in…
How to Adjust An Image You’ve Drawn in Procreate #LetsProcreate
The Most Obvious Way to Alter an Image in Procreate is the Eraser Tool–Which is on the Upper Right Menu. The Procreate Eraser Tool Works Like an Eraser on a Traditional Pencil — It Erases! The Procreate Eraser Tool Is Located in the Upper Left Menu: On the image above, the eraser tool is labeled…
#LetsProcreate Day 1 – How to Create a Procreate Canvas, How to Use Procreate Brushes, How to Use Color in Procreate
Welcome to #LetsProcreate–A New Online Event I am creating to help absolute procreate beginners to jump in and start creating in the fabulous art-making Ipad App Procreate. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO WORK IN PROCREATE? Procreate in an inexpensive Ipad App. You need an Ipad to create in procreate. I recommend Ipad Pro — the…
How to Work with Color – Procreate for Beginners – #Lets Procreate 3
Image Credit: Procreate Handbook To access and mange the color in your Procreate project, click on the Color Button, which is labeled 5 in the above image. Color Select, adjust, and harmonize the color in your creation. Do this using various interface options to suit your workflow. Save, import and share palettes, plus drag and…
How to Use the Brushes in Procreate #LetsProcreate 2
Image Credit: Pancreate Handbook Brush Button Shaped like a paintbrush, the Brush button sits in the top right menu bar of the Procreate interface. On the above image, it is labeled 1. Tap it once to activate the Brush tool, and tap it again to bring up the Brush Library. Image Credit: Procreate Handbook Procreate…