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…
Procreate for Beginners 1 – How to Create a Canvas – How to Use Select Button to Open a Project
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…
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…