I have long been a fan of ink drawings and I was taught all the techniques by a master: my high school Commercial Art teacher. He, in turn, was taught by masters as well in England. He emigrated to Canada, and I was fortunate enough to have his tutelage. We used ruling pens, croquil pens and Rapidographs, or technical pens. One of my favorite subjects to draw was flowers, so I have been doing them in this way for over 40 years. He also taught us how to do wash drawings, which is a technique similar to watercolor, but done with watered down black ink. This class, Vintage Look Floral Ink Drawing in Procreate, will show you some of my inking and wash methodology, and ways to use brushes to add dimension. In the class, I take you from start to finish in creating a complete floral illustration, notably with mixed media background. And, I have created a brush set, Inky Business, to complement the class. I am giving you a sampler set with this class so that you can see the possibilities with the full set which is available in the artist resources.

In this class I’ll walk you through:

• my step-by-step method for tracing a royalty free image
• my workflow for adding dimension
• adjusting the brushes included to create different effects
• using a wash technique for additional shading
• ideas for creating a background

If you’ve always admired the look of vintage inking illustrations, you will enjoy this class and the advantage of working on this digitally. The full brush set gives you tons of options, like cross-hatching and various inkers which mimic particular ink looks. Do a bunch of research first to see what might inspire you.

The key concepts I will include:

• review of my brush alterations and adjustments
• a look at Procreate inking brushes and their various idiosyncrasies
• approaches you can take in adding dimensionality to ink drawings

Learning new Procreate workflows is always an advantage. I know you can produce something really appealing, and it’s so interesting to work just in black and white. Practice makes perfect, so I would suggest you do more than one of these, and then use it on a mock-up to really see the impact!