Draw and paint amazing digital portraits with Procreate!

Learning to draw and paint portraits is a rewarding, fun, and fulfilling experience for any artist, but it can be a bit overwhelming to simultaneously learn the techniques for drawing faces and the vast array of features and tools that software Procreate offers. If you’re seeking to dramatically improve your skills and create amazing portraits, Portraits with Procreate is for you.

Written by artist, illustrator, and designer Melissa de Nobrega, Portraits with Procreate is a knowledge-packed resource for artists wanting to learn how to create digital art with Procreate. By providing helpful demos, step-by-step tutorials, and real-world projects, this book will help you gain a deep understanding of Procreate’s interface and tools, anatomy for drawing faces, and drawing and painting techniques for creating beautiful portraits.

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After teaching you the basics of Procreate, facial anatomy, and portrait drawing and painting techniques, Melissa brings it all together by working through five complete portrait projects from start to finish. Regardless of your skill level, Portraits with Procreate is a comprehensive guide and excellent resource for artists of all types who want to improve their work and create truly impressive digital portraits.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Making Digital Art with Procreate

Chapter 2: The Basics of Procreate

Chapter 3: Anatomy: Features of the Head and Face

Chapter 4: Drawing Portraits

Chapter 5: Painting Portraits

Chapter 6: Portrait Projects

Additional Resources

Illustrator, designer, and author Melissa de Nobrega has helped over 20,000 students improve their artwork through her online art classes. Her new book, Portraits with Procreate: A Beginner's Guide to Drawing and Painting Faces, delivers her gentle teaching style in a non-digital format.

Melissa works from her home in Toronto, Ontario, and is the creator of makebetter.art, an online resource for budding and amateur artists who want to...well, make better art. Access classes and other resources at makebetter.art or by following her on instagram @melissadn.art.

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