If you love watercolor artwork but do not love the clean up afterwards, you might be interested in creating a digital version of it. You might think that watercolor created digitally is not as accurate or authentic looking as the real thing. If you have any experience with digital artwork using photoshop on the desktop you know that you need to look for suitable realistic looking brushes and create a workaround just to make your brushstrokes look like the real thing.
With the iPad Pro and some art apps that are available right now, you can create realistic looking watercolor art straight "out of the box". You don't have to fiddle with any settings, download any new brushes or do any workarounds. You just paint. Really easy, really intuitive.
So here I list the videos that I have created to show you how easy it is to just pickup your iPad and Apple Pencil and just start painting.
I'm using Affinity Designer for iPad to create a Japanese sumi-e style painting. This brush just works without needing to fiddle with any settings. You can adjust the settings from within the app if you like.
My favourite app to use on my iPad Pro. Tayasui Sketches. I highly recommend this app for a very realistic looking watercolor brush. It is so natural. Here I show how to paint a simple cup of coffee
I paint Ghibli Studio's Totoro character in watercolor using Tayasui Sketches on iPad Pro.
I show you a technique that you can do to create a watercolor bleeding on the iPad Pro using Tayasui Sketches Pro.
If you're a fan of ghostbusters, this is for you. For this artwork, I used a watercolor brush as well as Indian ink tool. Both are within the Tayasui Sketches app. Check it out.
This is the easiest painting to do in watercolor. Watch carefully the steps I take to paint a single croissant using Tayasui Sketches Pro.
This is a relatively simple painting of a chick holding on to a string tied to a floating balloon. I go through step by step how to create this using Tayasui Sketches Pro on my iPad Pro.
These tutorials I created require you to have an iPad Pro or the latest iPad that works with the Apple Pencil. If you are transitioning from the Wacom tablets on your desktop or laptop to have a more mobile workflow, I cannot recommend anything else other than the iPad Pro. You can use many other pressure sensitive stylus besides the Apple Pencil. I actually started off my digital painting journey using a regular stylus with a rubber nub. Some artist simply uses their finger.
However, after I got myself an Apple Pencil, It was the best purchasing decision I made. The Apple Pencil lasted longer than my previous styluses. And I have used so many of them. I believe it is worth the investment.
If you do decide to purchase an Apple Pencil or an iPad Pro, do click on the link below to purchase one from Amazon. This is an affiliate link and your purchase made through this will help support the maintenance of this website. Thank you so much for your support.
If you need any game development, digital artwork or caricature art done let me know and I will help you out.
