Fictional Character Portraits in Procreate: Coloring Techniques for Beginners

In this second part of my Lesson Series on Creating Realistic Portraits in Procreate for beginners, we will tackle the task of using different coloring techniques for giving life to any portrait. I will guide you for the different techniques to color and shade skin, hair, eyes and clothes, which will give a much more realistic aspect to your art.

This class is for anyone who wants to start taking on freehand digital drawing as a creative process, whether it is for a creative scape, or as a career path. No background art experience is required. This class is intended for people with a growth and resilient mindset.

This class is important as it will showcase the different techniques for coloring and shading for any portrait. I will show you all my tips and tricks I used and learned in the Procreate art to improve my coloring process, understanding shades, and how to use different settings and brushes to improve the coloring of my pieces.

For this class, students will need to have an Apple Pencil (1 or 2) compatible iPad or iPad Pro, with the Procreate app installed.

As resources, students will be provided with links to the brushes I use to draw, the sketches and procreate files I created for the class project, and links to other SkillShare classes.

Students should learn from me as I will help them break down the creative process. Furthermore, I am a hobbyist and artistic enthusiast who will break down things to them, so they can acquire the skills I was able to acquire in a short period of time.