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The Live Event<\/h2>\n

Last week, myself and three other artists were invited out to Adobe in San Francisco. Our challenge was to create a complete drawing every day within about 1 hour and 45 minutes on the iPad Pro using Adobe’s mobile apps for drawing. The entire process was streamed live on Adobe’s Twitch channel (twitch.tv\/adobe<\/a>). (The recorded videos from each day are found a little further down this page, so if you missed it, you can watch them now.)<\/p>\n

The Artists<\/h2>\n

I was joined by three amazing artists. On day one and two, I was with Stan Prokopenko<\/a> and Rob Generette III<\/a>. On day three, I was with Alice Lee<\/a>. We all have unique approaches to how we work, so it was great to see each of our processes in real time.<\/p>\n

Rob works with the app Adobe Draw quite frequently, but for Stan and I, it was our first time drawing in this manner. We used Adobe Sketch to create our drawings and paintings.<\/p>\n

The Drawing Apps<\/h2>\n

The apps that we used are exciting, allowing the artist to create digital drawings and paintings that actual resemble the real thing!<\/p>\n

Working with these apps on the iPad Pro can definitely be compared to using a brand new medium. Although you can replicate a “graphite” drawing or a “watercolor” painting<\/a>, the approach is definitely different. The “feel” of the iPad’s surface is smooth and you don’t get the feedback that you get when work on traditional surfaces, like paper.<\/p>\n

The brushes and pencils that are available in the app are pressure sensitive. If you add more pressure with the Apple Pencil, the mark becomes wider. Less pressure results in a thinner line. Tilt the pencil on its side and you can create broad “shading strokes” with the graphite option.<\/p>\n

Multiple layers, like we see with Photoshop, are part of the apps. This allows you to create a “sketch” layer and draw over the top on a new layer. You can change the opacity of each layer, or delete them completely when you no longer need it.<\/p>\n

Both apps are currently free, but do require the iPad Pro<\/a> and the Apple Pencil<\/a> to use them as we did.<\/p>\n