I tend to use the Square 2048 x 2048px canvas size since it works well for posting to Instagram. It will say “Procreate” in the top left corner), tap on the plus sign in the top right corner and choose your canvas size. Open a new canvas – in the Gallery (This is the screen you seen when you open the Procreate app.To make it a perpendicular line, while still pausing, use your other hand to tap two fingers anywhere on the screen and the line will snap to specific angles including perfectly horizontal and vertical. Draw a straight line – draw a line and pause at the end until the line straightens.Cut/Copy/Paste – three finger swipe down (or tap on the Actions menu (wrench icon), then Image, then choose Cut or Copy).Reset to full screen – pinch the screen and pull up and off the screen.You can zoom in and out and rotate at the same time. Zoom/Rotate – “pinch the screen” in and out with two fingers.Make sure your fingers are separate enough that the app can detect there are three fingers instead of one. Redo – three finger tap (or tap the arrow icon, pointing right).Make sure your fingers are separate enough that the app can detect there are two fingers instead of one. Undo – two-finger tap (or tap the arrow icon, pointing left).So if you’re new to the Procreate app, this video is for you! This is the basic tutorial I wish I could have watched when I started. When I first started using the Procreate app, it took me awhile to figure out how to use it. You don’t need the pro version to use the Procreate app but you do need the pro version to use the Apple Pencil. I use an 9.7″ iPad Pro* with an Apple Pencil*.

At the time of writing this, the Procreate app costs $9.99 US or $13.99 in Canada. The Procreate app is only available for iPad.

More challenging to add ephemera, although you could scan and insert them.

Missing the tactile feel and sound of paint and other media.

Initial cost of the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.

Easy to share good photos of your art onlineĬhallenges of Art Journaling with the Procreate App.

You can find my drawings and time-lapse videos on Instagram Reasons Why I Like Art Journaling with the Procreate App I’ve been drawing with the iPad Pro daily since April 2017. I make things to inspire your creativity and storytelling. Hi, this is Anika Lacerte of The Handcrafted Story.

Drawing on procreate for beginners