Preparing with Procreate

Living at the beach in the summer
limits my studio time for sure, 

but I'm not complaining!

However I've discovered how to use the Procreate app
to do a lot of design work while I'm away.

 "Ocean Club"

30 x 20 oil  

This is how I use it: 

I started with this image. 

and cropped it to this.

In Procreate I was able break it down

 into the large shapes of color.

I managed a few hours in the studio 

so I did this charcoal sketch 

over a 20 x 30 old painting toned with yellow ochre

and took a picture of it.  

I then put that image in to Procreate

and was then able to play with colors 

and shapes

before applying paint!  

You can erase, change values, tones...

layer after layer.......

It's a great way to design and plan your painting

and saves time and materials. 

And I feel like I'm "painting" 

even when I'm away from the studio! 

Happy Camper.