When I sketch in a journal or sketchbook, I feel free and don't worry too much about getting everything perfect. But when I work in Procreate, I am with a different mindset. For me it's an alternative to oil painting which I cannot do for various reasons. I guess for me.......the Ipad is more like a canvas for more formal work versus the sketchbook.Digital painting for me takes a lot of time due to how I work. I work in MANY layers with little rough marks at a time blending as I go. I work on small sections at a time and each layer has the different values of colors. And I use small brush sizes which also takes a bit of time to fill in areas with how I work.
In the time I take to work something like this, I sit and study what I've done already and where I might want to go next. I'll do a rough line drawing on a separate layer trying out placement of different things to see how it might fit in with what I've already done. In other words I plan as I go.
This took several hours and I enjoyed every second of it. I was in no hurry and my mind was lost in what I was doing and that at times is a Blessing :-)
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