The Urban Sketching Handbook Drawing with a Tablet: Easy Techniques for Mastering Digital Drawing on Location (Volume 9) (Urban Sketching Handbooks, 9)
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In Drawing with a Tablet: Easy Techniques for Mastering Digital Drawing on Location, readers will learn step by step how to create amazing drawings while on the go.
In the sixth volume of the Urban Sketching Handbook series, popular artist and workshop instructor Uma Kelkar shows sketchers how to take their digital drawing to the next level. Whether you are new to sketching or wish to try the latest technology, this useful guide shares expert tips and techniques for drawing on a tablet.
With a focus on using the Procreate tool, but with information that is relevant to other digital platforms, you will start with the basics, such as opening your file, choosing your resolution, determining your palette, and how to simplify your tools by creating a preferred set of brushes. The book also covers using layers and groups of layers, and shows you how to create a sketch from start to finish.
Whether you are drawing at home, en plein air, on the go, or even at night, learn how to enliven your digital drawings and enhance your skills. umakelkar.com/book is a work-along website with video links for many of the artworks included in the book as well as newer examples.
From the Publisher
The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing with a Tablet
Introduction
Interspersed throughout the book are my methods of drawing, my tricks as they have evolved, and my general philosophy—these appear alongside the software tools one uses to draw on a tablet. These personal anecdotes are for you to take as-is or to tailor to suit yourself. Each user can wield a tool the way they want to, in an effort to achieve their own personal goals; and accordingly, I wish this book to be another tool, a stepping stone, for you.
UMA KELKAR | Glow of Abundance | Procreate
Equipment Basics
If you have a new tablet and are keen to start drawing, don’t let this chapter stop you. Jump to the “Get Started with Digital Drawing” chapter right away! Come back to this chapter after you’ve played with the tablet for a few days.
DON LOW | Waiting for Her Ride | Procreate
With a tablet, night-time and other low-light conditions are now available for sketching. Please be mindful of your screen brightness when sharing the space with others.
Get Started with Digital Drawing
A new medium brings new ways to achieve creative satisfaction, new ways of breaking limitations—but it also brings new fear. This book addresses this new fear by showcasing achievable results while getting you accustomed to the tool set. Art is a balancing tool for me. On days when I have to run a tight ship with children, travel, day-job logistics, and unknown and ill-timed emergencies, often art pays the price. These are the exact days when one needs to engage in drawing and painting.
UMA KELKAR | Airbnb Sketching | Procreate
Layers are Everything
The ability to build artwork in independent or dependent layers is the key strength of digital media. What does it mean to have independent layers? We are familiar with layers in traditional media: If you make a collage with the printed words glued on underlying artwork, one would say that the artwork lies on one layer and the printed words on another. Likewise, if you use watercolors, you know that you put down a wash of color and when you paint on top of this wash, you have added another layer. When you create digitally, this first wash is equivalent to a layer. All digital media allow us to add layers without having to wait for pigments to dry.
HUGO COSTA | Calle Paz | Adobe Sketch
Going Deeper
We are at a point where we have basic technical know-how under our belt. There are two other tools that greatly affect the speed of drawing, and we will focus on those now.
Selection Tool
The Selection tool allows you to select an area of the canvas that remains active for drawing/blending/erasing. Typically, it is used to select delicate shapes that need to be colored finely without the color spilling outside this delicate shape. It is also used to move the selected shape to a different layer.
URMILA MENON | Alathur Market | Procreate
Leveraging Tools
You have now added digital media to your quiver of tools. It grows stronger as you practice and as applications develop. Can we do more than what is obvious with digital media? Stretching each tool to its maximum, to the point of absurdity is my obsession. It’s a philosophical choice really: to know the bounds of a medium, and then either I grow or the medium grows, or I dislike the results and I scale back.
HUMBERTO MARUM | Untitled | Procreate
“During the week, on my drives and walks, I do a series of thumbnails, five to ten minutes, all on the same page. When I have the chance, I pick one view and go back and do an elaborate version.”
Transparency Lock
A
The idea behind transparency lock is to lock the shapes you have blocked in so you can color over them without having to be careful.
B
This tool is named differently across applications. We will use Alpha Lock as that’s the terminology within Procreate.
C
In the Procreate app, with a two-finger swipe to the right on the layer of your choice, you can enter Alpha Lock mode. What this mode does is that it allows you to edit—paint, smudge, and erase only from what’s been drawn before.
D
Image A shows the layer that has all the tree shapes drawn in. Image B shows the background color on a lower layer. Image C shows when we Alpha Lock the layer in Image A and then use Soft Airbrush, it colors only the shapes that were originally drawn. Image D shows refinement of strokes using Alpha Lock.
Publisher : Quarry Books; Illustrated edition (February 11, 2020)
Language : English
Flexibound : 112 pages
ISBN-10 : 1631598074
ISBN-13 : 978-1631598074
Grade level : Preschool and up
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.2 x 0.65 x 8.25 inches
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In Drawing with a Tablet: Easy Techniques for Mastering Digital Drawing on Location, readers will learn step by step how to create amazing drawings while on the go.
In the sixth volume of the Urban Sketching Handbook series, popular artist and workshop instructor Uma Kelkar shows sketchers how to take their digital drawing to the next level. Whether you are new to sketching or wish to try the latest technology, this useful guide shares expert tips and techniques for drawing on a tablet.
With a focus on using the Procreate tool, but with information that is relevant to other digital platforms, you will start with the basics, such as opening your file, choosing your resolution, determining your palette, and how to simplify your tools by creating a preferred set of brushes. The book also covers using layers and groups of layers, and shows you how to create a sketch from start to finish.
Whether you are drawing at home, en plein air, on the go, or even at night, learn how to enliven your digital drawings and enhance your skills. umakelkar.com/book is a work-along website with video links for many of the artworks included in the book as well as newer examples.
From the Publisher
The Urban Sketching Handbook: Drawing with a Tablet
Introduction
Interspersed throughout the book are my methods of drawing, my tricks as they have evolved, and my general philosophy—these appear alongside the software tools one uses to draw on a tablet. These personal anecdotes are for you to take as-is or to tailor to suit yourself. Each user can wield a tool the way they want to, in an effort to achieve their own personal goals; and accordingly, I wish this book to be another tool, a stepping stone, for you.
UMA KELKAR | Glow of Abundance | Procreate
Equipment Basics
If you have a new tablet and are keen to start drawing, don’t let this chapter stop you. Jump to the “Get Started with Digital Drawing” chapter right away! Come back to this chapter after you’ve played with the tablet for a few days.
DON LOW | Waiting for Her Ride | Procreate
With a tablet, night-time and other low-light conditions are now available for sketching. Please be mindful of your screen brightness when sharing the space with others.
Get Started with Digital Drawing
A new medium brings new ways to achieve creative satisfaction, new ways of breaking limitations—but it also brings new fear. This book addresses this new fear by showcasing achievable results while getting you accustomed to the tool set. Art is a balancing tool for me. On days when I have to run a tight ship with children, travel, day-job logistics, and unknown and ill-timed emergencies, often art pays the price. These are the exact days when one needs to engage in drawing and painting.
UMA KELKAR | Airbnb Sketching | Procreate
Layers are Everything
The ability to build artwork in independent or dependent layers is the key strength of digital media. What does it mean to have independent layers? We are familiar with layers in traditional media: If you make a collage with the printed words glued on underlying artwork, one would say that the artwork lies on one layer and the printed words on another. Likewise, if you use watercolors, you know that you put down a wash of color and when you paint on top of this wash, you have added another layer. When you create digitally, this first wash is equivalent to a layer. All digital media allow us to add layers without having to wait for pigments to dry.
HUGO COSTA | Calle Paz | Adobe Sketch
Going Deeper
We are at a point where we have basic technical know-how under our belt. There are two other tools that greatly affect the speed of drawing, and we will focus on those now.
Selection Tool
The Selection tool allows you to select an area of the canvas that remains active for drawing/blending/erasing. Typically, it is used to select delicate shapes that need to be colored finely without the color spilling outside this delicate shape. It is also used to move the selected shape to a different layer.
URMILA MENON | Alathur Market | Procreate
Leveraging Tools
You have now added digital media to your quiver of tools. It grows stronger as you practice and as applications develop. Can we do more than what is obvious with digital media? Stretching each tool to its maximum, to the point of absurdity is my obsession. It’s a philosophical choice really: to know the bounds of a medium, and then either I grow or the medium grows, or I dislike the results and I scale back.
HUMBERTO MARUM | Untitled | Procreate
“During the week, on my drives and walks, I do a series of thumbnails, five to ten minutes, all on the same page. When I have the chance, I pick one view and go back and do an elaborate version.”
Transparency Lock
A
The idea behind transparency lock is to lock the shapes you have blocked in so you can color over them without having to be careful.
B
This tool is named differently across applications. We will use Alpha Lock as that’s the terminology within Procreate.
C
In the Procreate app, with a two-finger swipe to the right on the layer of your choice, you can enter Alpha Lock mode. What this mode does is that it allows you to edit—paint, smudge, and erase only from what’s been drawn before.
D
Image A shows the layer that has all the tree shapes drawn in. Image B shows the background color on a lower layer. Image C shows when we Alpha Lock the layer in Image A and then use Soft Airbrush, it colors only the shapes that were originally drawn. Image D shows refinement of strokes using Alpha Lock.
Publisher : Quarry Books; Illustrated edition (February 11, 2020)
Language : English
Flexibound : 112 pages
ISBN-10 : 1631598074
ISBN-13 : 978-1631598074
Grade level : Preschool and up
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.2 x 0.65 x 8.25 inches
Author: Uma Kelkar
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SW –
Learn to incorporate the tablet into your art practice
I am a traditional media artist, specifically watercolors. I have resisted the ipad, though I had it for years and the pencil too, because it never gave me the kind of tactile pleasure I get when wet brush hits paper.I am a huge admirer of Uma, her art is inspiring of course, but what I love is how she pushes her experiments in art to the limits of absurdity and stops just short, such that her paintings resonate with that energy.In this book, I get a glimpse of how she uses the ipad as a tool to push her art – 1) ipad let’s you work when it is not possible to setup to paint 2) ipad let’s you do things that are not possible in traditional media, like make copies and experiment with different modifications.Due to quarantine, I haven’t yet used the tools in the book to do an urban sketch on the ipad, but I have used many ideas in the book to do little studies from reference photos.I think the book has just the right balance of inspiration and instruction. Great book!
J. Herrera –
A great addition to the Urban Sketching Handbook series
I pre ordered this little gem, and anticipated its publishing with glee. I own all the books in this series. Uma Kelkar did a great job putting it together to help folks who like to draw on a tablet, like me. I am not an urban sketcher, but the overall view of the usefulness of tablets and applications, in particular Procreate and Art Rage, should help me to get a better handle on drawing and viewing the world around me, and help me and others become more creative. It already has improved my perspective. Kudos to Uma Kelkar, an amazing artist, and to the folks at the Urban Sketchers collective.
John Barber –
,I still found new and exciting things in this well done book…
I just received my copy of this well done book, and I recommend it to you as iPad painters. Uma has done a stellar job of pulling together very clear and useful information for all who want to know more about using an iPad to express their art. She has included many examples from the Urban Sketchers who use the iPad, and I am proud to have one of my own paintings in the book. This is only one in the Urban Sketching Handbook series, all of which will increase your knowledge and joy in sketching.
cho sung min –
First time i read the book about drawing
I’m totally beginner and have not any information about digital drawing. I was able to get some useful information from this book with pleasure. Especially i love so many masterpiece in this book.
dthornhill –
An essential guide to digital urban sketching
I have been eagerly awaiting publication of Uma Kelkarâs new book. The book exceeds expectations: clearly written, well- organized, full of inspiring work by talented urban sketchers, and offering a roadmap for the novice to intermediate digital sketcher to get started, have fun, and build familiarity with this new medium. Uma provides practical strategies and tips, time-saving suggestions, exercises for exploring different tools, and with the addition of a supporting website, links to manuals and curated videos with instruction on technical skills. I highly recommend this book!
Dana Renfand –
Ready! Set! Draw!!!
This is an excellent book for the first time electronic drawer! Great suggestions and good tips! Uma also included some things to try! Not a âhow toâ book. Itâs more of a âhave toâ book! You âhave toâ try this once youâve read through! There are plenty of tips for the more experienced user as well! I have charged my iPad and Apple Pencil and am ready to explore procreate! Other apps are also discussed. Overall experience is great!
VintageGoddess –
Never leave feedback, but
I have a feeling this is probably a very good book, but unless you are young with perfect eyesight it is almost completely unreadable.The font is small and thin and not really black.Itâs utterly frustrating to use as a âhow to bookâ.Itâs not the size of a textbook or even a novel. Itâs the size of a sketchbook. Ridiculous.
Jennifer –
A super digital painting book. I hope Uma Kelkar will write more.
At first I was afraid this book would be too advanced but it is really very user friendly and easy to understand. It is a great little book for anyone interested in creating digital art especially with Procreate. As an Urban Sketcher ,I love Plein Air painting and my iPad will now be going with me thanks to this book. All the Urban Sketcher Handbooks are just Great!!
jack khouri –
Must read. Great book in fact the whole collection is highly recommended. To the point and a great approach to improving your skills
Cliente Amazon –
Although I enjoyed looking at the artwork, the descriptive parts of the book gave very little advice for urban sketching on a tablet. You could easily get much better advice on a YouTube video. It did not give much of a âphilosophicalâ approach. So, for me it was a waste of money
Paul D –
This is a quick basic romp through, and introduction to, the world of digital art with an overview of the main and compelling features of different software with some examples to try for fun. It is also inspirational with works from a wide variety of artists employing unique stylistic approaches to the medium.
Amazon Customer –
I own every USK Handbook of the serie, and immediately pre-ordered this one when I saw it because I have been wanting to broaden my sketching experience and try the digital way. Uma Kelkar gives a very good guidance in this book, and she packs it with tips that will empower you to step out of your classic urban sketching style.