Art, Design and Crafts / Business, IT, Digital and Photography

Introduction to the Procreate Painting App

Start date: 8th Nov 2025

Time: 13:00 - 17:15

Cost: £30

Day: Saturday

Duration: 1 weeks

Tutor: Caroline Miekina

Course code: 25AU058

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Tips and tricks for making the most of your IPad, Apple pencil and Procreate

During the session we will cover:

Image resolution and canvas size

Layers - stacking - making and duplicating

Drawing with brushes

Making selections and masks

Colour picking and palettes

Adjusting and transforming

Transparency and overlays

Sharing/saving and exporting images and videos to Desktop/icloud and Photos

We can use real leaves to refer to and/or just trace around if anyone is afraid of drawing … in September there should be some Autumn colour to excite us!! A short video can be found below:

https://youtu.be/oBRMUZtXVnU

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Caroline Miekina

I began illustrating and designing in the days when illustrators and designers drew with pens and pencils and coloured in with markers, paint and crayons. After taking the digital leap in 1998 I now enjoy mixing the traditional with the digital and getting the best of both worlds.

I like a lot of variety in my commercial work and I enjoy working in a variety of styles using a variety of media for a variety of clients needing a variety of outcomes.
Where
I’m based in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.

About

In my many long years of illustrating I’ve worked on everything from Smarties selection boxes to operative technique for surgeons. It’s been a very interesting career path.
Recents clients include:- The Woodland Trust , Newby Hall Estate, The Cromwell Museum - Huntington, Forest and Land Scotland, Eryri National Park.

Alongside my professional practice I have enjoyed over 20 years of teaching in Further and Higher Education, for the last 7 years as senior lecturer on the Open University Masters’ Degree in Creative Practice at Harrogate College, a course that is sadly discontinued.

My personal creative interest and inspiration comes from the local history and environment of Knaresborough and from my Zwartbles sheep, a purebred dutch breed which are very striking in their good looks. They are also friendly and endlessly entertaining.

For examples of my work pleae visit :-

carolinemiekinaillustration.com

Instagram – @carolinemiekinaillustrator

Etsy shop - CarolineMiekinaArt

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