Udemy – Procreate – Illustrate Orchids

What you’ll learn

• To Illustrate Orchids in Procreate
• To plan and sketch composition for a flower
• To add shading and highlights
• Tips and tricks to achieve semi realistic effect

This is a beginner friendly class and for someone who want to learn the basics of painting flowers in procreate.

I will start this class by showing some examples of completed orchid illustrations and explaining the process i followed to illustrate them.

Orchid we’ll be illustrating in the class:

Phragmipedium Peruflora’s Cirila Alca

I have divided the illustration process in 3 steps:

1. Research & reference images
2. Planning & sketching the composition
3. Illustration

3 Ways to sketch in procreate:

1. Freehand
2. Tracing
3. Combination of freehand & tracing

Resources available to download:

• Sketches
• Brushes
• Colour Palatte
• Reference Images

These orchid illustrations can have a range of applications, here are a few examples:

1. Surface Pattern Designs
2. Art Prints
3. Stickers
4. Journaling
5. Personal Projects
6. Planners
7. Social media
8. Selling clipart or elements on online platforms like Marketplace, Etsy or own website

In this class you’ll learn:

• How to Illustrate Orchids in Procreate
• How to Use reference images
• How to plan and sketch composition for a flower
• How to add shading and highlights
• Tips and tricks to achieve semi realistic effect
• Techniques you can apply while illustrating any flower of your choice!

Who this class is for:

• Intermediate Level: Anyone who knows the basics of Procreate

You’ll need:

• An iPad
• The drawing app, Procreate
• An Apple Pencil

My drawing tools:

• 11-inch iPad Pro (2nd Gen)
• Apple Pencil (2nd Gen)
• Procreate, Drawing App (5.3.7)

By the end of this class, you’ll have created a beautiful Orchid illustration with tips and tricks on illustrating any flower of your choice.

Project Instructions

For your class project you can illustrate any Orchid of your choice with the technique shown in the class.

You’ll find sketches, brushes and refernce images in the resource section that will help you kick start your project.

In addition, I’ve included a class showcasing numerous Orchid illustration examples that I’ve illustrated using the same technique shown in the class.

Here’s an additional list of orchid flower names:

1. Phragmipedium Peruflora’s Cirila Alca
2. Miltoniopsis Hajime Ono
3. Masdevallia
4. Papilionanda Tan Chay Yan
5. Mokara
6. Dendrobium Burana Green
7. Oncostele Eyes Candy
8. Dendrobium Enobi Purple
9. Dendrobium Ninja
10. Paphiopedil