Author: missy.hagen

This was done based on a favorite photograph. I had been watching tutorials about portraits. I have a long way to go – and am guilty of wanting immediate gratification.

I have quite a bit of experience in animation – what a fun discovery that Procreate is capable of this too. This is a first experiment into understanding how this

An early experimentation using the watercolor brush. A good representation of my style.

Ok – the impetus for learning procreate was to attempt to be able to recreate “my actual style” to a digital format. I’m working on a project with author Mark

I’ve discovered a site called “Make Art Every Day” (hence the inspiration for this blog) and one of the prompts from months before I joined was to create an illustration

This was the first piece I was sort of ecstatic about. Again using Jean Haefle’s background albeit colored, I created a premonition of Pete using acrylic brushes and learning about

This was made with a Pinterest inspiration by taking a photo of a background by the incomparable Jean Haefele, one I recreated live with Harrison’s whale picture using snips of

I am excited to be working on illustrating my next book – based on a poem by my daughter Mikaela. It is about an oriole named Pete who darns socks

This was an experiment using acrylic paint brushes copying a piece by the amazing Carla Brown. I love her work. I was pretty pleased with my first ability to recreate

This blog marks the beginning of my experimentation with ProCreate. One of my earliest doodling with an attempt to remember particular brushes I liked. In this sitting, I learned how