Recording Life's Fragments with iPad Art: From Beginner to Creating Personal Masterpieces

This second work by iPad illustrator Li Yiao guides you in using digital painting to warmly document daily life, presenting a unique hand-drawn texture. Even complete beginners can easily get started and quickly master Procreate's core functions through practical exercises. After learning the basics, you'll embark on a continuous creative journey—completing 169 painting exercises covering people, animals, objects, and landscapes through monthly and seasonal projects.

Monthly thematic training focuses on one main brush, helping you deeply master the expressive characteristics of different materials and expand your personal painting style. As the seasons change, you'll create landscape artworks filled with seasonal atmosphere, transforming beautiful moments into eternal images. By painting scenes of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, you'll naturally grasp mixed brush techniques and background composition methods.

Included Digital Resource Pack:
★ 9 Custom Brushes
★ 10 Specialty Paper Texture Brushes
★ 30 Pattern Stamp Brushes
★ 4 Seasonal Landscape Line Art Templates
★ 4 Color-Fill Practice Sheets
(Some templates are also provided in physical copy, supporting both iPad digital creation and traditional hand-painting modes)

Let iPad painting transform ordinary days into picturesque moments—begin your creative journey today!

Kim Minjeong

By day, she guides children in traditional drawing at her studio; by night, she crafts digital artworks with a hand-drawn feel using her iPad. She transforms warm, everyday moments encountered during walks with her beloved dog "Pepper" into captivating illustrations. Collaborating with domestic and international brands on illustration projects, she also regularly hosts painting workshops.

Preface: The Magical Experience of Turning Ordinary Days into "Picture-Perfect Moments"

BASICS: A Beginner's Guide to iPad Drawing
Preparing Your Tools: iPad, Apple Pencil & the Procreate App
Procreate Interface Explained:
Gallery Management · Creating a New Canvas · Canvas Dimensions · Color Profiles
Time-lapse Recording · Canvas Properties

Core Tools Breakdown:
Essential Canvas Operations · Gesture Controls · Image Adjustments
Lasso & Selection Tools · Brush Library · Smudge Tool · Eraser
Layer Management · Color Panel

Procreate Core Functions in Practice
Gesture Shortcuts · Brush Exploration · Mastering Brush Properties · Line Practice
Gradient Fills · Drawing Geometric Shapes · Color Filling · High-Frequency Functions
Layer Opacity Adjustment · Reordering Layers · Adding Paper Texture
Clipping Masks · Drawing Guides · Lighting Effects · Animation Assist

SPRING · Journey of Renewal
March: Fluttering Back-to-School Season - Transparent Watercolor + Soft Colored Pencil + Water-based Marker Combo
April: Bakery Tour - Soft Colored Pencil Brush Focus
May: Wedding Blessings - Opaque Watercolor Brush Creation
[Spring Scene] Jeju Island Canola Flower Field
[Life Log 1] Picnic Diary with Beloved Ones

SUMMER · Vibrant Green
June: Zoo Visit - Opaque Watercolor Brushes
July: Summer in Jeju - Acrylic Marker Effects
August: Departure Now - Water-based Marker + Colored Pencil Mixing Techniques
[Summer Scene] Sparkling Beaches of Hawaii
[Life Log 2] A Visual Archive of Culinary Delights

AUTUMN · Wandering Season
September: Personal Landmark Creation - Opaque Watercolor + Oil-Based Colored Pencil
October: Autumn Camping - Soft Colored Pencil Brush Techniques
November: Grandma's Grocery Store - Oil Pastel + Oil-Based Colored Pencil Fusion
[Autumn Scene] Bike Path Through the Reed Field
[Life Log 3] A Note on the Romance of Light, Shadow, and Drawing

WINTER · Dazzling Moments
December: Christmas Celebration - Acrylic Marker Fest
January: Warm Winter Indoors - Cozy Interiors with Oil-Based Colored Pencil
February: Valentine's Sweetness - Thick Oil Pastel Strokes
[Winter Scene] New Year's Street Lights
[Life Log 4] Recording the Beautiful Things We'll Never Let Go

APPENDIX: iPad Digital Drawing Resource Pack
(Includes 4 Seasonal Line Art Templates + 4 Color-Fill Practice Sheets)