

Export options include PDF, PSD, JPG, and PNG. Start with a blank canvas, import an image, or take a photo with the in-app camera. It’s highly-responsive, lag-free, and every tool can be customized with fine precision. Especially helpful are the customizable undo/redo, an interface showing number of available layers relative to canvas size, and the ability to assign certain functions to the stylus/Apple Pencil and finger separately. Optimized for the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, Procreate is loaded with powerful features including custom brushes and pencils, advanced layering options, canvas sizes up to Ultra HD 4K, live and time-lapsed video recording, and more. It's a stand-alone drawing tool for the iPad (there's a separate Procreate Pocket app for smaller devices) that untethers artists from laptops and desktops, freeing them up with liberating, mobile creativity. Procreate is an impressive, pro-level drawing app designed around a digital artist’s workflow. Students can easily share work with each other and showcase examples within Procreate’s gallery or online. Teaching Art History? Imagine layering painting techniques that have evolved over time and record/share designs using Procreate’s impressive video features. Use it to design posters for school events, yearbook, or class websites. Explore Space using the Layers tool to bring perspective and depth to superimposed objects study Line and Form using dozens of customizable brush and pencil strokes and textures. Consider lessons that focus both on elements of design and Procreate’s signature strengths.

Then, unleash students to run with their own creative flair. For beginners, learning in tandem will help establish a common understanding of Procreate’s powerful toolbox and digital drawing vocabulary. Procreate’s best for older students and those with prior digital drawing experience, either in direct, whole-class instruction or for self-directed, individualized learning.
