Even if we paint on the outside of the white, it will not show up. Next, we’ll make a new layer above the white fill and create a clipping mask on top of this layer.Ī clipping mask ensures us that we are ONLY coloring in the white section. If you do happen to do it this way, you will have a lot more control over your coloring.įor the sake of this tutorial, I’ll just make one selection.

In my artwork below, I could put the pumpkins on their own layer, the cat on another layer, and the leaves on another. 👉 More layers means more control: You can also fill in only certain parts of your drawing and place them on their own layer. I also turned my background layer off so it was easier to see what I was painting. Here is my finished line art! Step 2: Fill your artwork with a single colorįirst, make an outline around the entire image as shown below. Once you are ready for coloring, create a new layer and place it underneath your line art layer. Today I’ll show you how I use the clipping mask in Procreate to make digital watercolors on my iPad a smooth process! Step 1: Start with your line artĭraw out your image on a plain background in Procreate. In the end, you’ll spend a lot of time erasing.

Hard edges will show very clearly, and that may not be the look you are going for.Īnd if you paint over something in one stroke, you’re likely to go outside of the lines. If you’ve used watercolor brushes before, you know that lifting up your brush and coloring adjacent areas will result in an overlap of color.

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