#78 WATER COLOUR PET - Procreate tutorial

Welcome to a Procreate step by step tutorial where ill teach you how to make these awesome pet portraits in a watercolour style.
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[@HopeFlahey]

Mate!!! I don’t know how many hours I have spent on here trying to find a video exactly like this. Everyone talks way too fucking much and takes 10 years to explain things. I usually skip their videos. I watched your video from start to finish because you were straight to the point. Thank you so so much for sharing your way. Thank you thank you!!!

[@HopeFlahey]

I honestly have the shortest attention span and can’t stick to a video (or anything) for long. I feel a sense of relief you have no idea. Thank you

[@JoelCreate]

Thank you so much I really appreciate it 😊

[@catlady_arts]

This is one of the best tutorials I've watched. Thank you!

[@JoelCreate]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@sunnyhong2429]

You are 'Bob Ross' of Procreate!

[@HopeFlahey]

100000%

[@kylipytel5341]

As a beginner in Procreate, thank you for explaining EVERYTHING in detail and why each tool does what it does. This is soooooo extremely helpful and is actually easy to follow along with!

[@JoelCreate]

You’re very welcome ☺️ and thank you

[@Alexandra4JC]

This has got to be one of the most creative ideas I have ever seen! I don't know how you figured all of this out, but thanks so much for sharing it with us! God bless you!

[@JoelCreate]

You are very welcome :D

[@amygrowls]

This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing

[@maurof9786]

Excelente aporte!!!!!

[@laurascarfo3240]

This whole process was very therapeutic thank you so much for taking the time to make this tutorial! I already want to do another one!!

[@TheCOangel303]

No tracing... thank you!!!!

[@RickHenderson]

This was such a great tutorial. I've seen a lot of Procreate tutorials but this was amazing. I see this style everywhere still!

[@kirabourne1242]

I truly cannot thank you enough for all of your videos. Your skill, generosity, voice, teaching style, and personality are perfect and very much appreciated. I’ve learned so many tools that I can apply to additions projects! The one part that keeps tripping me up on this tutorial is the eyes - I can get them to look okay when it’s primarily dark black/brown, but with any cat eyes or eyes with additional color, I can’t seem to capture the true essence of them.

[@JoelCreate]

Wow, thank you 😊 potentially use it as a test and manually paint them in as they are somewhat small?

[@kirabourne1242]

@@JoelCreate That's a good idea! I'll give that a try and let you know how it turns out!🤞

[@cristinab6304]

Thank you very much

[@Dulcilady]

Love this technique. Thanks a bunch for sharing your knowledge. Sometimes if you’re using a photo taken with an iPhone, you can remove the background of a subject by holding your finger onto the subject till it glows, then slide it, you’ll see just the subject & can paste it as new photo. It doesn’t always work out but when it does, it’s a real time saver.

[@JoelCreate]

Very true! Great tip ⭐️⭐️

[@rudeviper]

Watch this again. Last time I watched slept after 10 mins. So soothing and relaxing video apart from a great tutorial Joel. Thank you.

[@MsTBrown60]

Wow, learned so much about Procreate & art making from your video! Thank you!

[@JoelCreate]

Glad it was helpful! 😀😀

[@samanthalayle]

Thanks Joel. Would you please do a longer hair dog and it does NOT have to be watercolor or the same technique as this video, that would be great. I have done some of your other tutorials and enjoy them a lot.

[@gordangraham]

Really enjoyed the tutorial. So I tried this with my black lab, not really crazy about the way it turned out, he is all black with brown eyes, so didn’t have many colors to choose from. I subscribed to the channel, I’m falling in love with Procreate.

[@JoelCreate]

It's a pleasure to be a part of your procreate journey :D

[@evelynwald9132]

It always amazes me as to how many different ways there are to get to the end result. Found this fascinating as well as helpful. You showed me a better way to use the curves tool which helped me to understand it much better too. Thanks so much for sharing your process & techniques!

[@patriciacoveney1]

Wonderful results, needs a little patience and attention to detail but so worthwhile. I had coincidentally just finished a pet portrait using more traditional digital method…I.e. reference, drawing and painting with watercolour brush set and both give pleasing results but with different means to an end. It’s fun to try both. Thank you again for the hardworking you put into making these tutorials.

[@JoelCreate]

Aww thank you so much ☺️

[@petrahachmann5289]

I’m so glad found your Procreate tutorials….they are so detailed and with a smooth and easy workflow. I’m using much more tools and modes for creating artworks. Thanks for sharing🙏

[@MaeAnnDeMayo]

You are my favorite Procreate teacher! Thank you so much! ❤ Much love and gratitude from UAE.

[@JoelCreate]

Thank you so much 😃

[@CristinAF]

Brilliant use of curves feature! So relaxing and enjoyable to watch this.

[@melissaswick4165]

Love this! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for thank you!

[@daniroste9716]

I am impacted by this video. I'm going to paint Honey (in memory) Charlotte and Luna. Thank you so much to share your knowledge. As soon as possible, I will support you on Patreon by purchasing your videos.🥰

[@JoelCreate]

You are so welcome! ⭐️

[@katlo393]

Wow best tutorial ever, you did an amazing job explaining everything in detail ! Thank you ! 💕

[@JoelCreate]

You are so welcome!

[@Detektivmadchen]

Brilliant!! Learned a lot and now subscribed! Now I need to find something for long hair animals!

[@user-qg2de6vp7p]

Did you find something for long haired animals yet?

[@JoBarnes-oy4dc]

I loved this technique I'm a very new procreate user and have drawn my dogs and also friends best friends. My dogs are ticked black and white and I didn't understand how to set the curves. Also do you write a step by step guide as well as that makes it so much easier to remember when your an oldie like me. I will post my effort on fb of your dog. I will definitely be coming a Patreon soon. Thank you so much Joel

[@JoelCreate]

Hey Jo :D I dont write guides unfortunately, though i wish i had an extra day a week to do so :D For a 2 tone dog you can bring the curves right close together to just make it black and white. So drag the blacks in the bottom right along the bottom of the curves to the centre, likewise drag the whites from the top right to the centre at the top.. Then move them both to either the left or right depending on the dog. Hope that helps and i hope to see you join the family over on Patreon :D

[@JoBarnes-oy4dc]

@@JoelCreate thank you I will try this I just finished your waterfall today

[@zoecarlton1629]

Sorted, thanks so much Joel

[@JoelCreate]

You’re welcome ☺️

[@Zoeinantigua]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@JoelCreate]

Thank you 🙏

[@S27PSA]

AMAZING! Can’t wait to try this; I have a Dalmatian so its all black and white ;-)

[@olgaarno1868]

Thank u, it’s very helpful ❤❤❤

[@planb4212]

What an incredible Artwork tutorial 👏🏻👏🏻 Wonderfull, thank you ❤

[@JoelCreate]

My pleasure 😊

[@GILLY-BEAN69]

Brilliant ❤ I'm going to try this tonight 😍

[@JoelCreate]

Have fun! 😍😍

[@montanadivacreations9267]

WOW , this is soooo cool.. thanks for sharing this technique

[@mastimail]

Such an amazing technique!!! Thankyou so much for this! You are awsum!!

[@JoelCreate]

Thank you ☺️

[@Henn617]

This is such an excellent tutorial Joel. Pet drawings are so popular

[@JoelCreate]

Thank you 😊

[@ginabombardier4050]

I finally worked it out but I have a question what if only 3 colours appear and not 4

[@tas55511]

Aaarrgghh! I am trying so hard, but procreate is hard to learn! Thank you for this tutorial

[@JoelCreate]

You can do it! :)

[@MsYorkie007]

Your video is really awesome and you show what to do step by step especially for me a beginner! 🥰 I have a question- if you have a black dog with 5 colors and a red tongue sticking out. Should that be included in the red section or another color layer added? Should you go with the original photo color for the tongue? Also is there a bug in Procreate? When I select yellow sections. Some very small areas in a bearded dog, the erase icon all of a sudden shows up and my section of yellow is gone! This has happened numerous times and I never hit anything.

[@bertabeton4514]

This looks great and like a lot of fun. Will try this one definitely. Thanks 😊

[@lisajohnson2810]

Love this tutorial , really effective technique, thank you 😊

[@JoelCreate]

Thank you for your kind words 🥰

[@Ron_DeForest]

Really hope you see this. I gave this a shot using my nephew. Figured what’s the difference, colours are colours. It’s just what’s selected that matters. Apparently there’s a trick to it because mine looks way more avant garde. If there is a difference in doing a human, could you do this again only using a person? I know, allot to ask given you did this video. It is however a year old if that helps. 😜

[@andreasart1417]

Thank you so much!

[@Detektivmadchen]

Yours also changes to another color when you choose it , mine just is removed and white left

[@cynpatico]

So very cool!

[@simasaber8981]

I can't wait to draw this 🎉

[@smallstar2087]

Amazing 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@elinamakarova8718]

thank you 🙏

[@charliethebubbles]

New to procreate and found your channel. Experimenting with this idea. Will it work on a portrait of a family member?

[@JoelCreate]

Its worth a try, to be honest im not sure 😃

[@ruthdrews496]

I’m finally finished….once I read Joel’s comments with the “selection” tool….

[@Fenna1965]

Hello Joel I have a question, I can get the dog to the canvas…when I have the lines I cannot get them on the dog the lines every time if gives a black silhouet can you please tell me what I do wrong…the invert does not work…thank you so much

[@paulinem8694]

Very useful tutorial and powerful Procreate tools - Thanks!

[@Daniel_Davis79]

Great work. Could you use this same concept to do people

[@JoelCreate]

Absolutely 😀😀

[@Daniel_Davis79]

@@JoelCreate cool, thank you

[@vanessakasal]

Thank you so much for the tutorial - it’s very easy to follow. I have a papillon dog who has a lot of ear fringe and fur, and I am having a hard time with his portrait. Do you have any plans for a fluffy dog tutorial??

[@JoelCreate]

You may simply need to spend a good amount of time on the very first step cutting around all the fur. Then proceed with the remainder of the video ☺️

[@melissasavage5491]

I tried doing this with my dogs but after I finish the curves step and get to the select step (7:37) when I tap on any black parts, everything turns blue and black. Any ideas of what is going wrong? Thanks!

[@JoelCreate]

When you tap, at the bottom on the new menu, turn off colour fill

[@melissasavage5491]

@@JoelCreate thank you for responding! I tried your suggestion but color fill is not turned on

[@JoelCreate]

Tap to make the selection and drag to the left to lower the strength of the selection? Or Make sure you are selecting from the layer and now a mask

[@melissasavage5491]

@@JoelCreate dragging to the left worked! Thank you! I love your work ❤️

[@Preslee76]

I am having trouble with the masking tool. When I select the black area, then select the black layer and click mask I end up with a grey layer and a white layer with no image of the dog in either. Was I supposed to hit copy before I selected the black layer to mask?

[@glenisbrown468]

Wow this tutorial was amazing. Would it work just as good with long haired dogs? Thank you so much for your tutorials

[@JoelCreate]

Absolutely 😀

[@elizapi314]

So I'm guessing for a pet without any black, I'd color the "black" layer same way you did the "red" choosing my pet colors from the photo. I'll have to try it later, hope it works!

[@JoelCreate]

Bingo, that’s correct 👍

[@kirstybullard1383]

This technique looks brilliant. I'm just testing it out now but I've gotten to the yellow layer, and the auto select is selecting the whole image?? I'm on the right layer, but can't seem to get it...any help?

[@JoelCreate]

the strength of the selection sounds too high, tap and drag to the left to lower it as your selecting

[@user-qg2de6vp7p]

It’s just beautiful. But how do you do this with a long haired dog, for example a sheltie? Do you have a video too? I think it’s difficult with removing the background with all that fur

[@JoelCreate]

Hey hey, no seperate video but the methods are the same, just more time spent cutting out

[@user-qg2de6vp7p]

thanks for your comment. Do you cut out every loose strand of hair completely? Because that is almost impossible without having background, right?

[@chrisbrewster9105]

Off chance how about a solid white dog, any tips? plz and tia

[@JoelCreate]

Hey 👋 that’s going to be a struggle to do to be honest. The best thing to do would be to add a coloured background, so the dog can stand out a bit more. You might also have to tweak the curves a lot just to bring out some shadowed areas

[@nash6760]

Thank you for this tutorial! I’m doing it for the second time today and was hoping for some help/clarification on the Curves process for dogs with colored fur. On the example you gave of the yellow lab using the Curves, it’s back appeared black. Would you have left this part out of the black masking process, since it’s obviously not the same color as like the nose? (I don’t really know how to phrase my question, I apologize if it doesn’t make sense). Thank you!

[@angiedavey1195]

A fabulous tutorial. I'm very new to digital art and found I kept touching the screen with the edge of my hand, very frustrating! I notice you wear a glove, can I please ask where you get this? Hopefully this will stop more accidental errors 😖

[@JoelCreate]

Hey 👋 I’m glad you enjoyed the tutorial. My favourite glove is by doodroo. Here’s there link. bit.ly/3dMb0kz

[@crazymomcraftsalot6351]

This is an amazing tutorial..new sub here...also a digital watercolor newbie...wondering what your initial canvas dimensions are or will dimensions of canvas automatically adjust after importing the watercolor background you've generously provided? thank you again!

[@JoelCreate]

Hey hey, my canvases when they are square, tend to be about 2000x2000. you cam find the canvas size under the name of the file in your gallery view, where you see all your designs :)

[@MartyEff-l1h]

CAN SOMEONE HELP? I did exactly what you did but once I hot mask on the black layer it didn't work... nothing was masked

[@JoelCreate]

Please feel free to message me on instagram with a short video of whats happening and ill be sure to help

[@zoecarlton1629]

Please help. It works great until I select my blacks. All the black turns white - check. Then it all goes wrong. Go to black layer, add mask. All I get is a blank mask, and original picture stays without the select3d black. I can’t see a step I’m missing; what am I doing wrong?

[@JoelCreate]

Have you tried when you select the colours to tap but hold and drag to the left to lower the strength threshold?

[@zoecarlton1629]

Thanks I’ll try @@JoelCreate

[@aimeemiller7103]

Hello I love this tutorial! Having trouble at 14:20 when painting the black layer. The black paint is not appearing. I ensured I am on the right layer, have 100% opacity for the brush. Any suggestions? I really would like to finish this painting :)

[@JoelCreate]

Hey hey 👋 it’s hard to say without seeing your layers but I believe you are on the mask. You need to be on the layer not the mask. If that doesn’t help feel free to message me on Instagram for further help ☺️☺️

[@aimeemiller7103]

@@JoelCreate Thanks for your response. I am on the correct layer. I am going to try again with your Canvas. Maybe that's an issue.

[@piadeungria]

Hey Joel! I feel like there is something that I am not doing right. First of all, all of my layers default to gray. Everytime I try to select the colors, I am getting a plain blue screen. :'( Any advice?

[@JoelCreate]

I think your selection strength is too high, try tapping and dragging to the left to reduce the selection strength. Also try making sure colour fill is turned off on the selection menu

[@redmystica72]

Hey joel ❤ what color background would you recommend for an all white dog? 🙈

[@JoelCreate]

Hey 👋 maybe an off white like a grey or washed out orange

[@redmystica72]

@@JoelCreate awesome ty ❤️ I'll try it lol I'm nervous to start 🤣

[@ktktoo8462]

I was golden until I got to 7:40 and tapped on the nose to select it and instead the entire photo turned inverted colors😩 I’m using the same photo as the video. Any thoughts one where I went wrong?😅

[@JoelCreate]

Tap to select but hold down your pen, then drag to the left to lower the selection strength

[@ktktoo8462]

@@JoelCreate​​⁠YOU are my new favorite person! Thank you so much for responding so quickly with a clear explanation of what to do and teaching me something new! Appreciate your style of teaching so much!🤗

[@krystald.5968]

I’m curious if there is a way to make these watercolor portraits with a transparent background ?

[@JoelCreate]

I’m sure if you turn off the background layer it should work 😀😀

[@janc734]

This is a great video but don't think I'm quite ready to take this on. lol

[@JoelCreate]

You can do it! :)

[@marial2389]

Great work! 👌🤩 I tried a different picture, of a person 🙃 and I failed... What I did wrong I do not know. The problem is that I can only mark one area in the black layer. Same goes for white, red and yellow layer. And then nothing shows up marked on the mask attached to each layer. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? 🤔 So frustrating 🙃 Sorry for my poor English!

[@rhernandez40]

That’s what’s happening to mine too

[@JoelCreate]

Hey :) do you have colour fill turned on?

[@marial2389]

@@JoelCreate I don't think so. I didn't fill the layer with white in the beginning though... Maybe I should just do exactly what you do, and test out the same dog pic. Thanks for your answer! 🙏😊

[@JoelCreate]

Hey hey so could be one of a few things but it could be your selection is too strong when you tap to select your first selection, tap and hold instead, this will bring up the selection threshold. Keep holding down but swipe to the left of your screen and it will lower the selection strength. Let me know if that works

[@marial2389]

@@JoelCreate Thank you so much for answering, I will try and let you know 👍🙏🤗

[@Ashleigh389]

Love this tutorial!! I have a question though? When using the curves do you just look for either 3 or 4 colours? I have a drawing im trying to change to watercolour but there is more than 4 colours. I always struggle with the curves part!

[@JoelCreate]

The number isn’t critical to the final design ☺️ All the steps start to finish will continue to work 😀😀

[@Ashleigh389]

@@JoelCreate and is it just any colours? How do you know if you are at the correct curve to use?

[@fayedoherty1433]

I have been following your video right up to the point where you have to go to the black layer and choose your wash brush and start painting to bring out the black image. Every time and I have followed the video exactly up to this point nothing will appear. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions?

[@JoelCreate]

My assumption there is that you are still on the mask of the layer rather than the layer itself

[@fayedoherty1433]

@@JoelCreate I am definitely not on the mask layer.

[@fayedoherty1433]

I have spent hours trying to fix this but to no avail. Would really appreciate your help on this.

[@FaunaandRose]

When I try to automatic select the colours, it just inverts all the colours on the layer? Am I doing something wrong

[@JoelCreate]

When you make the selection make sure to turn off colour fill on the bottom Menu

[@beccainthebarn1198]

@@JoelCreate im having the same problem, i think procreate fixed it- it doesnt seem to work :(

[@JoelCreate]

Your selection strength could be too high. Tap and then in the same tap drag to the left to lower the threshold %

[@mera36]

Can it be done using different colors? I would like to do it using not the same color of the dogs like colorful

[@JoelCreate]

Absolutely 👍

[@Sasquatch801]

I'm really struggling with isolating the colors. Everything will be going great and I'm following along then suddenly when I select a color to isolate it, it inverts my entire photo and makes it blue. What am I doing wrong?

[@nicklamarca9886]

Same thing is happening to me

[@Detektivmadchen]

I’m struggling….. when I select the black let’s say and then go to mask it on the black layer..the selection tool doesn’t stay on and nothing masks…I’ve tried for hours lol…what am I missing?

[@lory2videos]

That's exactly the trouble with with these so called step by step videos. Most of them miss things and they are terrible, like this one

[@trex4225]

I can only get this to work on the photo provided. I've tried multiple other photos and I just cannot get it to work. After filling the canvas with white and merging the 2 layers the curves feature doesn't work properly and no mask shows when I try to select the different colors for the layers. It took awhile to get the first photo right following step by step but that is literally the only photo that I can get to work properly. Maybe this just isn't the tutorial for me :(

[@trex4225]

ok after reading some comments I figured out what my two main problems were. 1. Color fill was ON and 2. The threshold was too high. I was able to finally get it right this time :)

[@anythiene]

I love this method, but upon trying different images, I’ve found that the curves method doesn’t work with many dogs… many times, I can either get the shadows OR the highlights to be right, but when I move the two nodes together (anywhere on the graph), one or the other is too light or too dark. Not sure if I’m explaining that well… it’s just not working for most images, unfortunately. Any advice?

[@JoelCreate]

hey hey so in practice i used the technique on several dogs, however i dont doubt that a few factors will potentially break this technique as all dogs are different. 1. the photo used and its lighting and quality. 2. the dogs patterns or lack of. Feel free to send me a message on instagram with photos of the design you are attempting so i can better understand the setup :)

[@johnbejoy9791]

Is this method applicable for pet portraits only or can it be used for human portraits as well?

[@JoelCreate]

I dont see why not, though a dog has more separated colours so it may be a little different. I actually made a water colour that can be done on people - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gV6YeKuPobCkn5I

[@clareprebble9384]

Help!! When I try and use selection tool it just inverts the image 😢

[@JoelCreate]

Turn off colour fill 😀 I think that will do it

[@JoelCreate]

Make the selection then turn it off in the bottom menu

[@signsofaprincess]

Thank you for this!! Great tutorial, however when I’m on the white part on the automatic fill tool, instead of turning my background black it turns it blue, and I was wondering if you know why know why that is? Thanks!

[@JoelCreate]

Hey Kelsey I just replied over on your Instagram comment 😀😀

[@soobie341]

@@JoelCreate I’d like to understand as well, mine just seems to invert

[@JoelCreate]

@@soobie341 the automatic selection strength is too high. Tap and hold when you make the selection and drag to the left to lower it 😀

[@soobie341]

@@JoelCreate thank you, worked like a charm

[@KinaNakinanimos]

😍😍😍

[@edanurtopal7521]

💖🐶

[@myriamberger145]

i selected the 'black' layer and used 'washed' brush and when brushing on the canvas, no image starts to appear. i try to go harder but still no image. what happened?

[@JoelCreate]

Make sure you are no on the mask. The layer has two parts now the top part is the mask. The lower is the layer. Make sure you are on the layer ☺️ hope that helps

[@ritakelsey4606]

I have followed this a dozen times. After I selecgt all the black, then click on the black layer, the selection tool goes off automatically and I cannot get the mask to show the black spaces, what am I doing wrong?????

[@JoelCreate]

Do you have colour fill on?

[@ritakelsey4606]

@@JoelCreate I didn’t check, thank you for answering so quickly. I have my iPad charging now, and as soon as it’s back up, I will check that

[@ritakelsey4606]

@@JoelCreate Thanks, that was the problem

[@vanessaramsden9894]

I can’t add a photo from the gallery to the canvas

[@JoelCreate]

How come?

[@vanessaramsden9894]

@@JoelCreate I add the background from procreate then I go to the action tool and add a photo but procreate then takes me to my photos which are in my iPad gallery

[@JoelCreate]

@@vanessaramsden9894 that’s correct, then find the image and it will drop it in

[@ruthdrews496]

For some reason, I followed all your steps to get ready to select the first color black and when I clicked on the nose I get blue around the area….??

[@questmiller]

Make sure that you are on the layer that you used the curves selection on. You then use the selection tool and choose all the black areas. Then, with those areas all selected, you go to the layer named “black” and mask it.

[@ruthdrews496]

Louise…I understand what you’re saying….unfortunately, each time I have started over, did my curves on the correct photo layer since the other photo layer is disabled, I am not on the color layers either, clicked on selection and automatic, clicked on the nose….same results. Very frustrated as this seems to be a fun one to do. Thxs for trying to help.

[@ruthdrews496]

Ok….I went through all the comments and saw where Joel talked about “tap and hold” on the selection and then drag “left” to lower threshold….worked…no longer frustrated so we’ll see if I can get this completed….

[@cynthiacoletti1721]

For the life of me I do not know what I am doing wrong. I have followed this tutorial with the supplied canvas and picture and also with my own picture and it is not working. Every time I select one of the colors it does away with every part of the picture. Same problem as Marie L in these comments. Is there a setting that I am missing? I'm so frustrated right now. HELP! lol

[@JoelCreate]

Hey hey so could be one of a few things but lets see what we can do. 1. Do you have colour fill turned on? if so then it needs to be off 2. when you tap to select your first selection, tap and hold instead, this will bring up the selection threshold. Keep holding down but swipe to the left of your screen and it will lower the selection strength. Let me know if that works

[@cynthiacoletti1721]

@@JoelCreate thank you it was the threshold. I don't know why I didn't think of that. Thanks Again!!

[@laurawray6303]

Finally solved my problem too!

[@elinamakarova8718]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😍😍😍

[@simasaber8981]

❤🙏💫

[@Sasquatch801]

I followed every step and still screwed it up....maybe digital art just isn't my thing

[@JoelCreate]

nooo don’t give up. I think your threshold is too high. when you select the area hold down and drag to the left to lower it