How to Paint a Face with Acrylic Brushes - Painting Tutorial [iPad Pro]

Daniel demonstrated a painterly technique for rendering a face using acrylic brushes in Procreate on an iPad Pro, deviating from a standard workflow that starts with thick black outlines.

Daniel blocked shapes, blended skin and hair tones, corrected anatomical proportions including eye placement and jaw size, and added turquoise background lighting chosen for aesthetic appeal over physical realism.

Daniel favored the wet acrylic brush over the regular acrylic brush, rejected the oil brush due to smudging, and highlighted Procreate's automated time-lapse recording feature on the iPad Pro with Apple Pencil for making YouTube videos.

Contrasting a painterly color-first approach against a standard workflow using complete black outlines.

Techniques for rendering skin, hair, and facial features alongside anatomical adjustments to eyes and jaw.

Assessment of Procreate brushes, favoring wet acrylic over standard acrylic and avoiding oil brushes.

Application of turquoise background lighting and ambient reflections prioritized for aesthetics over strict accuracy.

Hardware and software equipment including iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and Procreate's time-lapse video export tools.

Daniel created a portrait painting in Procreate utilizing an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil.

The precise hairstyle classification, despite being described as an orangey-brown bob cut with a tomboyish aesthetic.

The exact color designation of the background, termed either turquoise blue or cyan.