Markers don't fill. They build.
One figure, five lessons: skin laid down softly and repeated until the shadows arrive, dry markers for the eyeliner that must not blend, wet markers for the soft edge of a fur coat, and a paper texture under the whole thing. My Better Marker Brush Set comes with it.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Format
- Online video
- Narration
- English
- Subtitles
- English
- Contents
- 5 Lessons, 2h 14m
Digital marker work goes flat when you treat it like paint
The instinct is to pick a colour and fill the shape. A real marker never does that. It leaves a light layer, and the darks appear because you went over the same place again.
So I paint the face by rubbing gently, leaving the lit areas alone, and letting the second and third pass make the shadows. The fur coat is painted on purpose without neat edges, because a neat edge stops reading as fur.
Wet, dry and paper each do one job
The set has 106 brushes across those three families. Knowing which family a mark belongs to is most of the technique.
Wet markers for skin and fabric
Soft, blendable, forgiving. I work around 5 to 6% brush size for the face, so the colour arrives slowly and the highlights are simply the parts I never touched.
Dry markers where nothing should blend
Eyebrows, eyeliner, the creases at the corner of an eye. The dry brushes stay dark and stay put, which is exactly what those marks need.
Paper texture, first layer down
Eleven paper brushes, a dark grey, and Linear Burn. Everything you paint afterwards sits on a surface, and if it's too light you duplicate the layer.
One layer per garment
Skin, makeup and hair, the top and trousers, the coat, the sunglasses, the necklace, the bag. Named as you go, so any piece of the outfit can be changed later.
From sketch to finished piece
Lesson 1
The skin on a paper texture, laid down softly and repeated until the shadows arrive.
Lesson 4
The fur coat in short, light strokes, and the striped trousers.
The sketch
The figure comes as a sketch with its colour swatches, ready on its own layer.
Lessons 2 and 3
Hair and makeup with the dry markers, then the pink top.
Lesson 5
Sunglasses, necklace, rings, the clear bag and the shoes.
The sketch
The figure comes as a sketch with its colour swatches, ready on its own layer.
Lesson 1
The skin on a paper texture, laid down softly and repeated until the shadows arrive.
Lessons 2 and 3
Hair and makeup with the dry markers, then the pink top.
Lesson 4
The fur coat in short, light strokes, and the striped trousers.
Lesson 5
Sunglasses, necklace, rings, the clear bag and the shoes.
What you will paint
One fashion figure, built across five lessons.
The figure
A woman in a pink fur coat over a pink top and striped trousers, with sunglasses, a necklace and a clear bag.
The face
Skin built in passes with the wet markers, eyeliner and brows with the dry ones.
Your teacher
I made these brushes, and I paint with them here
I'm Freya Kotchakorn. I've taught Procreate to more than 80,000 students, and Apple has brought me in to teach it at its events.
I designed every brush in the Better Marker set, and the whole set comes with this workshop, so you paint with exactly what I use: which to repeat, which to keep dry, which to blend.
Teaching Procreate at an Apple Store event
Finish the workshop, take the certificate 🎓
Lifetime access to all five lessons: 2 hours and 14 minutes of real-time painting, on desktop, tablet or phone.
Watch every lesson and post your figure, and you receive a Certificate of Completion. The sketch and the colour swatches download with the workshop.
Included with the workshop
My Better Marker Brush Set
The 106 wet, dry and paper brushes the whole workshop is painted with. Yours to keep and use on anything.
Lesson list
Five real-time lessons, narrated in English. One part of the figure each.
Paper texture on Linear Burn, then the face: a base built up in passes, the lit areas left alone, and shadow arriving from repetition rather than a darker colour.
Eyebrows, eyelids, eyes and eyeliner with the dry markers, then the hair. A separate light and detail layer for the catchlights.
The outfit under the coat: striped fabric and its folds made with hand pressure, each garment on its own layer.
The longest lesson, and my favourite: a fur coat painted with a wet marker, edges skipped on purpose so the fur stays soft.
Sunglasses, necklace and bag, each on its own layer, and the final pass over the whole figure.
30-day full refund
Paint along with the workshop. If it isn't for you, email support@freya.courses within 30 days and you get a full refund.
Marker Fashion Illustration Workshop
5 Lessons, 2 hours 14 minutes of real-time painting
- ✓Lifetime access to all five lessons
- ✓My Better Marker Brush Set, 106 brushes
- ✓Project files: the sketch and the colour swatches
- ✓Certificate of Completion when you finish and post your piece
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FAQs
Answers to the questions people ask before they start
Yes. My Better Marker Brush Set, all 106 brushes, comes with this workshop. If you already own the set, these are the same brushes you have.
One complete fashion illustration: a figure in a pink fur coat over a pink top and striped trousers, with sunglasses, a necklace and a clear bag. It is built across five lessons, one element at a time.
Five lessons, 2 hours and 14 minutes of video, all painted in real time. The coat alone runs 41 minutes, and you keep lifetime access, so you can work through it in sittings.
Some. The sketch is provided, so you aren't drawing the figure from scratch, but you should be comfortable with Procreate layers, blend modes and brush sizing.
An iPad with Procreate and a pressure-sensitive stylus. Pressure matters here, because it is how the folds and shadows are made. The sketch and the colour swatches are included.
Yes. Watch all five lessons and post your figure, and you receive a Certificate of Completion.
No. It's a one-time purchase with lifetime access.
Yes. If the workshop isn't for you, email support@freya.courses within 30 days for a full refund.
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Ask me about the brushes, the workshop or anything technical. Write anytime.
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