PRO 143 - Create a Textural Lemonade Recipe Illustration in Procreate

Lemonade recipe illustration lesson steps

About This Class

A lemonade recipe is a lovely excuse to combine lettering, food illustration, and the kind of texture that makes digital artwork feel hand painted. In this Procreate class, we’ll create a playful recipe illustration with lemons, sugar cubes, a glass of lemonade, and a curled piece of peel. I’m keeping the drawing loose and a little naive, with visible brush strokes and lettering that still looks like my own handwriting.

We’ll start with lettering guidelines and the main title, then refine the smaller lettering and its spacing. From there, we’ll sketch the ingredients with QuickShape and paint them with Dry Ink, adding a cut lemon, sugar cubes, a glass of lemonade, a striped straw, translucent ice, and a shaded peel.

You’ll see me make adjustments as I work, from moving a letter to reshaping a lemon. Separate layers and groups leave room for those decisions. The class includes an introduction, five working lessons, and closing thoughts. Follow my example if it helps, but let your own handwriting and brush marks give your version its personality!

In this class I will walk you through…

Planning your title with lettering guidelines
Shaping and spacing hand lettering on separate layers
Sketching ingredients with QuickShape and Distort
Painting textured lemons and sugar cubes with Dry Ink
Suggesting glass, ice, and a striped straw with transparency
Building a curled lemon peel with clipping mask shadows

The Key Concepts I Will Include

Lettering guidelines for baselines, lowercase heights, and capitals
Brush size and stabilization for lettering versus textured painting
QuickShape editing for lines, ovals, and polylines
Dry Ink brushwork with visible gaps and textured edges
Clipping masks for recoloring, shadows, and surface details
White gaps, soft erasing, and reduced opacity to suggest glass and ice

You don’t have to get every shape right on the first try. Keep the pieces on their own layers, make the adjustments you need, and let some of those uneven marks remain part of the illustration.

Class Curriculum

7 Videos · Duration 43 Minutes

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