Procreate

Inky Tree Concept Sketch

| Patricia

“If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls.” ~ Henry Rollins, Spoken Word Artist

Not every work is a masterpiece. Some merely get the creative juices flowing. Some become fodder for future works. Any practice is better than none.

I prefer thinking in the abstract—the unknown or the simplistic. At times writing a passage that can be interpreted in more than one way, so the reader has some responsibility in how they react to what is written. Painting in broad strokes and leaving some of the detail to the viewers’ imaginations. I’ve created a multitude of tiny landscapes in this vein. It is a good way to loosen up for larger pieces.

Perhaps I have a short attention span, and simply want to get on to the next thing. However, I generally think in terms of “I like this right now. If I continue, I’ll screw it up”.

In addition, I’m one of those people who has multiple thoughts running through their brain at any given time. So I don’t have a lot of time to concentrate on just one concept, unless I want the others to float off into oblivion. Anyway, this is just a thought. Anyone else out there identify?

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Striated Apple Sketch

| Patricia

“Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.” ~ Bernard Mannes Baruch, American financier, 1870-1965

Striated Apple Drawing

A fanciful addition to my collection of Apple drawings: Striated Apple was roughed out in Apple Notes on my iPad Pro, then moved to Procreate for additional work. I opted for a decorative style for this little drawing.

Some Other Apple Sketches in the Series:

THE BIG BOOK OF TINY ART: MY FIRST TRY

SPECKLED APPLE ECO-CONSCIOUS ANALOGUE+DIGITAL PAINTING 7-23

SKETCHY COLOURED CHARCOAL APPLE, FEBRUARY 25, 2023

All artwork and creative writing is Copyright © of Patricia White. No use of this content or concept may be used without the express permission of the artist/author.

Circle Wave-Curl Concept Notes App Line Drawing

| Patricia

“Life is a wave, which in no two consecutive moments of its existence is composed of the same particles.” ~ John Tyndall, 1820-1893, Irish Physicist


A simple line drawing concept started in Apple Notes app and moved to Procreate for finishing in higher resolution drawing. The primary drawing tools in the Apple Notes app on my iPad Pro are the Pencil, Marker, Fountain Pen, Watercolour Brush, Mono-line Pen, Crayon, Fill Tool (Bucket), and the Selector Tool (Lasso). Below are the two major tools, the Mono-line Pen and Watercolour Brush, used to draw the original image in the Apple Notes app,



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A Little Apple ‘Juice’ Notes Sketch

| Patricia

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” ~ Carl Sagan

A quick daily sketch of an apple with a bit of anticipated juice flowing from the fruit.

Drawn on iPad Pro in the Apple Notes app using the Fountain Pen and Watercolor tools native to the note-taking app.

All artwork and creative writing is Copyright ©️ of Patricia White. No use of this content or concept may be used without the express permission of the artist/author.

Quick sketch of painted Posies in a glass vase

| Patricia

“ I paint flowers so they will not die.” ― Frida Kahlo

This quick sketch, painted in 2022, shows how much movement can be produced in a quick rudimentary study. In this case, I created this concept in Procreate, using oil paint brushes. This process makes it easy to quickly get a concept down which can then inform a later, more detailed, work using analogue materials. It’s quick. It’s better for the environment (fewer caustic materials going into landfill). It’s a great way to test positioning various elements on the page, experimenting with how the elements relate to each other as well as testing various ways to place the elements on the canvas (I’d move the main elements a bit to the right, tho not centred, in the next iteration).



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The Great Orb

| Patricia

“As the great orb hovered above the land, it felt sadness. It was time to depart this place, this existence. To move on where others need its presence. “Peace be to all living beings who inhabit this space. May your way forward be a gentle journey.” ~ Patricia White

I often write a paragraph or two as a story idea reflecting my Daily Notes app sketch.

Above is an excerpt from the The Great Orb work-in-progress:

This Daily Drawing is part of a recent series of posts showing work that was created in the Apple Notes App (essentially a writing app) using just the basic drawing tools within the text-based app. The basic art is sometimes resized and enhanced in Procreate 5  on my 12.9” iPad Pro. Over the past year or so I have experimented with simple drawings made with these rudimentary drawing tools iPad Pro using a second-generation Apple Pencil as my sketching pencil, ink pen and paint brush. 

This drawing exercise has been an effort to show that all the bells and whistles contained in dedicated paint applications are not always needed to create interesting art. If you try the experiment of sketching in the Notes app with its in-app drawing tools, please post a link to your work in the comment section.

All artwork and creative writing is Copyright ©️ of Patricia White. No use of this content or concept may be used without the express permission of the artist/author.

Altered Ego: Daily Notes App Drawing

| Patricia

“There’s a mysterious alter ego in everyone. Some call it hallucination, some call it art.” Bhavik Sarkhedi, Author and Branding Expert

This Daily Drawing is part of a recent series of posts showing work that was created in the Apple Notes App (essentially a writing app) using just the basic drawing tools within the text-based app. The basic art is sometimes resized and enhanced in Procreate 5  on my 12.9” iPad Pro. Over the past year or so I have experimented with simple drawings made with these rudimentary drawing tools iPad Pro using a second-generation Apple Pencil as my sketching pencil, ink pen and paint brush. 

Altered Ego Notes Drawing June 18, 2025

I often write a paragraph or two story idea reflecting my daily Notes app sketch. Here is an excerpt from the Altered Ego work-in-progress story:

“She woke up feeling fuzzy-headed, one foot still in the sleep world and the other planted firmly on the floor beside her bed, feeling something heavy and oppressive commanding her thoughts. Thoughts that were still back in the realm of the sleeping, not quite connecting with the waking world.”


This exercise has been an effort to show that all the bells and whistles contained in dedicated paint applications are not always needed to create interesting art. If you try the experiment of sketching in the Notes app with its in-app drawing tools, please post a link to your work in the comment section.

All artwork and creative writing is Copyright ©️ of Patricia White. No use of this content or concept may be used without the express permission of the artist/author.

Notes App Drawing – World of Many Suns

| Patricia

“If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendour of the mighty one.” ~ from the Bhagavad Gita, a quote made famous by J. Robert Oppenheimer in reference to the atomic bomb.


What would happen if the earth was thrown into a system with multiple suns? Would it survive? Could it adapt? If life was sustained, how would it be different?

This Daily Drawing is part of a recent series of posts showing work that was created in the Apple Notes App (essentially a writing app) using just the basic drawing tools within the text-based app. The basic art is sometimes resized and enhanced in Procreate 5 on my 12.9” iPad Pro. 

Over the past year or so I have experimented with simple drawings made with these rudimentary drawing tools iPad Pro using a second-generation Apple Pencil as my sketching pencil, ink pen and paint brush. This exercise has been an effort to show that all the bells and whistles contained in dedicated paint applications are not always needed to create something interesting where there was nothing before.

If you try the experiment of sketching in the Notes app with its in-app drawing tools, please post a link to your work in the comment section.



All artwork and creative writing is Copyright ©️ of Patricia White. No use of this content or concept may be used without the express permission of the artist/author.

Analogue collage Digitally-Enhanced

| Patricia

“The word ‘collage’ comes from the French word “coller” which means to stick together or to glue.”

What is collage art in simple words?

Collage is an art-making technique where pieces of paper, pictures, and other things are arranged and stuck down onto a surface. It often includes magazine and newspaper clippings (though I generally like to use only content I have created), photographs, ribbons, paint, bits of colored or handmade papers, portions of other artwork or texts, and other found items.

I have always loved creating collage art. Enjoying the extra dimension of layers of added paper or other materials.

This small piece was created some months ago. I started by ripping pieces from a landscape texture sheet in one of my sketchbooks, shaping as I tore, to use as the broad areas of the apple shape. Then I added paint splatters and a light was in the background. The black ink lines were added in Procreate 5 on my 12.9” iPad Pro.

I am currently working on publishing a book of my Apple artwork. I have 25-30 Apple art works at present.

Do you incorporate collage into your art? If so, please post a link to your work in the comment section.

All artwork and creative writing is Copyright ©️ of Patricia White. No use of this content or concept may be used without the express permission of the artist/author.