Top 8 Recommended Fresco Self-Study Materials! [December 2023]

Let's explore Adobe Fresco and Adobe Capture!

Have you ever wanted to learn digital art but can't find an alternative to Procreate? Adobe Fresco is a digital art app that supports both vector and pixel art! In this class we will learn everything that you need to know to illustrate with Adobe Fresco. We will also learn about Adobe Capture, a free app that works brilliant with Adobe Fresco, to create shapes, brushes and patterns.

Although the illustrations in this class are focused around the holidays, the things you learn can be applied to anything that you want to draw with Adobe Fresco.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?:

Anybody who is interested in learning Adobe Fresco! This class is suitable for both beginners and people who are familiar with Fresco or Capture.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Adobe Fresco (Free version works)

• Adobe Capture (find the link to download in the resources section)

• A digital device with a digital pen to draw, such as

  • iPad and apple pencil

  • Windows desktop (Fresco has a desktop version)

  • Any other drawing tablet

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

We will be covering a wide range of topics, while aiming to master Adobe Fresco by the end of the class. Here are a few things we will learn:

• Basic understanding of Fresco

• How to work with the various tools in Fresco

• How to use the Live brushes

• Understanding grids

• Learning to animate

• Using Capture and Fresco to create

  • Seamless repeating patterns

  • Brushes

  • Shapes

• Making shapes from your artwork or from images

• Vector art and Vector Trimming

• Learning to use the text tool

• Applying textures

• And much more!

I am so excited to have you join me in this class and learn all the awesome things you can do in Adobe Fresco and Capture!

Love,

Ashwini

1. Introduction
2. Introduction
3. Adobe Fresco Basics
4. Let's Start!
5. Let's Draw Cookies!
6. More Cookies Designs
7. Seamless Repeating Patterns
8. Pixel Brushes
9. Holiday Card with Pixel Brushes
10. Adobe Capture and Fresco
11. Shapes with Adobe Capture
12. Stamp Brush
13. Animation or Motion
14. Draw an Animated Tree
15. Let's Explore More in Animation
16. Let's Draw Stockings
17. Red Stockings
18. Green Stocking
19. Reindeer Stocking
20. Easy Colors with Adjustment Layers
21. Watercolor Brushes
22. Watercolor Trees
23. Watercolor Texture and Pattern
24. Gift Tags
25. Gift Tags Part 1
26. Gift Tags Part 2
27. Winter Scene
28. Drawing the Winter Scene
29. Animating the Winter Scene
30. Bonus
31. How to Download Free Brushes

Adobe Fresco is an app for the iPad and some Windows touch enabled tablets that lets you draw and paint on the go harnessing the power of thousands of unique Photoshop brushes and some new super cool live media brushes that imitate real life water color and oil paints.

• I believe it’s best to learn through examples. here is what we will be doing in this course:

• We will be going over the tools

• After going over the tools we will be using them to draw to reinforce how they work

• The drawing sessions are simple and easy to follow, anyone can do them

• One project goes over how we can use the vector brushes to make cartoons and comics.

• Another project uses layers and the water color brushes to create unique illustrations

• The third project uses the oil brushes to blend paint and then layer masks to do some hand lettering and effects over it.

• The Final project takes all the skills we've used up to this point and put them all together in one final complex illustration.

Why Fresco? It's a simple and intuitive painting app and because of its access to so many pre existing Photoshop brushes makes it incredibly powerful too.

Who is this for:

• People who want to learn to draw but don’t know where to start

• Illustrators looking to learn everything about Fresco

• Anyone who want to learn new techniques and take their drawing to the next level.

1. Introduction
2. About this Course
3. The Welcome Screen
4. The Interface
5. The Brushes
6. Pixel Brushes
7. Live Brushes
8. Vector Brushes
9. Project 1: Inking
10. Exporting Your Artwork
11. Importing Brushes
12. The Projects
13. Drawing with Water Color Part 1
14. Drawing with Water Color Part 2
15. Drawing with Masks
16. Final Project Part 1
17. Final Project Part 2
18. Final Project Part 3

Adobe Fresco is a Digital Art Application that is a part of Adobe Creative Could Suite of Applications. This application allows you to draw and edit out art as if you are working with an actual art canvas.

Adobe Fresco allows you to work with various types of brushes such as traditional pixel brush, watercolour and oil colour brush which is a more dynamic version of brush that allows for mixing of colours as if you are mixing it with actual watercolour and oil colour.

In this course, we are going to start learning Adobe Fresco by starting with exploring the interface of the application. We will then learn how to utilize various types of brushes and tools and see how we can utilize each of them using the options given to us.

We will also look at how to properly manage our layers and blending modes for creative outputs.

We will look at different tips and tricks to manage the contents of the canvas to creative output.

We will end the course by looking at the export settings in the application which allows us to export our Adobe Fresco file in different formats that we can open up with various applications.

1. Introduction
2. Starting Out
3. Exploring the Interface
4. Working with Brushes
5. Brush Options
6. Touch Modifier
7. Pixel Brushes
8. Water Color
9. Oil Color
10. Vector Brushes
11. Eraser Tool
12. Layers
13. Working with Layers
14. Opacity in Layers
15. Blending Modes
16. Manage Layers
17. Copy, Cut and Duplicate Layers
18. Layer Group
19. Layer Merge
20. Locking Transparency
21. Transform Tool
22. Editing Tools
23. Selection Tool
24. Options in Selection Tool
25. Eyedropper
26. Paint Bucket Tool
27. Importing and Working with Pictures
28. Layers for Nor Mixing Colors
29. Masking
30. Mask Copy and Paste Options
31. Mask Invert and Flatten
32. Hide and Unhide Mask
33. Link and Unlink Mask
34. Photoshop to Fresco and Vice Versa
35. Using Shapes
36. Importing and Using Brushes
37. Ruler Option
38. Tracing a Drawing
39. Settings
40. Working with Document Settings
41. Application Settings
42. Exporting and Sharing
43. Exporting Projects in Different Formats
44. Creating Timelapse
45. Sharing a Link
46. Example Project an Goodbye
47. Example Project
48. Goodbye

Join me to create a a beautiful and magical watercolor misty forest in Adobe Fresco!

Hello and Welcome to the class!

In this class, I will introduce you to the Live brushes, especially watercolor brushes in Fresco. We will create a real watercolor misty forest in Adobe Fresco on you iPad. Adobe Fresco is a drawing app that can be used on iPad, Surface Pro and Wacom tablets. If you ever wanted to create those magical scenes with the real watercolor effect on a digital platform, Adobe Fresco fills the gap. This app comes with amazing Live Brushes which give the exact real feel of watercolors and oil paints. Now you don't need to spend a ton on traditional supplies. You can easily achieve the traditional watercolor results using this app.

I will go through the basic tools of Adobe Fresco to get you familiar with the interface. Then we will talk about how to get inspiration and create a color palette. Then we will move along and create a beautiful magical piece step by step.

The class is divided into easy to follow lessons. Even if you are a beginner with Fresco, you will find it so simple to follow along and bring out you own beautiful painting at the end of the class.

Our project in the class is to create a magical misty forest or any other scene of your choice using Adobe Fresco on you tablet. I will be using iPad Pro and Apple Pencil but you are most welcome to use any tablet and stylus that you may have.(Provided it is compatible with the App)

You can check the System Requirements for using Adobe Fresco below:

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

If you have an active account on Adobe Creative Cloud, you can simply go to your tablet and download Adobe Fresco using your Adobe ID. If you don't have an account yet, you can get the 7 day FREE TRIAL HERE

1. Introduction
2. Introduction
3. Requirements
4. Fresco Overview
5. Tools and Interface
6. Brushes
7. Color Palette
8. Painting Background
9. How to draw Pine Trees and Birds
10. Trees, Birds and Final Touches

Hi folks! This course is about making amazing digital Illustrations using Adobe Fresco.

In this course, I’ll walk you through the tools and features of Adobe Fresco and also show you my process of making 3 separate Illustrations in completely different styles.

My name is Mandar Marathe and I am an artist, illustrator, and sculptor.

I’ve designed this course for anyone wanting to make stunning digital illustrations completely on the iPad. What makes Adobe Fresco amazing is its ability to use vector, pixel, and live media tools seamlessly in a single artwork. So now you can use watercolor and oil color effects along with crisp vectors in a single image.

This class is for you if you want to learn new illustration styles or you want to learn a new and powerful illustration app, Adobe Fresco. You need not have any prior experience of illustration to take this class.

All you need is an iPad, Apple pencil and the curiosity to learn! I promise you it will be a fascinating journey and you’ll be surprised with what you can achieve within a short span of time.

By the end of this course you’ll have all the information needed to create stunning illustrations in various styles using Procreate App. You’ll be amazed by what you can achieve in such a short span of time.

See you inside the class!

Mandar

1. Introduction
2. Introduction To This Course
3. Introduction to Adobe Fresco
4. Fresco Tools & Features
5. Bird Illustration
6. Bird Illustration - Part 1
7. Bird Illustration - Part 2
8. Landscape Illustration
9. Landscape Illustration
10. Animal Illustration
11. Cat Illustration
12. Bonus
13. Bonus!