What Is the Art With Flo Community and Patreon Support?
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Art With Flo is a Procreate learning site whose community is built around Patreon membership. The homepage shows 4,680 patrons and displays testimonials from members who joined as early as January 2021, which tells you the community is long-running rather than a new experiment. If you want structured Procreate tutorials plus feedback and extra content, the Patreon side is where that happens; if you only want free video lessons, the site's public tutorials are the entry point.
How the community is structured
The site presents itself as a place to "unlock your Procreate superpowers," with tutorials, custom brushes, and a "Procreate Treasure Chest" of resources. The community layer sits on top of that:
- Patreon membership is the stated support mechanism. The homepage names 4,680 patrons, so the community is large enough to have its own norms and activity.
- Extra content is tied to membership. Testimonials repeatedly mention "extra content" and "all the extra content," though the homepage does not itemize what each tier includes.
- Feedback and interaction happen through the community. One patron (Andrea Carter, since January 2022) specifically values "the Flo Community for getting feedback on my work and for finding the tutorials I want to do."
What members actually say they get
The testimonials are the most concrete evidence of what the community offers. Reading them together, a few patterns stand out:
| Theme | Example from testimonials |
|---|---|
| Clear instruction | Rita Lewis: "thorough and identifies clearly the actions she is taking" |
| Learning by doing | Dustin McClain: "Her method of teaching allows us to learn as we do" |
| Variety of projects | Dustin McClain: "Flo varies the types of projects that we create" |
| Supportive atmosphere | Teresa Henshaw: "The whole community is very supportive and positive" |
| Worth the cost | Kendra Barbour: "worth every penny" |
One patron, Krista B Janssen (since November 2021), describes coming from a YouTube "You can draw this" tutorial after feeling overwhelmed by the Procreate app, and says she "hasn't stopped drawing ever since." That is a useful signal for beginners: the community is positioned as a place to move past initial confusion, not as an advanced-only space.
Who this fits
The community and Patreon support make sense if you want more than one-off tutorials — specifically, if you want ongoing feedback, a range of project types, and a group that stays active over years. The patron join dates (2021 through 2023) suggest people stay, which is a reasonable proxy for satisfaction.
It fits less well if you prefer to learn entirely on your own from free videos and don't want a membership commitment. The homepage does not state pricing, tier details, or what is gated behind Patreon versus free, so check the Patreon page directly before deciding — don't assume any specific content is free.
How to get started
- Go to artwithflo.com and look at the tutorial offerings to see whether the project style matches what you want to draw.
- Follow the Patreon link from the site to see current tiers and what each includes. The homepage does not list these, so the Patreon page is the source of truth.
- If you're new to Procreate, start with a beginner-oriented tutorial before joining, so you can judge whether Flo's teaching style works for you.
- Once a member, use the community for feedback on your work — that is the benefit patrons mention most often.
The main thing to verify before joining is what your specific tier unlocks, since the homepage only confirms that extra content and community access exist, not their exact scope.