Retrowave Landscape in Procreate: a calm tutorial for older kids
A neon-soaked digital art tutorial that fits neatly into a dinner-cooking window, brushes included.
This is Art with Flo's tutorial pitched slightly older, with the maker play-style score hitting a full 100 by age 10 to 11. At 24 minutes, it fits neatly into a cook-dinner window (twenty to forty minutes) while still scoring 95 for settling wound-up energy. Free brushes are included at the end, a nice bonus rather than the main event.
At a glance
Will it actually calm them down?
Helps with wound-up, wired energy
Helps lift flat, low-energy moods
Helps after a meltdown or big feelingsScores measure how reliably this video moves a child toward a settled, regulated state. In the Piko app, kids tell us their weather and we do the matching automatically.
Which kids will love it?
Why it works
Of Art with Flo's tutorials, this one skews oldest: the maker play-style score reaches a full 100 out of 100 around ages 10 to 11, with explorer and independent both close behind at 95. At roughly 23 minutes, average shots run about 12.5 seconds, keeping the same steady, unhurried pace as the channel's other work.
The instructional level is rated high, real technique rather than a loose follow-along, but the tone stays suggestion-based (autonomy-respecting, no demand language), which is why it still reads as PDA-friendly despite the depth of teaching. Regulation scores hold up well too: 95 for settling wound-up energy, 85 for lifting a flat mood.
It's rated safe across ASD, PDA, anxiety and ADHD profiles, with low sensory intensity even with the neon retrowave palette on screen throughout. At just under half an hour, it's also one of the few videos in this batch that fits neatly into a proper dinner-cooking window.
When to reach for it
- Cooking dinner. A 24-minute tutorial that sits right in a good background-viewing window.
- After-school settling. Calm, steady teaching for a child who needs to come down from the school day.
- Rainy afternoon, nothing planned. A full landscape drawing project, with free brushes included at the end.
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Questions parents ask
What age is this tutorial really aimed at?
Older than most of Art with Flo's other tutorials: the maker play-style score hits a full 100 out of 100 around ages 10 to 11. Younger children can still follow along, but the retrowave landscape technique is pitched at a slightly more confident level than the channel's puppy or capybara tutorials.
Does this video actually include the brushes it promises?
Yes, free Procreate brushes are offered as part of the video, a bonus alongside the main step-by-step landscape tutorial. It doesn't change the core teaching, which stays calm and instructional throughout (instructional level: high), the brushes are just an added extra at the end.
Is 24 minutes too long for background viewing while I cook dinner?
Not at all, it sits right in a good dinner-window range (480 to 1800 seconds), running 1433 seconds in total. Comfort rating is 90 and brain-rot risk is none, so it's safe to let run in the background while you're busy at the hob.
Is this calming or more of an exciting, high-energy video?
Calming: it scores 95 out of 100 for settling wound-up energy and 85 for lifting a flat mood, despite the punchy neon retrowave visuals. The presenter's voice stays warm and steady throughout, with an annoyance score of just 1 out of 10, so the energy is in the artwork, not the delivery.
40+ checks per video, with a final pass from the review desk · Scored 11 July 2026 · We do not host videos; playback is via YouTube's official embed.