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Top 20 Best Painting Brushes for Procreate

Introduction

Procreate has become the go-to digital painting application for artists and designers, thanks to its powerful features and user-friendly interface. Whether you are a professional artist or an aspiring hobbyist, having the right set of brushes is crucial for creating stunning digital artwork. In this article, we will explore the best painting brushes for Procreate that will help you unleash your creativity and take your digital artistry to the next level.

Understanding the Importance of Brushes

Before we delve into the best brushes for Procreate, it’s essential to understand why brushes play a vital role in digital art creation. Brushes determine the stroke, texture, and overall appearance of your artwork, allowing you to mimic real-world painting techniques digitally. From fine lines to bold strokes, the right brushes can add depth and realism to your artwork.

The Top Essential Brushes for Procreate

1. 30+ Painting Brushes for Procreate – Thick Paint

You can now download 3 high quality brushes from Thick Paint: An Oil Painting Brush  for Procreate for FREE! It also comes with 1 Procreate canvas ready with oil textures for you to try out!

If you like them, please consider supporting me by getting the full set, which is the most accurate experience you can get to painting with oils in Procreate. With an exceptional collection of 40 brushes carefully made from real oil paint and a fantastic library of oil textures painted on real canvases an wood boards, it is the ultimate tool for fine artists that want to turn their iPads into their portable easels.

In this package you will find:

–3 incredibly responsive and realistic oil painting brushes, perfect to use with the paint tool but also with the smudge tool to blend and push colors around.

–1 Procreate canvas loaded with the necessary oil textures to achieve the most realistic oil painting look.

–A 28 page guide book with an in-depth look at all the brushes and tools included in the full version of this set, plus a step-by-step painting process with detailed explanations, in English and Spanish.

2. Watercolor Painting Brushes for Procreate

What’s included: -20 Watercolor Brushes -3 paper textures canvas

The PDF file you downloaded has the Mediafire/Google Drive option to download the product ZIP file.

The Zip file downloaded using PDF files includes: (Unzip is required before installing brush in Procedure.) -(20 watercolor brushes saved as .brushset files) -(3 paper texture canvas saved as .procreate file)

IMPORTANT: This brush requires an iPad(Procreate version 5 or later installable iPad), Apple pencil, and Procreate app (version 5).

The actual reason why watercolor expression is difficult in digital work is because of texture expression. Imagine drawing a watercolor painting on a piece of glass. Would it be the same as a normal watercolor painting on a sheet of paper? The texture of the paper is a very important factor. With my digital watercolor brushes, you can express those textures just like a real watercolor painting.

You can see the watercolor effect with a few strokes. But, drawing a full-scale watercolor painting art is not easy to do. So you need to know how to paint with digital watercolors.

I will make digital watercolor tutorials on YouTube regularly. If you follow my tutorials, you’ll find how I do things with my digital brushes and learn how to paint watercolor. If you have any questions, please contact me.Thank you for your purchase and I hope you have a great time.

3. Light Painting Procreate Brushes

Light Painting Procreate Brushes

Get 15 brushes for procreate. Realistic lighting effect. 15 different light effects. Easy to add time lapse lighting effect to your photos.

Features:

• 15 Procreate Brushes
• 15 Different Light Effect
• Easy to Use
• Easy to Customise
• Time Lapse Effect

These brushes are compatible ONLY with Procreate application for Apple iPad. They will not work with Adobe Photoshop or any other graphic editing software.

How To Use

• Download the file on your iPad
• Click on “Light_[by_Sko4].brushset”
• Procreate will automatically install all the brushes and they will appear at the top of your brush list

4. Procreate Portrait Painting Brushes

The portrait painting Procreate brush set you’ve been searching for! Everything you need is in this brush set. From the initial sketch, to blocking in contours and laying down shade, to shading and detailing. Finely tuned brushes which flow beautifully, with just the right amount of pressure sensitivity for perfect shading.

Plus, to help you cheat a little, there are also highly realistic hair, eyelash and brow brushes to complete your portrait. There are 30 brushes in the set.

5. MAGERPAINT – Procreate Painting Brushes

These brushes are for the iOS APP Procreate. These brushes DO NOT WORK IN PHOTOSHOP or other Applications.

These brushes are easy to use, whether for beginners or professionals. Texture brushes can be used as stationery, write a letter, invitation, logo, make a font, lettering, and many more.

20+ Brushes for PROCREATE APP

• Sketching Brush
• Freckles
• Shading
• Hair
• Fill Brush
• and other

All become one in Magerpaint for your best painting.

Already can be used on Procreate 5 and also earlier versions.

6. Procreate Oil Painting Brushes

36 Oil Brushes for procreate Oil painting Brush is easy to use. If You are the beginner digital paint on Procreate. It is not a problem. You can use it like a Pro! The product required: • iPad Pro or iPad • Apple Pencil • Procreate App (version 5.0 or higher)

Procreate Oil Painting Brushes

36 Oil Brushes for procreate Oil painting Brush is easy to use. If You are the beginner digital paint on Procreate. It is not a problem. You can use it like a Pro! The product required: • iPad Pro or iPad • Apple Pencil • Procreate App (version 5.0 or higher)

7. Lush Oils Procreate Painting Brushes

Say hello to a set of 20 Lush Brushes for oil painting in Procreate! With a variety of textured brushes, you can achieve the look of natural media right on your iPad. Many blend into existing colors on your canvas, for that wet-in-wet type painting, while others can be built over slowly with a dry brush technique or glaze. Compatibility

• Procreate 5 for iOS on iPad
• Apple Pencil stylus recommended

Contents

• One .brushset file containing 20 brushes
• One .jpg swatch Image Reference

IMPORTANT

• These brushes are only compatible with PROCREATE APP for iPad, and cannot be used in other software such as Photoshop or Affinity.

8. Watercolour Procreate Bundle – 6 brushes for calligraphy & painting

Watercolour Procreate Bundle

Digital download Digital file type(s): 1 ZIP

A complete set of brushes for watercolor lettering and painting in Procreate app on iPad Pro. Bundle contains 6 professional hand-made brushes that I myself use everyday. 6 brushes for the price of 3 (for a limited time).

1. Watercolor Calligraphy Brush Works magically like real watercolours, complete with a slight feathering of the edges, automatic fading just like when a brush runs out of colour, and layering of transparent strokes. Took me a long time to get it just right. Also uses a little ‘streamline’ to make all your curves automatically smoother. Available in my shop as a separate brush. (It’s a bestseller!)

2. Watercolor Outlining Brush A thin brush that changes thickness and opacity on pressure to simulate strokes done with a thin paintbrush and watercolors.

3. Watercolor Painting Brush Closest thing to using real watercolors. Fades on pressure so you can layer strokes to create the watercolor effect. The florals in above pictures are done using this. Complete with a little feathering.

4. Watercolor Painting Flat Brush A variation on the above without the fading on pressure for when you just want to do the base layers wth flat colors. Still creates a feathered and layered effect simulating watercolors.

5. Watercolor Washes Brush Of course, you also need to do the backgrounds. Perfect for creating large watercolor textures with just a few strokes. Layer some different colors for beautiful effects.

6. Watercolor Dry Washes Brush A variation on the above that simulates a dry brush. Great for smaller washes and when you want to introduce a slightly different texture.

Please note this is a digital download only. You need the Procreate app for iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil to use this brush. Does not work in Photoshop.

Check out thescratchynib.com for more of my lettering.

Digital download Digital file type(s): 1 ZIP

9. Gumroad – Procreate Painting Brushes- Set of 10

I use these custom painting brushes for all my artworks in Procreate.

Please don’t assume that your art will automatically get better if you use these brushes, these brushes are made only to make your process in Procreate little easier and you will still need practice for that as well. If you are not sure whether or not to get these brushes I recommend watch my process videos on Instagram(@muzenik_) and YouTube(@Muzenikart) to see how I use them.

I use these custom painting brushes for all my artworks in Procreate. Please don’t assume that your art will automatically get better if you use these brushes, these brushes are made only to make your process in Procreate little easier and you will still need practice for that as well. If you are not sure whether or not to get these brushes I recommend watch my process videos on Instagram(@muzenik_) and YouTube(@Muzenikart) to see how I use them. On purchasing this set (10 brushes) you get 12 brushes absolutely free for easy use

10. NUANCE Painting – Procreate Brushes

NUANCE is a set of 21 custom brushes for Procreate. As digital painters, one of the things we aim to achieve is to create artwork that is full of life, texture and warmth. We try to mimic all the subtle imperfections that occur when painting traditionally with real paint on canvas. In this set of carefully designed brushes, you will find what you need in order to replicate the look and feel of traditional art right inside Procreate. No matter if you’re a portrait artist, plein air painter, cartoonist or just an on-the-train scribbler, this set will have you covered. I’m certain you’ll enjoy the ease-of-use and simplicity of the brushes that are included! — Let’s have a look inside:

• 5 Drafting Pencils to get your visions on to the canvas and to explore new and exciting ideas.
• 9 Paint Brushes that will positively impact your painting experience and give your artwork a distinct character by adding realistic textures and a painterly look.
• 4 Airbrushes to add noise & film grain to your painting, adding yet another level of realism and warmth.
• 3 Highlighters to add that final spark to your portraits, making any dull painting look flashy. (Set layer mode to SCREEN for best results!)

— Make sure that you have updated Procreate to the latest version! Enjoy and happy painting!

11. Skin Painting Procreate Brushes

19 Realistic Textured Skin Procreate Brushes This Procreate brush set has everything you need to begin creating digital portraits and realistic skin textures, without having to reach for any other brush sets. It includes a well rounded and extremely useable range of skin textures, freckles, blemishes, pores, wrinkles, crinkles, eyelash (and even a juicy zit). It also has a sketch pencil, a perfect base layer painting brush, and a blusher and highlighter brush.

There are also a couple of textured bonus blenders to avoid that ‘too smooth’ blend you get with other blending brushes. Enjoy this carefully crafted professional quality brush set. This set has opened up a whole new style of painting for me personally, and I have been loving using it. PS. There’s a bonus scales brush in case you fancy creating alien reptiles

12. Shader Painting Brushes for Procreate

FIRST 3 BUYERS (with commercial license) GET A PRODUCT OF THEIR CHOICE FOR FREE!

35 Shader Painting Brushes for Procreate are awesome tools for adding real painted textures to your illustrations or lettering! 

Inspired by textures of old paint and canvases, I made these brushes that help you create beautiful and natural looking pictures. With a few strokes, you can change your plain looking digital illustrations to oil, gouache or acrylic painting! You can make stylised images easily – just paint over and over with different brushes to get astonishing painting effects. There are brushes helping you paint leaves and trees quickly. Best thing, there are plenty of brushes with a wet paint effect, so you can mix your colours on canvas in real-time! With multiple effect, you will get awesome new textures. Just paint on multiple layers and let the magic happen! What you will get:

• 35 Shader Painting Brushes for Procreate in one file
• Customer service as usually

13. Painting Bundle – Procreate Brushes

Brushes for iPad Pro – Painting Kit – Procreate Brushes.

Format – Brushset Quantity – 13 pieces

Size – 1.6 Mb

This bundle comes with my most used and favorite brushes for Procreate. They are almost exact replicas of my popular Clip Studio Paint brushes which have been a top-seller ever since I released them. If you’re like me, then you really dislike the default brushes that come with Procreate. Something about them is weird and I never quite got the hang of them. With the brushes in this bundle you will have more control over your strokes, they blend well and, combined, they will add interesting textures to your artwork. The following brushes are included in the bundle:

• Sade – Fine brush for details
• Hotline – My favorite brush for painting skin
• Hotline Fuzzy – Same as “Hotline” but with a fine texture
• Butterbrot – A very smooth and creamy brush (blends well)
• Standard Hard Round – Similar to Photoshop’s default brush
• Air Gordon – Realistic airbrush to soften shadows
• Blockbuster – Grainy chalk brush to block in large areas of color
• SquarePants – Square brush without texture to color large areas
• Brizzly Bear – Bristle brush (looks very painterly)
• Rake – A rake brush to add texture (crosshatching)
• Jim Hairy – Main brush for painting hair
• Fo’ Brizzle – Another bristle brush for painting hair and fur
• TriStar – Triangular brush for painting highlights

Make sure that you have updated Procreate to the latest version! Enjoy and happy painting!

14. MAGERPAINT – Procreate Painting Brushes

These brushes are for the iOS APP Procreate. These brushes DO NOT WORK IN PHOTOSHOP or other Applications.

MAGERPAINT Brushes These brushes are for the iOS APP Procreate. These brushes DO NOT WORK IN PHOTOSHOP or other Applications. These brushes are easy to use, whether for beginners or professionals. Texture brushes can be used as stationery, write a letter, invitation, logo, make a font, lettering, and many more. 20+ Brushes for PROCREATE APP Sketching Brush Freckles Shading Hair Fill Brush and other All become one in Magerpaint for your best painting. Already can be used on Procreate 5 and also earlier versions. Please contact me if you have any questions. ENJOY with the Brush!

15. Pink’s Watercolor Brushes for Procreate

Watercolor brushes set. Paint in digital watercolors in Procreate with ease with Pink’s Watercolor Brushes Pack. A selection of paint brushes for different watercolor styles. Create even realistic looking paintings by combining paint brushes with stamp brushes.

Details

• 21 Brushes (paint brushes) • 20 Stamps (stamping brushes) • 2 Detail Brushes (detail brushes) • 2 Blending Brushes (blending brushes) • 3 Spatter (splatter brushes)

• Fantastic Canvas Canvas with watercolor textures for Procreate version 5.3 or higher. Dimensions: 4400x5500px and 3200x4000px *The smaller size is suitable for devices that do not support very large files.

FREEBIE! • 15 Color Palettes • 3 Pink Pencil Brushes – Pigment Texture – Sketching 6B • Introductory Tutorials – Painting a giraffe – Installing the pack – Removing background and keeping texture – Exporting your work

Requirements

Brushes only compatible with Procreate Version 5.3 or higher (Click on the Procreate logo to confirm your version) You need an iPad and Apple Pencil.

*If no Procreate update appears in the App Store, try updating the iPad software in Settings > General > Update Software, then update Procreate.

*Note that Canvas is available in two sizes, a larger and a smaller file, to accommodate devices that do not support very large files.

Delivery

• The file is released for download as soon as payment is confirmed in our system. You will receive an email with the link (check your spam) and you need to keep the email for new downloads.

• Note that payments can be confirmed in a few hours in the system, for any form of payment, even if you have already received approval, wait for the release in your account.

• The file is delivered in ZIP format, it first needs to be extracted and saved in a folder on your device, usually the iPad extracts automatically when you click on it, if it doesn’t open, install an app that opens compressed files.

Any problem with your purchase, send us a message in the “Contact” menu and we will help you to solve it.

16. Watercolor Feather Brush Kit for Procreate

is an amazing set of procreate brushes suitable for painting watercolor feathers. Easy to use! Even if you are just starting out, you will discover your new painting ability right away. Check out the tutorial video linked below and you can see how simple and satisfying it can be to paint gorgeous watercolor feathers suitable for wall art, stock images, poster, and more. You can even sell your artwork!

What’s included:

• 9 watercolor brushes for procreate
• Tutorial video
• Help & support if you need it

What’s not included:

No Paper Textures Included: You will need to choose a Watercolor paper texture to go with this. If you have the original watercolor for procreate kit, you can use the texture that came with it

17. Vintage Paintbrush for Procreate – 35 plus X brushes

These instant download hand drawn/created digital brushes are perfect for vintage style diy projects, whether this be for continued digital crafting or for printed goods. The clip art elements can be used for greetings cards, scrapbooking, invitations, wall art, wrapping paper, print on demand and much much more!

This brush pack contains 35 brushes, plus a couple of bonus additions – unique individual DIGITAL BRUSHES. They include dynamic brushes for painting/blending,ink brushes, halftone, grunge and grain brushes, and paper textures. All brushes can be resized and recoloured to your liking.

Use the stamps on their own or as a guide for your paintings

These files are digital brushes that will only work within the Procreate App. To be able to use them you will need an Apple Pencil and the Procreate App installed on an iPad Pro. This will not work without this. – To download and install the files you will need a platform to download the files to (eg iCloud) and a program to be able to unzip the files (for eg iZip). Once you have done this the files will then be imported to Procreate within a named folder (This will be a procreate file and will import automatically into procreate once you have chosen this option).

T E R M S:

You can use these brushes for small commercial sales/print on demand/print businesses as long as they are altered and integrated into your own design. Brushes cannot be sold as is, or given away.

You can use the brushes for commercial use – please just offer credit to minitrezodesign.etsy.com if over 5000 uses.

This is an instant download, digital purchase YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY TANGIBLE GOODS, OR ITEMS FORWARDED IN THE POST.

Files will be delivered instantly after purchase is completed. Some packs will be delivered as zip files and these will need to be extracted.

To see more clipart and digital goods, please feel free to browse my shop!

Thank you very much for your interest.

18. Procreate Samurai Ink Brushes

Eastern Inspired Inks, and Ink-Wash Brushes for Professionals

Inspired by Sumi-e, Eastern, and Japanese Ink drawings, the Samurai Inks brush pack features a set of Procreate brushes crafted from quality textures. Taken through countless hours of testing and fine-tuning, they’re capable of creating unique textured and organic-looking art in both black and white and color. Perfect for realistic, inking, beautiful Sumi e paintings, and gorgeous washes.

Includes 8 realistic water-based brushes that take full advantage of Procreate 5+ new brush engine. Now you create beautiful, realistic washes, smears, and blends without hacks.

Taking full advantage of the Apple Pencil’s tilt & pressure features and Procreate’s impressive brush engine, these brushes handle like traditional toolsets and work beautifully together.

Updated for Procreate 5+

• 3 new brushes: Ninja Sumi E, Samurai Fude, and Water Dragon
• Brushes can be reset to their default settings from the “About This Brush” tab
• Each brush embedded with our official Ink Gang Boss seal
• 8 brushes updated with Procreate 5’s new brush engine and behave like water-based brushes. Create realistic washes, transitions, and blends!
• Includes the original legacy versions of all updated brushes
• Updated installation instructions included in the brush guide PDF
• Free lifetime updates

These brushes take full advantage of the Apple Pencil’s tilt & pressure features, Procreate’s impressive brush engine, and countless hours of refining and testing.

INCLUDED FILES:

Zip file with 1x Brush Set file with 18 Procreate 5+ brushes, 7 Legacy brushes, and a 29-Page PDF installation/brush guide.

NOTE: These brushes are for the Procreate 5+ app only. They will not work in Photoshop

19. NeimyKanani Procreate Brush Set

As a professional artist, creating the perfect brush set for an effortless workflow is important to me and after years of adjusting the settings, I’ve created a brush set that I’m satisfied with to use in my everyday art pieces and illustrations

27 custom brushes 9 Round Brushes – Smooth strokes and perfect for rendering and sketching. Each with different flow levels and blending.

8 Dry Media Brushes – Similar to using colored pencil and chalk (Note: Added a new brush called Follow the White Rabbit – March 2021 update)

3 Oil Paint Brushes – Trying to create an old painting effect? Here they are! Try using the smudge tool to get interesting effects

3 Inking Brushes – A bit of a rough texture that feels amazing when drawing line artworks

4 Splatter Brushes – Dust particles and stars in the night

20. My Custom Watercolor Brushes for Procreate

I’ve been using Procreate to paint my watercolor style floral artworks for some time now, and due to the increasing demand from my audience, I have finally decided to make my custom brushes available to the public.

These are the same brushes, stamps, and paper textures that I have customized over time for myself and use them to paint the artworks you can see on my Instagram, and I hope that they will help you create beautiful artworks as well

18 Custom Watercolor Brushes 8 Custom Stamps 4 Watercolor Paper Textures The brushes work with Procreate app version 5+ on iPad & iPad Pro

Note: The images included on this page are examples of what I have painted using these exact same brushes, stamps, and papers, but I can’t gurantee that you can paint exactly like I do simply by using these brushes. These brushes are just tools, and your results depend on your own artistic style, painting skills, and level of experience with the Procreate app.

This is NOT an online course. There’s no training included in this package.

Installation Guide:

1. You need an iPad or iPad Pro, with Procreate app, and Apple Pencil

2. Make sure you are using Procreate version 5 or higher, and your iOS is up to date.

2. Download the .zip file and either save it directly to your iPad or save it on your Macbook and then AirDrop it to your iPad.

3. On your iPad, locate the folder containing the ZIP archive and tap on it to extract the contents.

4. There is one .brushset file that contains all brushes and stamps, and there’s a “Papers” folder containing 4 paper textures which are.

5. Click on each of the files to import them automatically into Proctreate.

6. To use paper textures, simply click to import the file into Procreate, and then start painting on the layer with the title: “Paint Here”.

Customizing Brushes to Suit Your Style

While the pre-installed brushes in Procreate are fantastic, customizing them can elevate your art even further. Adjusting parameters like size, opacity, and scatter can help you create unique brushes that align with your artistic vision.

Expanding Your Brush Library

Apart from the default brushes, many artists and designers offer brush sets that you can import into Procreate. These custom brush sets cater to different styles and preferences, giving you a vast array of tools to choose from.

Brush Maintenance and Organization

As your brush library expands, it’s essential to keep it organized for easy access. Create folders and categories for different types of brushes, making it efficient to find the right brush for specific projects.

Conclusion

In conclusion, having the best painting brushes for Procreate can significantly impact the quality and creativity of your digital artwork. The sketching, inking, painting, texture, and special effects brushes are essential tools that every artist should have in their arsenal. Remember to experiment with customizations and explore various brush sets to find the perfect brushes that match your unique style.

FAQs

1. Can I use Procreate brushes on multiple devices?

Yes, Procreate offers cloud services that allow you to sync your custom brushes across different devices seamlessly.

2. Are there free brush sets available for Procreate?

Yes, you can find various websites and online communities that offer free brush sets for Procreate.

3. Can I create my own brushes in Procreate?

Absolutely! Procreate provides a brush studio where you can create and customize brushes according to your preferences.

4. Do I need an Apple Pencil to use Procreate brushes?

While using an Apple Pencil enhances the drawing experience, Procreate supports touch gestures, making it accessible to users without a stylus.

5. How often should I update my brush library?

It’s a good practice to regularly update your brush library and explore new brush sets to keep your artwork fresh and exciting.