Procreate Blog
Tutorials, brush guides and hubs for iPad artists.
Types of Painting Brushes in Procreate
Procreate can mimic almost any traditional painting medium — but only if you pick the right brush. Oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor and pastel each behave differently, and reaching for the wrong one is the fastest way to make digital work look flat and generic. This guide breaks down the main painting brush families, explains how each one behaves, and shows you when to reach for it, so you can build a painting kit that actually matches the look you're after.
Beginner pillarProcreate iPad Tutorial for Beginners
New to Procreate? You've picked the best drawing app on the iPad — powerful, affordable and used by professionals worldwide — but its stripped-back interface can feel mysterious at first. This complete 2026 tutorial walks you through everything a beginner needs: the interface, the gestures that make Procreate fast, brushes, layers, colour, selections, and a full walkthrough of your first finished drawing. Work through it start to finish and you'll go from opening the app for the first time to exporting a piece you're proud of.
HubFree Procreate Brushes by Style
Looking for brushes in a specific style? Hunting through giant, unsorted brush dumps is a waste of time when you know exactly what you need. This hub organises Procreate brushes by style and links you straight to every category, so you can jump to the exact stamps, liners and textures for your project — and find the free starter sets in each style along the way.
HubNiche Procreate Brushes
Beyond pencils and paint brushes lies a whole world of specialty Procreate brushes built for very specific jobs — the ones that turn an afternoon of tedious detail into a few taps. Most artists don't realise these exist until they're grinding through fur strand by strand or trying to freehand a perfect knot border. Here are the niche categories worth knowing about, what each one solves, and when reaching for a specialty pack will save you hours.