Cloud Brush Pack — cover artwork by Devin Elle Kurtz — Cover: Devin Elle Kurtz

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Cloud Brush Pack by Devin Elle Kurtz

by Devin Elle Kurtz

Brushes: 53
In the download: 5 Procreate .brushset files, a Photoshop .abr, Clip Studio Paint .sut brushes and a cheat sheet
Works with: Procreate, Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint
Price: Free ($0+) on Gumroad
License: Royalty-free: the author's README allows personal, freelance, educational and commercial use with no license or credit required.

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53 brushes for painting skies, from soft hazy block-ins to crisp streaks, by background artist Devin Elle Kurtz. The same pack works in Procreate, Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint, and the author's README makes it royalty-free — including in work you sell.

The download comes from the author's Gumroad page; we only describe what is inside.

Fluffy clouds and block-ins

Sixteen brushes for the main cloud masses: grainy bases, puffy block-ins, jagged and fuzzy edges, and a colour-bleed block-in that mixes hues as you paint. Lay the shape down with one of these, then refine.

Grainy Cloud Base
Hazy Cloud Blockin
Angled stripe fog
Thick Wispy Clouds
Puffy Thick Cloud Block-in
Fluffy Clouds
Textured Fluffy Clouds
Angled Fluffy Clouds
Jagged Edge Clouds
Dual Edge Block In
Fluffy Edge Variation
Fluffy Edge Variation 2
Thick Puffy Cloud Block-In
Thick Puffy Cloud Block-In 2
Fuzzy Edge Cloud Block in
Color Bleed Puffy Cloud Block-In

Wispy clouds and streaks

Fifteen brushes for thin, high clouds: soft scattered clouds, streaks and several cloud lines — loose, grainy, double, spiky, flat. Useful for cirrus skies and for breaking up a big flat gradient.

Soft Scattered Clouds 1
Soft Scattered Clouds 2
Soft Scattered Clouds 3
Scattered Edges
Thick Scattered Clouds
Cloud Streak 1
Cloud Streak 2
Cloud Streak 3
Spiky Cloud Streak
Loose Cloud Line
Grainy Cloud Line
Double Cloud Line
Spiky Cloud Line
Soft Fluffy Cloud Line
Flat Cloud Line

Watercolor clouds

Fourteen brushes with a wet, blooming edge — seven watercolor cloud stamps, two noise textures, scattered clouds and a thick block-in — for skies that should look painted rather than airbrushed.

Watercolor Cloud 1
Watercolor Cloud 2
Watercolor Cloud 3
Watercolor Cloud 4
Watercolor Cloud 5
Watercolor Cloud 6
Watercolor Cloud 7
Watercolor Cloud Noise
Watercolor Cloud Noise 2
Scattered Watercolor Cloud
Thick Watercolor Cloud Line
Fluffy Watercolor Cloud
Scattered Watercolor Clouds
Thick Cloud Watercolor Blockin

Painting rakes and highlights

Six painting brushes (textured cloud brushes, painting rakes, cloud hatching) for working into the forms, plus two highlight brushes for the bright rim where sun hits the cloud.