Nathan Reed

Guides and practical explanations for making art in Procreate.

Stylus beside a cobalt stroke that changes from separated brush stamps into a continuous curve, with the title Brush Settings.

Procreate Brush Settings: Choose the Control That Changes the Mark

Start with the mark you want to change, then adjust its control on a duplicate. Learn what spacing, smoothing, pressure, grain, and wet mixing actually do.

Green leaf with a curved right-side shadow, pale veins and a short stem beside the words Draw a Leaf.

Your first Procreate illustration: draw a leaf with built-in brushes

Make one leaf with 6B Pencil and Monoline. Follow a concrete layer sequence from rough sketch to filled shape, clipped shadow, editable backup and PNG.