No one says you couldn’t create your own custom oil brushes from scratch. But doing it once really put things into perspective for me. It takes so long. And you have to be so focused. I would much rather buy a set like this … if only it was available when I needed it.

Here’s exactly how to create your own Procreate oil brush:

1. Create a paint swatch with Oil or Acrylic paint on canvas—the real ones! 😉
2. Take a high-resolution scan. Be sure to use a top quality scanner to avoid shaky or low resolution scans. You need to capture every little detail of your brush stroke to achieve realistic Procreate results.
3. Invert the image to black & white.
4. Clean it up and save the image to your photo gallery.
5. Create a new brush in Procreate.
6. Go to Shape > Edit > Import a photo
7. Go to Grain > Edit > Source Library > pick canvas texture > Play around as you like.
8. Go to Wet mix > Dilution above 50% > Charge below 30% > Attack Below 50% > Pull to the max
9. Play with the settings and adjust it just so you really capture the realistic feel. The settings are really unpredictable and you have to spend quite some time going back and forth among all the combinations - light colors, dark colors, wet brush, dry brush, etc. You might want to spend some more time really focusing on nailing this step if you want your Procreate brush to look and behave like the real thing.

Now just repeat that 99 times to create the whole set and you’re done. Or you can click below and get it instantly for just $29. It’s up to you!