Realistic Oil Pastel Procreate Brushes Vol. 1 cover by Esther Nariyoshi: an oil pastel stick drawing an orange line

Green oil pastel swatches: Hard One, Fine Grain, Bumpy, Texture Builder, Scratched, Rich Belly. Oil Pastel Vol. 1 brushes

Single-layer swatches of Go-To, Rough Paper, Rough Grain, Hollow Belly and Softy from the Oil Pastel Vol. 1 Procreate brushes

Video demo of the Oil Pastel Vol. 1 Procreate brushes (11 brushes) by Esther Nariyoshi: blending, texture and layering

Video of the Realistic Oil Pastel Procreate Brushes Vol. 1 in use by illustrator Esther Nariyoshi.

Swatches of Hard One, Fine Grain, Bumpy, Texture Builder, Scratched and Rich Belly oil pastel Procreate brushes, Vol. 1

Double-layer swatches of Go-To, Rough Paper, Rough Grain, Hollow Belly and Softy showing oil pastel buildup, Vol. 1

Hard One, Fine Grain, Bumpy, Texture Builder, Scratched and Rich Belly swatches on a yellow grid, Oil Pastel Vol. 1

Triple-layer swatches of Go-To, Rough Paper, Rough Grain, Hollow Belly and Softy showing oil pastel buildup in Procreate

Wavy oil pastel line showing gentle pressure sensitivity, Realistic Oil Pastel Procreate Brushes Vol. 1 by Esther Nariyoshi

Texture Builder varies color between strokes; Rich Belly shifts color inside each stroke. Oil Pastel Vol. 1 Procreate brushes

Pink and green oil pastel strokes blending smoothly, captioned Blends Beautifully. Oil Pastel Vol. 1 Procreate brushes

Realistic Oil Pastel Procreate Brushes | 11-Pack Vol. 1

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That buttery drag. The way color shifts inside a single stroke. The buildup when you layer. Oil pastels have a quality that's hard to fake, and most digital brushes don't even try. These 11 Procreate oil pastel brushes were built from real oil pastels I use in my own studio. Scanned, tested, and tuned until they had the weight and texture of the actual medium. Pressure sensitive but not too sensitive, so you have control without fighting the tool. They blend, too. Instant download.

What's in the Set (11 Brushes)

Everyday workhorses

Go-To. Your foundational oil pastel brush. Solid texture, reliable behavior, the one you'll reach for first.
Softy. Smooth, buttery coverage with soft edges. For transitions, blending, and a gentler touch.
Hard One. More control, crisper strokes. For defined edges and a firmer mark.

Textured surfaces

Rough Paper. Natural paper grit in every stroke, like dragging a pastel across cold-press watercolor paper.
Rough Grain. Visible, granular texture that keeps work from reading too clean.
Bumpy. Uneven, organic grain for a looser, more expressive feel.
Fine Grain. Subtler texture for detail areas that still need that oil pastel quality.

Special effects

Texture Builder. Each stroke varies in color on its own, creating depth and tonal variation in a single swipe.
Rich Belly. Color shifts inside the stroke itself, like real pastel sticks where the pigment is never uniform.
Scratched. Rough, irregular marks with an imperfect edge. For gritty, expressive work.
Hollow Belly. Textured edges with lighter coverage in the center. Depth without full coverage.

What Are These Oil Pastel Brushes Good For?

This is the focused starter set. Illustration, children's book art, editorial work, bold graphic pieces, and any project where you want visible, painterly texture. They're especially useful if you:

Want a realistic oil pastel look in Procreate
Are new to natural media brushes and want a tight, curated set to start with
Love expressive, textured mark-making with bold color

Vol. 1 or Vol. 2?

This is the starter set: 11 brushes, the essentials, nothing you won't use. Vol. 2 is 31 brushes, adding smooth-blend, velvety, highlight, and layering brushes. Start here if you're new to oil pastel brushes. See Realistic Oil Pastel Brushes Vol. 2 if you already know you want the full range.

Also in the Natural Media Bundle

This set is one of three in the Natural Media Essentials Bundle, with Pencil Work colored pencils and the Artist Grade Crayon set. All 40 brushes with a commercial license for $57, which is $30 less than buying the three separately.

Compatibility

App: Procreate on iPad. Not compatible with Procreate Pocket, Photoshop, or Illustrator
Device: all iPad sizes
Stylus: Apple Pencil recommended
File format: .brushset, imports directly into Procreate
Delivery: instant download

How to Install

Download the .brushset file on your iPad
Tap it, and Procreate opens and imports it automatically
Find the new set at the top of your Brushes panel

Licensing

Three options at checkout: Personal, Commercial, and Extended. Personal covers practice, personal projects, portfolio pieces, and social media. Commercial adds client work and selling what you make, up to 5,000 units per design. Extended removes the unit cap, for large production runs, fabric collections, or licensing your art to manufacturers. Started with Personal? You can upgrade anytime by paying the difference. Full terms are on the What Your License Covers page.

Questions People Ask

Can I use these brushes in work I sell?

Yes, with the Commercial or Extended license, chosen at checkout. Personal covers your own projects and portfolio.

Is 11 brushes enough?

For most illustration work, yes. Three workhorses, four textured surfaces, and the special-effect brushes cover sketching, blocking in, and finishing. Vol. 2 exists for people who want more variety, not because Vol. 1 is missing something essential.

Do these blend?

Yes, on the layer, as you draw. Softy is the blending brush; Go-To and Hard One hold their edge.

Do I need an Apple Pencil Pro?

No. Every brush works with any Apple Pencil. Apple Pencil Pro adds barrel roll on the sets that support it.

What if the file won't import?

Email me with your order number. Digital sales are final, but a file that doesn't work is on me, and I'll get you a working one.

Digital product. Instant download, nothing ships. All sales are final, but if a file won't open or a brush won't import, email me and I'll make it right.

About the Artist. Esther Nariyoshi is a published illustrator based in the U.S. Her work draws on the three cultures she has lived in, and the brushes in this store start as real media in her studio.

Handmade digital assets by Esther Nariyoshi

FAQs

If you're new to oil pastel brushes in Procreate, Vol. 1 is the better starting point. Nine brushes is enough to understand how the medium behaves digitally without overwhelming your workflow. If you're already comfortable with natural media brushes in Procreate and know you want a full professional toolkit from day one, Vol. 2 gives you that range immediately. The two sets are also complementary — Vol. 1's core brushes and Vol. 2's expanded options work well together.

For most oil pastel illustration work, yes — the 9 brushes cover the full range of what the medium actually does. You get your workhorse brush in the Go-To, smooth blending in the Softy, hard edges in the Hard One, multiple paper texture options, and the Texture Builder and Rich Belly for color variation. Where you'd outgrow it is if you want more expressive mark-making variety, more blending tools, or specialty finishing brushes — that's when Vol. 2's 31-brush set becomes the better fit.

It means the brushes respond to pressure in a way that feels natural rather than reactive. Some brushes are so pressure sensitive that a slight variation completely changes the stroke, which makes them hard to control. These were tuned so light pressure gives you lighter, more transparent marks and heavy pressure gives you fuller coverage — but the transition is gradual enough that you stay in control. It behaves the way a real oil pastel does when you vary how hard you press.

Most brushes in the set have a consistent texture throughout the stroke. The Texture Builder and Rich Belly are different — both automatically vary in color within each stroke, mimicking the way real oil pastel sticks are never perfectly uniform in pigment. The Texture Builder varies color across the stroke, building natural tonal depth in a single pass. The Rich Belly shifts color inside the stroke itself. Both add the kind of complexity that makes a mark look like it came from real media rather than a digital tool.

You can blend between colors. The Softy brush in particular is designed for smooth transitions — work a second color into the edge of the first and it blends naturally with repeated strokes. The Go-To also blends reasonably well for a workhorse brush. The key is working on the same layer and using light pressure on the overlapping area, the same technique you'd use with real oil pastels to push colors into each other.