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Pencil Work | Realistic Procreate Colored Pencil Brushes, 20-Pack

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If you've ever wished your iPad could feel like a sketchbook full of colored pencils, the grain, the tooth, the way color builds when you layer, this set is what I made for that feeling. These 20 Procreate colored pencil brushes were built from real pencil textures I use in my own illustration work. Not procedurally generated. Actual scanned media from my studio, tuned until drawing with them felt like the real thing. Pressure and tilt respond naturally. Instant download.

What's in the Set (20 Brushes)

Shading and color building

Tilt Shader. Tilt your Apple Pencil to shade just like on paper. Light touch for light values, deeper tilt for rich shadows.
Creamy Pencil Shader. Layers build and saturate the way real pigment does. Good for deep shadows and burnished color.
Color Brightness Shift. Each stroke varies slightly in brightness on its own, the organic variation of a real pencil with no manual adjusting.
Subtle Hue Shift. Slight color variation within each stroke, the complexity you see in traditional colored pencil work where pigment is never perfectly uniform.

Details and linework

Sharp Tip. That freshly sharpened feeling. Precise and clean for tight details and fine lines.
Hard Pencil. Crisp, low-texture strokes for confident outlines and defined edges.
Finer Tooth. Slightly textured but controlled. Sits between soft and sharp for everyday mark-making.

Blending and coverage

Soft Core. Buttery smooth blending for transitions and soft edges.
Area Shader. Covers ground quickly while keeping the pencil texture. For laying in base tones.
Pattern Brushes (3). Paper grain and texture overlays that add depth to your colored pencil work.

Finishing

Highlighter. Lifts brightness in a second pass without switching layers or colors. Draw over your work to pull out the highlights.
Spotlight Shader. Builds darker the more you layer on the same area, the way real colored pencils saturate over multiple passes.

What Are These Colored Pencil Brushes Good For?

Illustration, character design, editorial art, botanical drawing, and any work where you want the warmth and texture of traditional colored pencils in a digital workflow. They're especially useful if you:

Want a traditional colored pencil look in Procreate
Do layered illustration work that needs buildable, pressure-sensitive shading
Love natural media but need undo, layers, and infinite paper

Also in the Natural Media Bundle

This set is one of three in the Natural Media Essentials Bundle, with the Artist Grade Crayon set and Oil Pastel Vol. 1. All 38 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; Apple Pencil Pro barrel roll supported
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

See Them Drawn

The free layered demo file on this store shows how my brushes behave in a finished piece (it uses the free starter set), and my YouTube channel has walkthroughs of the natural media sets in use.

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 in the FAQ.

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.

Should I get this or the 4-Pack?

The 4-Pack is these four core brushes: Creamy, Shader, Highlighter, and Tilt Shader. If you want to test how real-pencil brushes feel in Procreate before committing, start there. If you already know you draw in colored pencil, this set adds the paper-grain overlays, hue-shift brushes, and detail tips you'll want within a week.

Do these look like real colored pencil, or like a digital brush with a texture on it?

Every brush starts from a scan of an actual pencil stroke on paper, then gets tuned until layering, tilt, and pressure behave the way the pencil does. The tell with most digital pencils is uniform color; these vary brightness and hue inside the stroke so built-up color stays alive.

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

The three pattern brushes are paper grain and texture overlays — you draw them on like any other brush, giving you control over where and how much surface texture you add. They're designed to be used on top of your colored pencil work to add depth and make the piece read more like traditional media.

They work for both. Beginners will find the brushes intuitive because they respond the way real colored pencils do — there's no learning curve around how to make them look natural. More advanced illustrators will appreciate the nuance: the color brightness shift, subtle hue variation, and tilt shading give you the kind of control that holds up in professional illustration work.

Yes — that's specifically what the Creamy Pencil Shader and Spotlight Shader Pencils are designed for. Layer over the same area repeatedly and the color deepens and saturates, mimicking the way real colored pencil pigment builds up and burnishes when you work into it.

If you've been using the 4-Pack and want more range, yes. The 20-Pack includes all four brushes from that set plus 16 more — the specialty shaders like the Color Brightness Shift and Subtle Hue Shift, the Finer Tooth for detailed linework, the pattern overlay brushes, and the Spotlight Shader Pencils for burnishing. It's the same foundation with a full professional toolkit built around it.

Yes. The combination of the Soft Core for smooth blending, the Subtle Hue Shift for natural color variation, and the Tilt Shader for gradual value transitions makes this set well suited for portrait work and skin tones. The organic variation built into each stroke helps avoid the flat, uniform look that makes digital portraits feel unnatural.