Deer in a Forest
In this cozy little tutorial, we’re creating a whimsical fall forest with a sweet stylized deer tucked right in the spotlight. This isn’t about getting everything perfect, it’s all about relaxing, playing with color and texture, and just having fun with your brushes. We start with a loose sketch to set the mood, layer in colorful tree shapes, add some playful patterns, and then bring in our little deer to complete the scene. It’s a gentle, creative process, so no pressure, just enjoy painting something a little magical.
Brushes used:
- Basic Sketcher
- Gatsby
- Lily
- Sanderling
- Soft Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2300 x 3000 pixels
Key Skills Learned:
- Sketching a loose and playful composition
Start off with a light sketch, trees, bushes, and a little deer. Keep it loose and fun, no need for precision here. - Building soft, stylized tree shapes with color harmony
Layer trees from back to front using gentle, matching colors that flow nicely together. Each tree gets its own space and vibe. - Adding textures with clipping masks and hand-drawn patterns
Use light hatching, dots, leafy shapes and lines to give each tree its own personality. It’s all about those small, simple details. - Painting tree trunks and softly fading them into snow
Draw simple, natural trunks and fade the bottoms with the soft brush to make it feel like they’re gently sitting in snow. - Bringing the deer to life with just a few shapes and accents
Keep the deer nice and simple, add soft shadows, a little eye, some dots on the back, and you’re done! Super sweet and easy.
Watercolor Fall Landscape
In this cozy little tutorial, we’re painting a beautiful fall landscape in Procreate using some of my favorite watercolor brushes. It’s super simple, super relaxing, and you don’t need to stress about things being perfect. I’ll walk you through all the steps, from building soft, overlapping hills to adding trees, leaves, grass, and even some birds flying off into a stormy sky. You can totally follow along with the free color palette I’ve left for you or mix things up with your own favorite colors. Just have fun with it!
Brushes used:
- Winkleigh
- Cascade
- Nowhere Else
- Bronzewing
Canvas Size:
- 2300 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Layering hills with painterly texture
We build our landscape with soft watercolor strokes, stacking hill shapes in separate layers to create that dreamy, moody depth. - Using Alpha Lock to add color variation
With Alpha Lock on, we gently brush in lighter and darker tones to give our hills more texture, super quick and it looks so good. - Creating trees with freehand selections
Trees are made with wobbly, hand-drawn shapes, no need for precision! Then we fill them in with watercolor for that nice, loose look. - Drawing trunks and branches with pressure control
The tree trunks are drawn using pressure-sensitive strokes, so the branches naturally taper off. Super satisfying and very fun. - Finishing touches with grass and birds
A few strokes of grass here and there, plus some little V-shaped birds in the sky, and boom—your scene comes to life!
Castle in the Hills
In this cheerful and beginner-friendly Procreate tutorial, you’ll be creating a colorful, whimsical scene of a castle tucked into rolling hills. No drawing experience needed. I’ll guide you step by step. You’ll start with some cozy hill shapes, layer them up for depth, and then build your own fun little castle with playful towers and quirky rooftops. You’ll be adding fluffy clouds, bright flowers, dreamy textures, and a winding path to complete the scene. It’ll be relaxed, messy, and full of charm, and by the end, you’ll have a piece you’ll be proud of!
Brushes used:
- Oberon
- Salamanca
- Jagged
- Niko Rull
- Inker
Canvas Size:
- 3500 x 3000 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Layering with Clipping Masks and Alpha Lock
Use clipping masks and alpha lock to seamlessly apply texture and shading to specific areas without disrupting your base shapes. - Stylized Hill and Background Building
Craft expressive, overlapping hills using different brush sizes, opacities, and hues to build depth and create a playful, stylized look. - Creating a Custom Fantasy Castle
Design a layered castle with towers, roofs, and walls using the selection tool and color fill, adding personality with imperfect lines and wonky shapes. - Texture and Detail with Multiple Brushes
Add life to your artwork using textured brushes like Niko Rull and Jagged to build detail on plants, rocks, paths, and architecture. - Foreground Depth with Flowers and Foliage
Enhance the scene with large foreground flowers, custom stems, and layered plants using expressive strokes and color variation to build visual depth.
Toadstools
Okay Flocreators, autumn is here, and that means it’s the perfect time for a cozy little realism project. In this one, we’re painting a group of toadstools, just following the process and seeing where it goes. I walk you through everything: starting with a loose sketch, laying down messy colors, adding texture and light, and just slowly building it all up. You’ll see how I make decisions on the fly, test things out, and trust the process even when it looks weird halfway through (because it always does). It’s not about making an exact copy, it’s about creating something that feels right. So grab your iPad, settle in, and let’s enjoy the magic of painting something just for the fun of it.
Brushes used:
- Basic Sketcher
- Flotastic
- Base Painter
- Standard Blender
- Flo Lighta
- Flo Darka
- Lighten Line
- Darken Line
- Overlay Brush
- Twisted Tree
- Heavy Metal
- Soft Brush
Canvas Size:
- 3000 x 2000 pixels
Key Skills Learned:
- Sketching loosely while observing proportions
We start by blocking in the overall shape of the toadstool group, focusing on alignment and spacing without worrying about details too early. - Building up color in an intuitive, painterly way
Laying in messy browns and greens, testing out what works, and trusting that it’ll come together as you go. It’s all part of the fun. - Creating depth with light and shadow
By layering tones and playing with alpha lock, the forms begin to pop and feel more 3D—especially once those warm and cool tones start mixing in. - Adding detail with a soft touch
We refine textures like the little skirts, stems, and spots using a mix of smudge and line brushes, always keeping things a little bit loose. - Using texture and layer masks to ground the piece
Textures from brushes like Twisted Tree help blend the toadstools into the scene, and masks make it easy to stay in control as you experiment.
Landscape in a Circle
In this fun and easy tutorial you’ll learn how to build a beautifully layered jungle landscape inside a perfect circle, all from scratch.Whether you’re a beginner or just here for the technique tips, you’ll walk away with new skills and a digital painting you’ll want to show off.
Brushes used:
- Monoline
- Nikko Rull
- Jagged
- Oberon
- Aurora
- Cotton
- Inka
Canvas Size:
- 2500 x 2500 pixels
Skills Learned:
- Using Clipping Masks and Alpha Lock
You master how to control where your brushstrokes appear with clipping masks and alpha lock for clean, layered work. - Building Depth with Layered Mountains and Rocks
You create a painterly, multi-dimensional landscape using overlapping shapes, varied brush sizes, and subtle texturing. - Painting Realistic Bushes and Foliage
You explore the Aurora brush for soft, layered plants, learn how to smudge for realism, and add tonal variety for depth. - Creating Stylized Trees with Branch-Foliage Balance
You learn to structure trees starting with foliage or branches, using the Inker brush for expressive lines and visual harmony. - Final Touches with Drop Shadows and Texture
You add final polish using Gaussian blur for a subtle shadow and textures via Inka and jagged brushes for visual interest.
Evening Beach
Summer may be fading, but that doesn’t mean we can’t squeeze out one last warm, relaxing memory. This tutorial is all about embracing those final summer vibes with a peaceful beach scene full of soft gradients, layered cliffs, and gentle waves. It’s light, easygoing, and perfect for anyone looking to unwind with some simple, satisfying steps. Grab your pen and let’s send off the season with one last golden sunset.
Brushes used:
- Soft Brush
- Studio Pen
- Monoline
Canvas Size:
- 3000 x 2000 pixels
Key Skills Learned:
- Creating a soft gradient sky
You’ll use the Soft Brush with varying opacities to build a glowing sunset with smooth transitions and gentle lighting. - Layering rock and cliff shapes
With the Studio Pen, you build depth by stacking jagged landforms in the foreground and background. - Shaping stylized waterlines with foam
Using the Studio Pen and Liquify tool, you form dynamic, wavy shoreline shapes and accent them with dashes and highlights to suggest foam. - Using layer masks for soft light fades
Learn to add subtle lighting effects by combining solid shapes with layer masks and soft brush fades, adding realism without harsh edges. - Drawing and detailing palm trees with freehand selections
You craft palm fronds using the freehand selection tool with color fill, giving you a quick and controlled way to draw detailed tree leaves.
Pastel Paper Landscape
This is such a fun and super easy paper cutout project in Procreate. We’re making a dreamy layered landscape and this time we’re adding a lovely little frame around it too. The steps are simple, but the result has so much depth and charm. You can follow along with my colors or mix things up for your own unique piece.
Brushes used:
- Soft Brush
- Studio Pen
- Monoline
Canvas Size:
- 2500 x 2500 pixels
Key Skills Learned:
- Creating a layered paper cutout effect: Stack shapes on separate layers, then add shadows and light edges so it looks like real paper.
- Designing a custom frame: Use selection, transforms, and color fills to make a border with realistic inner shadows and highlights.
- Adding dimensional shadows: Apply Gaussian blur, multiply blending mode, and subtle offsets for that “lifted” paper look.
- Placing light edges for realism: Add highlights with the Studio Pen on the opposite side of your shadows to make the layers pop.
- Stylized tree creation: Use the freehand selection tool with color fill to create crisp, geometric trees that fit perfectly into your scene.
Blue House
Today we’re keeping it simple and super fun, we’re painting a sweet little blue house with fluffy clouds, fresh greenery, and all those tiny details that make it feel alive. We’ll start with a nice symmetrical sketch, use a bit of perspective magic for the fences, and then bring it all together with soft shadows, crisp highlights, and lots of playful texture.
Brushes used:
- Basic Sketcher
- Soft Brush
- Studio Pen
- Adjusted Soft Airbrush
- Aurora Brush
- Soft Rounded Mossy Grass Brush
- Dry Ink Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2300 x 3000 pixels
Key Skills Learned:
- Making symmetry and perspective work for you: use the symmetry guide for a perfectly balanced sketch and the perspective guide to nail those fences and tiles so everything sits just right in the scene.
- Laying down flat colors in neat layers: build the sky, house, roof, plants, and details each on their own layer so it’s easy to tweak colors or fix shapes later.
- Bringing surfaces to life with texture: from the soft, fluffy feel of clouds to the grain in wooden fences and stairs, different brushes add personality to each part of the illustration.
- Adding depth with shadows that feel natural: multiply layers and a soft brush help you place gentle shadows in just the right spots to give the house a cozy, three-dimensional look.
- Using light and reflections to add charm: soft highlights on the windows, little glints on the door, and sun-kissed edges on bushes make the whole piece pop.
Bear with Coffee
In this cozy little painting session, we’re creating something super cute, super chill, a sleepy bear on a tree stump, sipping on coffee (or tea, or cocoa, totally up to you), all wrapped in a calm, foresty vibe. It’s loose, painterly, and just really fun to do. We start with a soft sketch, build up those lovely background layers, and then slowly bring our bear and the world around him to life, one gentle brushstroke at a time. Nothing too precise, just relaxing and going with the flow.
Brushes used:
- Basic Sketcher
- Jagged
- Wet Acrylic
- Dry Mixer
- Tapered
- Impressionistic
- Soft Brush
Canvas Size:
- 2300 x 3000 pixels
Key Skills Learned:
- Sketching a peaceful scene with simple shapes
We start loose and light, a bean shape here, a soft circle there, just enough to map things out without overthinking it. - Layering painterly textures for atmosphere
Using big, soft strokes and playing with color gives us that dreamy, almost storybook forest look. - Using color to create calm and depth
We mix warm tones and soft shadows to gently lead the eye, with no harsh lines or loud spots, it’s all about the mood. - Adding soft texture and detail with purpose
Fur, bark, foliage, it’s all about little touches that keep things feeling fluffy, natural, and handmade. - Framing your subject to guide the viewer
We gently surround our bear with leaves, bushes, and soft shadows to keep him cozy and right at the heart of the scene.