Free Brush Set: Kenny Spicer’s Inkered Illustration Brushes
Kenny Spicer makes art of bad-ass bikers, bitchin’ Camaros, and other things Kustom Kulture enthusiasts go wild for. Think hot rods, skull tattoos, and anything that would look totally sick on a black...
View ArticleFree Grunge Brushes: Adding Banged Up Texture to Your Art
In the real world, wear and tear happens on everything we interact with. Grunge can tell the story behind an object — from the torn edges of your favorite hoodie to the paint that peels from that spot...
View ArticleComic Halftone Brush Set
You don’t have to be a comic book fan to love halftone art, but if you are a fan of comics we bet you love that traditional halftone look. We sure do. The look that comes from images made up of...
View ArticleClouds Brush Set: Paint With Some Dreamy Textures
We all have a vision in our minds of what a cloud-filled sky looks like, but have you ever tried to draw them? It’s a little trickier than you might think. They can’t all look alike or symmetrical....
View ArticleFree Fur Brush Set: Paint Realistic Fluff with Textured Brushes
We’ve published many in-depth tutorials on animal anatomy, so we thought it only made sense to create a Fur Brush Set for our users. Instead of having to painstakingly paint each stroke of hair, you...
View ArticleOld School Art Values: Crosshatch Brush Set
Crosshatching is a basic technique for adding depth and shadows to your illustrations by drawing layers of overlapping lines. Chances are you’ve used or seen this technique before. Crosshatching can...
View ArticleTextured Watercolor Brush Set
Last year, we released a Watercolor Brush Set that became incredibly popular among our users. We decided to update this brush set to a Textured Watercolors Brush Set that includes 15 brushes with the...
View ArticleManga Basics: Free Brush Set & Drawing Tutorial
Even with 160 default brushes for SketchBook Pro members and 50+ free brush sets here on our blog to download and add to the app, we felt like something was missing. We needed some brushes made...
View ArticleJason Heeley’s Art Brushes: Part of an Epic Collection
Our friend Jason Heeley has been busy building an incredible library of custom brushes. Hundreds of them, each more interesting than the last. If you know Jason’s work, you are keenly aware that he’s...
View ArticleThe Art of the Brush: Painting with Toothpaste
If you’re one of the regular readers of our blog, you know we have a mission for SketchBook Pro users that we take deadly serious — providing you with the best brush sets on the planet. Period. We...
View ArticleDrawing Water the Easy Way: Jason Heeley Water Brush Set
If you’ve ever tried to draw a lake or an ocean or a river, you know there are some tricks to it. If you’re drawing digitally, you should definitely take advantage of your layers and draw contour...
View ArticleJason Heeley’s Fantasy Art Brush Set
Following his wonderful Art Brush Set and his Water Effect Brush Set, Jason Heeley brings us a fantastical new set of brushes for SketchBook that are perfect for creating Fantasy Art. Be it dragons,...
View ArticleKevin Mellon Brush Set
Storyboard and comics artist Kevin Mellon has a great style when working in SketchBook. To get that style he has customized a set of brushes that dovetail perfectly with his workflow. His customized...
View ArticleFine Art Brush Sets: The Collection
Over the past year we have posted over 50 Free Brush Sets on the blog and we realize that many of our new users haven’t had the chance to go back into our archives and access all the great content...
View ArticleColored Pencils: A Free Brush Set
No more lazy days of summer if you’re a student or teacher. It’s time for you to go back to school. To help you get in the mood (if that’s possible), we created a special set of colored pencil brushes...
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