35 Essential Starter Brushes for Procreate – Complete Beginner Brush Set

Kickstart your Procreate journey with a thoughtfully curated set designed to make creating art easier, faster, and more enjoyable. The 35 Essential Starter Brushes for Procreate bring together every core tool you need to sketch, ink, paint, blend, texture, and polish your artwork with confidence. Whether you’re brand-new to digital illustration or you simply want a reliable, go-to toolkit, this brush set delivers professional results without the learning curve.

Inside, you’ll find a balanced mix of sketch brushes for loose brainstorming, crisp line art brushes for inking and comics, flat and rendering brushes for clean base colors and dimensional shading, plus versatile blenders to soften edges and unify your tones. A selection of texture brushes adds grit, grain, and painterly charm, allowing you to achieve anything from a creamy, traditional feel to a bold, digital aesthetic—all within one cohesive set.

This collection also includes two powerful, time-saving tools you won’t want to work without:

- Straight Line Tool: Draw flawless straight lines instantly, even with quick or shaky strokes—no need to pause and wait for QuickShape. Perfect for architecture, interfaces, lettering baselines, and precise guides.

- Shape Tool Lite: Finally, a dependable way to form perfect shapes. If QuickShape misreads your squares or circles, this brush helps you nail them every time. Simply curve your strokes slightly outward as you draw, then hold to snap. Pro tip: while holding, tap the screen with one finger to convert to a perfect shape.

Designed for clarity and control, each brush is tuned for a natural drawing experience, with pressure and tilt settings that respond like real media. From clean illustrations and concept art to hand lettering and textured paintings, these brushes adapt to your style and speed up your workflow. Spend less time wrestling with settings and more time creating.

If you’re building your toolkit, pair this starter set with our other practical brush packs to expand your textures, specialty inking, and painterly looks. Begin with the essentials—and watch your art grow.