Buyer's guide · Sketching & graphite

Procreate Pencil Brushes

A pencil brush is judged on three things: does it darken with pressure the way graphite does, does it shade on the tilt like the side of a lead, and does it leave honest tooth on the canvas instead of a plastic glide. These are the kits in the catalog built around those three tests — from full traditional sketchbooks down to a $0 fine-liner set.

What a pencil brush has to get right

Procreate ships with a serviceable pencil, and most artists outgrow it quickly. The difference a tuned pencil kit makes is not a bigger brush count — it is a better pressure curve. A good sketching pencil stays light at the start of the stroke so you can ghost in a gesture, darkens smoothly as you commit, and on the tilt it shades like the side of graphite rather than spraying like an airbrush.

The kits below are organised by where they sit in a drawing: sketch first, block the figure, then ink over the rough. If you are unsure whether Procreate pencils suit you at all, start with the free fine-liner set — it installs exactly the same way as the paid kits, so it is a zero-cost test of the whole workflow.

Pencil Brushes

Pencil, graphite & charcoal kits

Sketch-first tools: gesture, study, value and finished drawing.

Pencil Brushes

Figure layout stamps

Block in the pose first, then draw over the top — the fastest way to keep proportions honest.

Pencil Brushes

Ink over the sketch

Clean liners to finish a pencil rough — including the free set.

Sketching in every style, one library

One library. Multiple workflows. Less tool hunting.

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Single specialist packs run $4–$10 each across 31 kits. One library, every style, $19.00.

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Straight answers

Common questions

Do these pencil brushes respond to Apple Pencil tilt?

Yes. The sketching kits are tuned for pressure and tilt inside Procreate, so an angled stroke shades like the side of a graphite lead instead of behaving like an airbrush. Each product page lists its own brush behaviour and file contents under Technical Details.

Is there a free pencil or ink brush I can test first?

Yes — the free Fine Liner Set includes 100 liner, micron and marker brushes plus 13 paper textures for $0. It installs exactly like the paid kits, so it doubles as a compatibility test for your iPad before you spend anything.

What canvas size should I sketch on?

Bigger than you think. Sketching on a small canvas and scaling the drawing up later blurs your strokes. The canvas size and DPI guide below walks through pixel dimensions for studies, prints and commissions.

Pencil first or ink first?

Pencil first. A fast graphite rough under a clean ink pass is the standard sequence in this catalog, and the pose stamps exist for the step before that — blocking in the figure so the drawing starts from honest proportions.

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