VIDEO TUTORIAL: Autumn Forest Path (Patreon)

This week we are painting an autumn forest path, layered foliage, bare branches, fallen leaves, and two pumpkins nestled in the grass. But this tutorial is also a brush creation tutorial: along the way, we create three custom Procreate brushes from scratch that make building the scene a lot faster and more interesting.

The three brushes we make are a bush leaves brush, a foliage brush, and a grass brush. We build each one from a hand-drawn shape, set up the spacing, jitter, rotation, grain, and color dynamics, and then put them straight to work in the scene. I have attached all three brushes to this post so you can use them directly if you prefer.

The key idea in this tutorial is combining custom brush strokes with hand-drawn details. The brushes give you that lovely layered texture quickly, and then you go in with a regular brush by hand to add plants, branches, and details that keep it from looking generic. That combination is really the secret to making a scene like this feel alive.

The color palette we'll be using is attached to the post (as always, make sure to use a browser like Safari or Chrome when downloading, the Patreon app won't let you download attachments unfortunately).

DOWNLOAD COLOR PALETTE

DOWNLOAD BUSH LEAVES BRUSH

DOWNLOAD FOLIAGE BRUSH

DOWNLOAD FALLEN LEAVES BRUSH

DOWNLOAD GRASS BRUSH

Canvas size: 2300 X 3000

Layers: 19

*Grab all the Patreon brushes