Featured Artist: Yazgar’s Daily Doodles and MegaPack Brush Demos
I couldn't think of a better way for 2018 to start! 😄 The great artist and illustrator @Yazgar from Tasmania is systematically testing my Procreate MegaPack brushes. Gaz was so kind as to share the amazing Daily Doodles he creates with my brushes. Check out the simple, yet stunning doodles and illustration quickies to see how the different ink brushes and markers work!
Beautiful Brush Book Reference Illustrations by Gaz
A collection of Gaz’ brush demos will be featured in my upcoming Free Procreate Brush Book. You’ll get a 100+ page reference manual with cheat sheets and brush demos as well as tips & tricks for my Freebies & MegaPack brushes - for FREE! 😊
For the ROSSBOB brushes, Gaz couldn't resist taking a quick detour into color 😋
Artwork by Gaz @Yazgar
Thanks and kudos to Gaz - you really made my day, man! 😄
Follow @Yazgar on Twitter or Instagram to enjoy his Daily Doodles, scary sketches, and impressive illustrations on an amazing “journey of self-discovery“.
Check out yazgar.com and explore more of Gaz’ unique art.
How to use the Procreate RossBob Wet Oil Paint Brushes (I)
The RossBob Wet Oil Paint Brush Set is available as a stand-alone set and free MegaPack update. It contains more than 30 new wet paint brushes for Bob Ross style oil painting in Procreate 4. I also included my new ROSSBOB color swatches to get you started painting right away!
For beginners, I recommend watching and following one of the numerous Bob Ross videos on YouTube & Co. There are also many good tutorial videos for iPad/Procreate, some of them are quite funny too:
General Tips
Try out the brushes with different pen pressure, tilt, and stroke speed to get a feeling for their stroke details and dynamics.
Use the brushes in “Wet Paint” mode for smooth, blurred and distant elements. Use “Normal” or “Glaze” mode to add bigger, crisper and more detailed elements to the foreground.
(You can switch between the 3 brush rendering modes using the respective buttons in the “Dynamics” tab of your brush menu.)
Use separate layer groups for the foreground, middle ground, and background.
Think and paint in layers: Build up your colors, structures, and forms step by step, working from dark to light colors.
Paint shadows and highlights on separate layers and try different blending modes:
Highlights: Brighten or Negative Multiply
Shadows: Multiply, Darken or Color Burn
The names of the RossBob brushes only represent their primary function (like painting grass, leaves, water, bark etc.). Feel free to experiment with them, combine different patterns for a natural look, and spot “happy accidents” to elaborate details you find interesting.
Use layer masks to hide areas and work on selected areas while keeping the underlying layers intact (non-destructive painting).
Merge layers when you reach the maximum number of layers for your canvas size.
Make copies of your artwork. If you mess up a certain area, you can always go back and copy details from the previous versions.
The RossBob Brushes
One of the main brushes of the RossBob Set is the PAINT KNIFE. It is a very versatile paint, wet mix, and texture brush, which produces lots of “happy accidents” that can be used as natural structures for your scene.
Use the PAINT KNIFE to paint some basic forms and define areas like the sky, mountains, hills, water etc.:
Use the VEGETATION, SPIKEY, HAPPY SHRUB, BRUEGEL, and HAPPY BUSHES brushes to paint vegetation, bushes, shrubs etc. Mix the different brushes to add variations and create an organic look.
The BRUEGEL brush is one of the main texture and pattern brushes: a versatile allrounder for brushes, leaves, and vegetation. Use different color shades to define lights and shadows of your scene.
The RAGGED brush is great for natural surfaces like grasslands, embankments, rivers, paths etc.
Use the RIPPLES brush to add highlights, shadows, and accents for bumpy, rough, and wavy surfaces.
Use the GRASS brushes and the HAPPY FLOWERS to add details to the foreground:
Here are some demo strokes with the other leaves, grass, and tree brushes:
The FAN BRUSH is great to paint details like pine trees, vegetation, grass on distant hills etc:
A quick concept demo for painting pine trees with the RossBob FAN BRUSH ("Wet Paint" brush mode):
The WATER CLOUDS brush can be used for clouds as well as water surfaces (transform to match perspective):
The SCRIPT LINER is great for adding details, accents, highlights, and linework:
The ROUND BRUSH is a textured multi-purpose tool for all kinds of painting techniques:
Here are some demo strokes in “Wet Paint” mode with some of the classic paint brushes:
Use the ROSSBOB MIXER and TEXTURE BLENDER brushes to blend colors or create rough edges. Use low opacity for soft blending and wet color mixing.
Import the RossBob COLOR SWATCHES included in this set if you want to use the classic palette of the great Bob Ross.
Just added 16 cool new Procreate 4 brushes to my MegaPack as another FREE update! It includes brand-new Procreate 4 ink and paint brushes as well as two harmonic color palettes designed for my new ROSSBOB Wet Oil Paint Series! 😃
You can download my updated MegaPack (version 14.1) via Gumroad, Sellfy, and CreativeMarket.
If you already own the MegaPack, you'll get the updated version for FREE:
Just click the link in your email receipt to download the latest version.
If you purchased your MegaPack via Sellfy or Gumroad, log into your account to find the updated file(s) under "Purchases" / "Library".
This update also includes version P4.2 of the GILPIN (fixed artifacts with bigger brush sizes), an optimized version of the ROSSBOB Paint Knife (P4.1) as well as the ROSSBOB CRUDE OIL P4, which now can be used as a 3-in-1 Multi Brush!
FREE Procreate 4 Oil Paint Multi Brush
If you don't have the MegaPack, you can try this versatile Procreate 4 oil paint/marker brush for FREE: Download my Free Paint Brush Set via Sellfy or Gumroad! 😊
Dee-nice said:
I finally purchased your megapack for myself yesterday, after discovering how much I love using your free brushes since getting procreate a couple of months ago. First, I just want to say, it really is an incredible bargain. all too often I'm too low on funds to purchase new assets. your generosity makes a huge difference for someone like me, and I truly appreciate it.
otherwise, I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you, for all your great work. I've been experimenting with my lovely new brushes one by one since I got them, and I'm simply delighted. the quality of your products is amazing, both in form and function. they each look so good, and they're all easy, even fun, to use. I'm feeling more and more inspired with each one i try, and I already can tell that I'll be using some of them pretty much constantly.
sincerely, thank you, for doing what you do. it's totally awesome, and (for lack of a less cheesy word) inspirational. I've been having so much fun just experimenting with all the various combos and possibilities all night, that I forgot to go to bed. totally worth it.
Thanks so much for your warm-hearted words and kind support, Dee-nice! It makes me more than happy that you enjoy the brushes and my work inspires you! Helping fellow artists and hobbyists with the best tools possible and seeing what you create with them is the best reward.
So please feel free to share your doodles, drawings, and paintings in this thread or tweet @georgvw. It also helps me optimizing the brushes if you share some of your work in progress so I can see how you use them (which sometimes is hard to tell in the finished version).
Wishing you tons of fun (and hopefully not too many sleepless nights) with the new brushes! 😄
–Georg
Hey guys! Here are sample strokes and cheat sheets for some of my new ROSSBOB wet oil paint brushes from the latest MegaPack update (#21, Oct 16-2017). I created these multi-purpose paint brushes using the powerful new Procreate 4 features like wet paint and texture bleed. 😍
All brushes can be used in normal, glaze, and wet paint mode. You can switch the brush render mode in the “Dynamics” tab of the brush menu. They work great with the ROSSBOB harmonic color swatches I included in the last two MegaPack updates.
The ROSSBOB PAINT KNIFE is one of the main brushes in my new set. In default wet paint mode, it gives you an awesome variety of dry and wet brush strokes depending on the pen pressure, speed, and tilt angle you use. It’s a great tool to quickly paint the background of your scene and give your painting a nice rough underlying texture.
Step #1 from my Bob Ross tutorial - with just a few quick ROSSBOB PAINT KNIFE brush strokes you create your basic scene layout! Use "happy accidents" and the varying texture marks of your brush strokes to find patterns that appeal to you and can be used to build up details.
I recommend thinking and working in layers when you set up the background, middle ground, and foreground of your painting. For more complex paintings, it’s a good idea to keep separate elements like mountains, trees, and water in their respective layer groups. Flatten finished subgroups when you reach the limit of available layers.
Preview: The MARX PAINTBRUSH BROTHERS
Another awesome MegaPack update is in the making - including the MARX PAINTBRUSH BROTHERS, a set of multi-purpose acrylic, gouache, and oil paint brushes for Procreate 4:
So stay tuned for more brush features and painting tips!
rossbob replied to your post:how the hell did you get that shot: a documentary...
especially nature docs like HOW
I KNOW especially when they're talking about something really specific like wth did you just set up cameras and cross your fingers and hope really hard that something relevant would happen????? what kind of magic do these people work
omg you're super cool and funny and we don't talk enough but we always like each other's posts but we should talk more like ur one of my fave blogs ily uwu
rossbob replied to your post “i need to go buy groceries but the idea of leaving my room to go walk...”
you can do it friend!!! i have so much faith in u!!!!
ahhh thank you!!!!!! i think im gonna go down now bc if i put it off any longer it'll get dark and if i have to walk in the cold i would rather there still be light
