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Crystals & Gemstones

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In today’s tutorial, I want to take you a step further with my latest brush set, the Gemstone Creator. I’m going to show you how to breathe more life and color into the textured polished stones in the set and how to add some creative embellishments to make them pop. Having trouble viewing the video? […]

Re-color and Embellish Polished Stone Stamps in Procreate

Gemstone stamp being recolored in Procreate.
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If you’re looking to add some sparkle and shine to your digital art, this set offers a wide variety of stamp brushes for creating gemstones, minerals, and metals in a variety of unique designs. To help you get started, I have created a walkthrough video that shows you the ins and outs of how to […]

Introducing: Gemstone Creator for Procreate

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Creating lifelike rock formations in Procreate can add depth and dimension to your landscapes and drawings. This step-by-step guide will walk you through the process of creating realistic rocks that appear to jump off the screen, using my Stone & Marble brushes. This is a versatile technique that you can also use with any other […]

Create Realistic Rocks in Procreate

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In today’s tutorial, we will make a mother of pearl abalone shell texture. Abalone shells are quite iridescent, usually blue and green with plenty of sparkles and gorgeous texture, lines and squiggles. We will be using the Liquify tool to re-create those lines and ruffles that look like a shell texture.  I will show how […]

Mother of Pearl Texture

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Today’s tutorial is based off of one of my very favorite gemstones – labradorite! The mysterious depth of this stone will hypnotize you… If you hold it in the light, you will be dazzled by flashes of blue, green and yellow. I will be using my Iridescent brush set for Procreate. In last week’s Opal […]

Labradorite

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Today I’m so excited to introduce my brand new Holographic & Iridescent brushes for Procreate! I’ve been wanting to make brushes like this for a long time.  The brushes are particularly well suited to gemstone drawings which is one of my favorite themes, so I’ve gone ahead and kicked off with a much requested Opal Tutorial.  I […]

Opal

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In today’s tutorial, I wanted to explore one of my favourite themes – gemstones and geodes! It’s a favorite genre of mine which I wanted to try it in a new medium today, so I will be showing you how to paint a geode using my Amazing Watercolor brush set. You are very welcome to follow […]

Watercolor Geode

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For today’s Procreate tutorial, I wanted to look at a new way to create agate slices across the whole canvas using a technique that is different from what I have shown before, with my Painterly brushes and both the smudge and liquify tools. If you don’t have the Painterly brushes, you’re welcome to try this technique with […]

Agate Mosaic

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In today’s tutorial, we revisit one of my favourite muses – gemstones! We will create an amethyst themed piece with my Amazing Alcohol Ink and Gold Rush Brushes. I was recently inspired by a beautiful amethyst drawn by @remyjoyart on Instagram, which she made using my brushes. You can follow her on Instagram and visit her webpage to check out all of the wonderful art […]

Amethyst

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Pretty rocks have long held a fascination for me. I share my home with an unnamed number of stones – big and small! They have been lovingly selected over the years and placed on special shelves and in places of prominence, where their mystery and deep quiet beauty can be seen and felt. Do you […]

Paint a Geode in Procreate

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In this process video, I was inspired by Malachite and wanted to make something similar with digital alcohol ink, using lines, circles, liquefy effects to warp everything like malachite, and a little bit of glitter. Made using iPad Pro 2020 in the Procreate app with Apple Pencil, using brushes from the “Amazing Alcohol Ink” brush […]

Malachite Painting with Digital Alcohol Ink in Procreate

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I love geode art made with resin, alcohol ink, foil and acrylic pours in “real life” so I wanted to make this type of art more accessible in digital format. To make this, I used mainly my Amazing Alcohol Ink brush set on iPad Pro in Procreate, also using one brush and a color palette […]

Paint a Geode in Procreate

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I love geode and agate art made with resin, alcohol ink, foil and acrylic pours in “real life” so I wanted to make this type of art more accessible in digital format. To make this, I used mainly my Amazing Alcohol Ink brush set on iPad Pro in Procreate, with an optional appearance from two […]

Painting an Agate Slice in Procreate