58 Best Procreate Courses: Free & Premium Tutorials for Procreate
Whenever you’re looking to improve your skills in Procreate or just starting as a complete beginner, this list of the best online courses for Procreate has something for everyone.
The courses listed are a variety of Free, Skillshare, and Domestika courses. We’re covering a lot of topics and themes in the courses we list. Courses for beginners, different techniques and themes like children’s book illustrations, portraits, watercolor, and pattern design courses.
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Pattern Design by Linn Warme
Procreate Beginner’s Courses
Get started with Procreate with these online courses. Learn the fundamentals and let professional illustrators walk you through everything you need to know to get started drawing with Procreate.
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Procreate Beginners Series: Part One | The Fundamentals
This is part one of Procreate’s beginners series on YouTube, in the video they’ll go over different painting tools, colors, gestures, and layers. It’s a 4 part video series that is perfect if you’re completely new to the Procreate app.
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Procreate for Beginners by Bardot Brush
Illustrator Lisa Bardot behind the Bardot Brush YouTube channel has an excellent introduction 35-minute video for Procreate, here she goes through all the fundamentals like brushes and tools, layers, masks, and so much more.
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100 Procreate tips in 15 min
When getting more comfortable with Procreate this video by Art with Flo is a great resource to check out. Here you’ll learn 100 Procreate tips and techniques from a professional illustrator, all in a fast paced and condensed format.
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26 Hidden Procreate Features
Illustrator Brad Colbow is an excellent channel for anyone interested in digital illustration. Brad usually does reviews on his channel but has some great educational content. Here’s another fast-paced and knowledge-filled video where a professional illustrator shows his favorite features in Procreate.
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Find Your Digital Illustration Style in Procreate
This 2-hour Skillshare course “Find Your Illustration Style in Procreate” by The Artmother helps illustrators discover and refine their art style. The course focuses on how to utilize Procreate’s many tools to express your unique art style.
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Draw a Contemporary Botanical Still Life Skillshare Course by Kristina Hultkrantz
This online Skillshare course, “Procreate Illustration: Draw a Contemporary Botanical Still Life,” led by illustrator Kristina Hultkrantz, offers a comprehensive guide to creating botanical illustrations in Procreate on the iPad Pro. Kristina shares her entire process, from sketching compositions to adding details and adjusting colors.
The course is best suited for students with some prior knowledge of Procreate.
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Procreate for Beginners Skillshare Course by Cat Coquillette
Next, is a comprehensive 2-hour-long course for illustrators striving to improve in Procreate. Through five illustration projects, participants will acquire essential skills in digital illustration, while also receiving practical tips on optimizing their artwork for sales. With step-by-step guidance, students will create professional illustrations.
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Procreate for Beginners Domestika Course by Brad Woodard
In this Domestika course, Graphic Designer and Illustrator Brad Woodard will walk you through all the essential features of Procreate. This massive course is divided into 37 lessons and is over 4 hours long.
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Best Procreate tips & tricks (15 simple secrets for beginner)
Illustrator Rachel Bronson shares her best 15 tricks for anyone starting out with Procreate. This YouTube video is a great resource to get started with and will help you improve and organize your workflow in Procreate.
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Procreate Fundamentals
This is Procreate’s own resource for using their app, here they’ll share all the basics for getting started with the app. It’s in a written format with clear pictures, making it a great alternative to all the other videos that cover the same topic.
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The Procreate Handbook
Another great resource from the Procreate team, the Procreate handbook goes into more detail to explain each feature and function the Procreate app has to offer. Easy to navigate and a great place to go when struggling with a certain tool or feature.
Procreate Illustration Courses
There are so many art styles and techniques to explore with Procreate. In the next section, we’ll be going through the top illustration courses for Procreate, both free and Skillshare and Domestika courses.
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How To Make Your Digital Art Feel More Natural by Mimimoo Illustration
Illustrator Mimi Purnell teaches how to use texture in Procreate to help your illustrations feel more hand-drawn and full of life. We get to follow Mimi through her drawing process while she explains her approach to textures.
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Learn to Draw in Procreate Youtube series by Bardot Brush
Here’s an amazing YouTube video course series by Illustrator Lisa Bardot. A total of 42 educational videos to drive into, with videos teaching everything from the fundamentals of Procreate to more niche topics on how-to draw certain themes or objects.
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Composition for Illustration Skillshare Course by Iva Mikles
“Composition for Illustration: 10 Drawing Tips in Procreate” is an online course led by illustrator Iva Mikles over at Skillshare, aimed at helping participants enhance their composition skills in digital art using Procreate. Students will learn essential techniques for creating interesting compositions. The course is suited for beginner and experienced illustrators.
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Making a Scene: Illustrating Characters and Backgrounds in Procreate Skillshare Course by Marianna Madriz
“Making a Scene: Illustrating Characters and Backgrounds in Procreate” is an online course on Skillshare led by illustrator Marianna Madriz, offering a comprehensive guide to crafting captivating scenic illustrations. From initial inspiration to final touches, participants will learn to create dynamic compositions that convey a compelling narrative. With a focus on utilizing reference images, and experimenting with composition, this course is great for artists looking to learn more about visual storytelling and scene composition.
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Isometric Illustration in Procreate Skillshare Course by Weronika Salach
“Isometric Illustration in Procreate: Design Your Dream Room” is an online course on Skillshare by illustrator & pattern designer Weronika Salach, teaching how to create stunning isometric room illustrations in Procreate. From mastering the isometric perspective to utilizing real-life references creatively, students will learn techniques to bring their imagination to life.
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Creating Paper Cut Out Art in Procreate Skillshare Course by Floortje Visser
“Creating Paper Cut-Out Art in Procreate” is an online course on Skillshare by digital artist Floortje Visser, learn how to craft stunning paper cut-out art with realistic texture using Procreate. From sketching to adding final touches, Floortje guides you through each step.
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Freelance Illustration Process in Procreate Skillshare Course by Iva Mikles
“Freelance Illustration Process in Procreate: Following a Client Brief” is a comprehensive online course by illustrator Iva Mikles, aimed at helping illustrators navigate client projects using Procreate. Through step-by-step directions, students will learn key aspects of the illustration process, from understanding client briefs to finalizing and presenting their work professionally.
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Florals in Procreate Skillshare Course by Sandra Mejia
“Florals in Procreate – Learn the Basics and Add Your Own Flair” is an online course on Skillshare by illustrator Sandra Mejia, focusing on simplifying and stylizing floral illustrations in Procreate. In the course, you will learn how to break down flowers into basic shapes and create their own unique art style.
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Procreate Portrait Courses
Procreate is a great tool for drawing digital portraits, and below I put together the best courses on the topic to help you learn and improve your portrait painting skills.
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Procreate Portrait Complete Class by Haze Long
If you want to learn about making portraits in Procreate Malaysian artist Haze Long has an amazing free course on her Youtube channel. She’ll walk you through her creative process when making gorgeous portraits in Procreate, explaining and showing each step from sketch to a complete portrait.
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Portrait Paintings in Procreate with Gabrielle Brickey
Portrait Artist Gabrielle Brickey has a free course on YouTube about portrait painting in Procreate. In this video, you can tag along with Gabrielle in her drawing process and see how she begins her portraits while she provides commentary about each step.
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Illustrating Portraits in Procreate Skillshare Course by Maia Faddoul
Illustrator & Designer Maia Faddoul teaches us about making illustrated portraits in Procreate in this Skillshare course. It’s a course for intermediate/advanced illustrators interested in learning new ways and techniques of creating portraits.
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Illustrated Portraits with Procreate Domestika Course by Elena Garnu
Learn with Illustrator and graphic designer Elena Garnu and follow along while she teaches you about her creative process when creating portraits. Learn creative techniques that will add life to your illustrations and useful workflows to enhance your creativity.
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Paint cute portraits from photos by Calvin at DrifterStudio
Learn about making portraits in Procreate in a simple fun style with this YouTube course by Calvin at DrifterStudio. Here you’ll learn all the steps needed to paint cute character portraits with a hand-drawn and watercolor feel to it.
Procreate Courses for Children’s Book Illustration
I know a lot of illustrators are interested in making children’s book art and further exploring that avenue. That’s why I put together a section for that where talented children’s art artists share how their drawing process in Procreate.
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Draw adorable characters in Procreate using texture brushes by Lisa Glanz
Join Illustrator Lisa Glanz in this free course on how to draw cute characters in Procreate. We get to tag along with Lisa through her drawing process and learn how to create characters filled with charm and a hand-drawn feel to them.
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Whimsical badger illustration tutorial for Procreate by Calvin at DrifterStudio
In this course, Calvin at DrifterStudio draws a badger in a cute children’s book art style while explaining each step of the way. Calvin’s drawing style makes for lovely illustrations made relatively quickly, making it great for beginner illustrators to pick up and learn from.
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Children’s Book Illustration with Procreate Domestika Course by Meike Schneider
Learn the fundamentals of illustrating children’s books with illustrator and designer Meike Schneider. This course touches on subjects such as concepts for layout, drawing styles, storytelling, and character design. This Domestika course is 4-hours long and filled with a lot of knowledge that can help you on your children’s book journey.
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Children’s Illustration with Procreate Domestika Course by Lucy Fleming
This online course by illustrator and author Lucy Fleming is designed to teach participants how to create captivating illustrations for young readers in Procreate. Lucy will go through topics like brushes, layers, textures, and color to help you bring whimsical characters and enchanting worlds to life.
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Procreate Watercolor Courses
The Procreate app is a terrific tool for making stunning watercolor art, but getting started can be confusing, you need the right brushes and the right technique. Below is a selection of excellent Procreate watercolor courses to get you started.
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Watercolor tutorial for Procreate – Paint a poppy flower
An easy-to-follow video course by Calvin at DrifterStudio on using watercolor brushes in Procreate. In the video, we get to follow Calvin drawing a poppy flower in a watercolor style. The video is about 7 minutes long but filled with great advice throughout the whole video.
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How to Paint Watercolor Blueberries in Procreate
Juditty is a hidden gem when it comes to watercolor tutorials on YouTube. In this video tutorial of hers we can follow Juditty painting blueberries in Procreate, the video has a slow pace making it easy to follow her every step.
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Procreate tutorial: Draw simple animal characters in watercolor
Here’s another great free course by Calvin at DrifterStudio. Calvin specializes in using watercolor brushes and makes such great tutorials on the topic. In this video, Calvin shows us how to draw simple animal characters in Procreate using watercolor brushes.
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Fun with Ink & Watercolors in Procreate by Anna Sokolova Skillshare Course
Join architect and digital illustrator Lettie Blue in this quick online course over at Skillshare. Through step-by-step instructions, you’ll learn about floral illustration using ink and watercolor brushes in Procreate.
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Botanical Watercolor Paintings in Procreate Skillshare Course by Brenda Bakker
In this Skillshare course by Brenda Bakker, she will share her simple and beautiful techniques for making stunning watercolor paintings in Procreate. It’s a 2-hour long course where we’ll learn to paint a range of different botanical settings.
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Intro to Watercolor Florals in Procreate Skillshare Course by Teela Cunningham
This Skillshare online course taught by Teela Cunningham, is about making traditional watercolor paintings using Procreate. You’ll learn how to create beginner-friendly floral doodles and loose-style watercolor bouquets. With custom watercolor brushes and project color palettes included, this course provides all the tools needed to start making lovely watercolor florals in Procreate.
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Procreate Pattern Design Courses
Learn the basics of surface pattern design in Procreate with these online courses. Learn how to make beautiful repeats with ease and start creating creative patterns now.
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Repeating Patterns in Procreate
Procreate provides a easy to follow and simple step-by-step guide on how to repeat patterns in the app. This guide is all you need if you’re just looking to make simple repeated patterns.
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How to Make Repeating Patterns in Procreate
Illustrator Bardot Brush has a great video course on the topic of making surface pattern designs in Procreate. Learn how to draw and repeat a basic pattern, and test the repeat out using Bardot Brush’s free online tool.
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How to Design Beautiful Seamless Patterns in Procreate
In this 15-minute-long course by illustrator Mel Armstrong you’ll learn how to draw and repeat a pattern design from start to finish in the Procreate app. Such a useful video for anyone wanting to get started with pattern design.
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Repeat Patterns Designs in Procreate (Step-by-Step)
On surface pattern designer Linn Warme’s blog she has a free simple tutorial on how to repeat your pattern in Procreate. If you’re looking for a written guide that gets to the point quickly then this is for you.
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Making Pattern Repeats with Procreate by Mel Armstrong
Here’s another great video course by Illustrator Mel Armstrong where we get to follow Mel from start to finish in making one of her cute patterns. Mel’s calm voice makes the course easy to follow with her clear commentary.
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Drawing Seamless Patterns in Procreate Skillshare Course by Cat Coquillette
This online course on Skillshare by artist Cat Coquillette focuses on illustrating seamless patterns using Procreate. You’ll learn about drawing, coloring, and texturizing in Procreate, along with professional advice for a career in surface design.
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Create a Themed Pattern in Procreate Skillshare Course by Charly Clements
Join Charly Clements, a seasoned greeting card designer and illustrator, in her online course “Fun With Symmetry: Create a Themed Pattern in Procreate” Learn to use Procreate’s symmetry tool, and how to craft your stamp brushes to improve your workflow. From pattern creation to color blocking and other Procreate tips, this course is superb for anyone looking to learn about making pattern designs in Procreate.
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Procreate Lettering Courses
Get started with hand-lettering and calligraphy using Procreate with the help of the best online courses around on the topic.
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Hand Lettering in Procreate Skillshare Course by Gia Graham
Join designer, letterer, and illustrator Gia Graham, in her online course “Hand Lettering in Procreate: Fundamentals to Finishing Touches.” on Skillshare. A course for lettering beginners who want to expand their skill set.
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Calligraphy & Lettering for Instagram with Procreate Domestika Course by Nubia Navarro
Learn about digital calligraphy & lettering with graphic designer Nubia Navarro. Go on an educational journey in this almost 5-hour-long course on Domestika, and learn the fundamentals of lettering in Procreate.
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Hand Lettering Basics in Procreate
Cory from Golden Press Studio teaches us all about the basics of hand lettering in this video. Cory does a fantastic job motivating and covering all the needed things to get started with hand lettering in Procreate.
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The Guide to Hand-Lettering in Procreate by Cat Coquillette
Artist Cat Coquillette has a great written guide on her blog about hand-lettering. It’s a step-by-step guide with clear pictures to help us follow along Cat on one of her lettering illustrations.
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Procreate Lettering for Beginners – Digital Calligraphy Tips
The YouTube channel Design Cuts has an 8-minute long tutorial on lettering in Procreate. This is only a sample of a much larger course that they offer on the topic but this is a great free video to get you started learning this new skill set.
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Procreate Lettering for Beginners
Here’s a beginner-friendly video about lettering in Procreate from “How to Hand Letter” on YouTube. It’s an informative video that covers a lot of ground in a short amount of time.
Watch Artist’s Drawing Processes in Procreate
This next section isn’t your traditional courses, instead, these are YouTube videos that let us follow artists and illustrators drawing a piece of new work from start to finish with the artist explaining their process throughout the video. Watching these kinds of videos is so valuable and will help you develop and improve your own workflow and creative process.
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How I use Procreate to draw by Likelihood Art
Follow along while illustrator Cornelia of Likelihood Art shows her drawing process for one of her portrait illustrations. Throughout the video, Cornelia provides commentary and bits of advice along the way.
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Paint simple people with me by Calvin at DrifterStudio
Calvin at DrifterStudio on YouTube makes great videos where we get to see illustrations from start to finish. Clavin’s commentary is always fantastic and filled with useful advice and tricks.
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My digital art process by Sketches of Shay
In this video, we’ll watch Sketches of Shay on YouTube draw a cowboy character of hers, from concept idea to finished illustration. Shay is very generous and open with her though process making the video so interesting to tag along.
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How I digitally draw using Procreate by Paloma The Peach
Talented illustrator Paloma the Peach on YouTube has a great draw-along video where they show their Procreate drawing process, sprinkled with useful advice throughout the whole video.
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A cosy Sketching Session by Fizz and Flourish
Here’s a cozy draw-along by Fizz and Flourish on YouTube. We get to tag along from sketch to finished illustration and see what her drawing process looks like, with commentary from the artist.
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From Sketching to Shading by Genevieve’s Design Studio
Genevieve’s Design Studio has this 46-minute long video where we get to see a raccoon character take shape and become a finished illustration. The video is packed with useful advice throughout and is yet another great insight into an artist’s illustration process.
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My Complete digital painting process in Procreate by Ariabba
Learn with illustrator and concept artist Arianna Belotti and watch their creative process from planning the concept to finished drawing.
Procreate Brushes Tutorials
I’ll be ending this list with a few great video tutorials about Procreate Brushes, these videos will guide you in finding the right brushes for you and your artwork, as well as show you how to make your custom brushes.
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The Best Procreate Brushes by JelArts
Youtube channel JelArts goes through all their favorite brushes in Procreate, and the reasoning behind why they like them and their use cases. There’s a mixture of free and bought brushes featured in the video.
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My Favorite Free Procreate Brushes by Brad Colbow
Illustrator Brad Colbow has an excellent YouTube channel with a focus on digital illustration, where he makes reviews of tech and software from an artist’s standpoint. In this video, Brad talks about his favorite brushes in Procreate and shows off a great variety of brushes to check out.
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How to install brushes in Procreate by Joel Create
A super quick video by Joel Create on YouTube on how to install new brushes to Procreate, great simple video if you haven’t done it before.
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How To Make a Procreate Brush by Art with Flo
If you just can’t find the right brushes for you, then making your own might be your next move. Art with Flo has a video course on how you can do just that. In the video, Flo shows us how to make 5 simple brushes in Procreate.