Thick Paint: An Oil Painting Brush Set for Procreate

✨ The most accurate oil painting experience you can get in Procreate!

Built from real oil paint on wood boards and canvases, combined with a rich library of textures, this is the ultimate tool for fine artists who want to turn their iPads into portable easels.

See this brush set in action in this narrated tutorial:

✨ What’s included

  • 60 highly realistic and versatile oil brushes.

  • A large collection of textures in PNG format: 3 canvas textures, 3 naked wood boards, 5 primed wood boards, 15 real oil color bases, and 7 real oil texture sheets.

  • How to use Thick Paint → a 28-page PDF (EN & ES) covering tools, techniques, and a full step-by-step painting tutorial.

  • A Procreate file example with one of my paintings, including its full layer structure.

  • 3 timelapse videos, including the painting featured in the PDF tutorial.

  • How to go extra thick → an additional PDF tutorial (added 20/07/21).

  • 5 realistic 3D canvases (added 27/11/21) → fully modeled with volume textures that react to Procreate’s Lighting Studio.

Make sure to watch the full in-depth tutorial on how to use these 3D canvases in the video below!

• 25/01/22 update: 15 new oil brushes added! Including a new type of experimental brushes with an interesting dynamic thick paint effect that works with color and pressure.

  • FREE updates → new brushes and tools will always be included at no extra cost.

🚀 Featured: The All-Improved Manero Brushes has been updated (09/28/25)

  • New monochrome thumbnails: this set previously featured unique full-color thumbnails. Unfortunately, with Procreate 5.4 this is no longer possible, so all thumbnails have been carefully redesigned for clear readability in black & white/greyscale.

The previous version of this update also added the following improvements:

  • Organized into clear categories for easier navigation.

  • Support for Apple Pencil Pro barrel roll 🔄 (or azimuth on other Apple Pencils).

  • Minor tweaks for improved precision and performance.

ℹ️ Notes

  • Compatible with Procreate 5 and above.

  • The included 3D canvases require Procreate 5.2 or above.

  • If you enjoy this brush set, please consider leaving a rating — it helps a lot!

📜 Full Update History

(newest first)

  • 09/28/25 → Thumbnail redesign: all thumbnails reworked for black & white/greyscale readability, since Procreate 5.4 no longer allows color thumbnails.

  • 09/14/24 → All-Improved Manero Brushes update: categorized brushes, full-color thumbnails (no longer supported in Procreate 5.4), barrel roll support, performance tweaks.

  • 04/07/23 → 5 new oil brushes added.

  • 15/01/23 → All brushes updated to support Apple Pencil hover.

  • 25/01/22 → 15 new oil brushes added, including dynamic thick paint brushes.

  • 27/11/21 → 5 3D canvases added for Procreate 5.2.

  • 20/07/21 → New PDF tutorial How to go extra thick added.

Have questions? Feel free to email me at ittaimanero@gmail.com — I’m happy to help.