Bring the elegance of nature into your digital sketchbook with this ash leaf botanical illustration tutorial—designed especially for Procreate and created using my Realistic Watercolour Minimalist Brush Set. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist exploring digital watercolour, this guided lesson will help you develop a clean, minimalistic style with botanical charm.
This step-by-step tutorial is available as a downloadable PDF from our Etsy store, perfect for following along at your own pace within the Procreate app.
Why Paint an Ash Leaf?
The ash leaf is a beautiful subject for botanical illustration thanks to its elegant structure and distinctive details. Composed of multiple slender leaflets arranged in pairs along a central stem (or rachis), the ash leaf has a graceful, feather-like form that naturally lends itself to minimalist design. Each leaflet tapers to a fine point and often features gently serrated edges and a delicate central vein, providing just the right amount of detail for watercolour texture to shine through. This combination of symmetry, variation, and organic flow makes the ash leaf both visually striking and meditative to paint—perfect for practicing layering, brush control, and subtle colour blending in digital watercolour.
What You’ll Need
To complete this illustration, you’ll need:
- An iPad with the Procreate app
- Apple Pencil or compatible stylus
- My Realistic Watercolour Minimalist Brush Set (available in my Etsy shop)
- The PDF Tutorial, available for purchase and download (available in my Etsy shop)
What’s Included In The Purchase?
Here’s a preview of what you’ll receive:
- x1 Step-by-Step PDF Tutorial
- x1 Full Extracted Timelapse Video from Procreate
- x1 Colour Palette
- x1 PNG Sketch Outline
About the Brush Set
This tutorial was created using my Realistic Watercolour Minimalist Brush Set—designed to mimic the unpredictable charm of real watercolour paint, with built-in texture, flow, and soft pigment edges.
See an exported timelapse of the illustration here:
Ready to Get Started?
The step-by-step tutorial is available for purchase here:
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