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 like real watercolour.
This step-by-step tutorial is available as a downloadable PDF, perfect for following along at your own pace within the Procreate app.
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 first need:
- An iPad with the Procreate app
- Apple Pencil or compatible stylus
- My Realistic Watercolour Minimalist Brush Set
- The PDF Tutorial (link below)
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
See a timelapse of the illustration here:
Ready to Get Started?
Buy Now – Watercolour Green Ash Leaf Botanical Illustration in Procreate (1) (PDF Tutorial)
The step-by-step tutorial is available for purchase here:
Buy Now – Procreate Realistic Watercolour Minimalist Brush Set
The brush set used to create this tutorial is available for purchase here:
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