{"id":86451,"date":"2022-12-18T19:40:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T00:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grutbrushes.com\/shop\/uncategorized\/photoshop-art-brushes-complete\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T02:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T06:07:33","slug":"photoshop-art-brushes-complete","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.grutbrushes.com\/shop\/uncategorized\/membership\/photoshop-art-brushes-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"GrutBrushes Art Brushes Complete \u2013 500 Photoshop Brushes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watercolour \u2022 Ink \u2022 Oil \u2022 Impasto \u2022 Natural Media \u2022 Pencils \u2022 Charcoal \u2022 Specialty Brushes \u2022 Cross Hatchers \u2022 Blenders\/Mixers<\/p>\n

There are TOO many brushes in the set to show you them all here<\/span><\/p>\n

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You get OVER 500<\/strong> brushes! Including…<\/span> 57+<\/span> <\/em>Watercolour Brushes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Here are some brush strokes made by just a few of them…<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"11<\/span><\/p>\n

10 of the 25 Photoshop Watercolor Brushes<\/p>\n

\"24<\/span><\/p>\n

24 of the Photoshop Watercolor Brushes<\/p>\n[tcb-script src=”https:\/\/apps.elfsight.com\/p\/platform.js” defer=””][\/tcb-script]\n

GrutBrushes are<\/span> <\/span>Responsive brushes not ‘stencil stamp’ brushes<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

You may have seen free watercolour brushes all over the web. Those are mostly stencil style rubber stamps with one fixed brush stroke. Every time you tap your stylus the mark is identical with those brushes. <\/span><\/p>\n

GrutBrushes are different, they respond to your hand motion like a real brush <\/strong>does. <\/strong>With GrutBrushes, each stroke is unique to your hand motion,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span>your brush strokes will never be the same<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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35<\/span> Oil Impasto Brushes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"10<\/span><\/p>\n

Actual brush strokes made with 10 of the Photoshop impasto brushes<\/p>\n

\"Impastos<\/span><\/p>\n

Brush strokes made with 10 more Photoshop Impasto brushes<\/p>\n

Demo Video:<\/span> Oil Impasto Brushes in Action<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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120<\/span> Ink Brushes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Here are some sample strokes of a few of the many types of ink brushes in the set<\/p>\n

\"3<\/span><\/p>\n

A detailed look at 3 of the Photoshop Ink Brushes<\/p>\n

\"Inks<\/span><\/p>\n

Sample Brush strokes painted with 10 of the Included Photoshop Ink Brushes<\/p>\n

\"10<\/span><\/p>\n

Sample Brush strokes painted with 10 more of the Included Photoshop Ink Brushes<\/p>\n

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43 (x2)<\/span> <\/span>Pencils<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Would it be cheating to say there are really 86 Pencil brushes?<\/span><\/p>\n

You will find 43 Medium res Photoshop Pencils (for web work) and 43 High Res versions (re-mastered for Print work) <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These are in their own ZIP files for those who don’t like to mix their media (make sure you dont miss them!)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"43<\/span><\/p>\n

43 Photoshop Pencils in both medium Res (for web work) and High-Res versions (for Print work)<\/p>\n

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5<\/span> Ballpoint Pen Brushes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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18<\/span> Mixer Brushes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"4<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Mixer Brush Comparison (Defaults vs GrutBrushes)<\/p>\n

\"18<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

18 of the Photoshop mixer\/blender brushes<\/p>\n

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30 <\/span>Oil Painting Brushes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If the Impasto Oil brushes above are too intense you might prefer these flat oil brushes instead <\/p>\n

\"10<\/a><\/span>10 of the Photoshop ‘flat’ Oil Paint Brushes<\/p>\n

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\"Photoshop<\/span><\/p>\n

Each brush has unique characteristics that give it character. Here are some of the features of one of the oil brushes<\/p>\n

Some Artwork by my Amazing Customers (Painted in Photoshop using GrutBrushes)<\/p>\n

\"Photoshop-Oil-Painting-by-Mau-Prada\"<\/a>\"Photoshop-Oil-Impasto-Painting-Faces-detail-By-Martin-Guldbaek\"<\/a>\"Photoshop-Painting-by-Miki-Fruh\"<\/a>\"Photoshop-Painting-by-Hayley-Lazo\"<\/a>\"Photoshop-Painting-by-Synthetic-Geek\"<\/a>\"Photoshop-pencil-sketch-by-NIK-LOVE-GITTINS\"<\/a>\"Photoshop-Painting-by-John-Joven\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"More<\/span><\/p>\n

Thousands<\/span> of Happy Photoshop Artists use GrutBrushes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I’ll get back to showing you more brushes in a sec…but here’s what some are saying about GrutBrushes on Facebook…<\/p>\n

\"GrutBrushes<\/span><\/p>\n

I have the best customers! They inspire me to keep making the best tools I can! GrutBrushes are used by professional artists in studios you know and love like…**<\/span><\/p>\n

\"studios<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

**All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and use of them does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them <\/span><\/p>\n

WARNING:<\/strong><\/span> GrutBrushes are designed for professional artists, and like any art tool, the results you get will depend on your skills! These brushes won’t paint for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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120+ <\/span>Natural Media & Specialty Brushes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Note that the look of the brush textures is being affected by the background surface.  Just like in ‘real painting’ the look of your digital painting is as much about what is next to and behind your brush strokes as it is about the brush itself.<\/p>\n

\"8<\/span><\/p>\n

Brush strokes from 8 Natural Media GrutBrushes painted on an old paper background<\/p>\n

\"Miscellaneous<\/span><\/p>\n

Various GrutBrushes (some of these also listed above)<\/p>\n

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16<\/span> Cross Hatching Brushes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For adding graphic shading and texture to your illustrations and designs these 16 cross hatching brushes add a natural ink hatching in minutes that would take hours to do by hand<\/p>\n

\"15<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the cross Hatching Photoshop Brushes<\/p>\n

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<\/em>All<\/strong> New<\/strong> Art Brushes for the Next 60 Days!<\/span><\/h2>\n

Your purchase includes a free 60 day ArtBrushes Membership<\/strong> so any and all new Art Brushes that come out in the next 2 months will be yours to download for FREE as all prices in the shop will be reduced to $0 as long as you are logged in. <\/span><\/p>\n

This free membership will expire automatically in 2 months. There is nothing more to pay and you will not <\/em>be billed again<\/strong>.<\/span> All the brushes you downloaded are yours to keep and use forever! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Think of the free membership as FOMO insurance…in case your favourite new brush is released next week, I want to make sure you won’t miss out! <\/span><\/p>\n

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Optional<\/span>GrutBrushes Photoshop CC Plugin<\/strong><\/h2>\n

MAC users:<\/span> <\/strong>The  October 2018 update of the Mac<\/strong> version of Photoshop CC (v20) broke the GrutBrushes plugin. To fix the problem, re-download the latest version of the plugin from your account and reinstall it See the blog here for more information and updates<\/a><\/p>\n

(Photoshop CC Only<\/em> ) All versions of Photoshop from CS5 and up can use the brushes in the Tool Presets Panel without the plugin <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Photoshop<\/span><\/p>\n

GrutBrushes Plugin Panel for Photoshop CC<\/p>\n

You don’t need it to use the GrutBrushes<\/strong> but if you are a Photoshop CC* user you can also add the GrutBrushes plugin to your order to use it to organise your brushes in the custom panel <\/span><\/p>\n

 *Must be Photoshop CC 2014 or later. It won’t work in the very first <\/em>version of Photoshop CC<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Add<\/span><\/p>\n

  Add the plugin for free on checkout<\/p>\n

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Also<\/span><\/em> Includes: 50% off<\/strong> all Art Surfaces<\/strong> <\/strong>for the Next 60 Days!<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

As long as you are logged in and your free membership is active (2 <\/span>months) All Art Surface paper textures in the Shop will be 50% off. After that your membership expires and prices go back to normal.<\/span><\/h2>\n

FAQ – <\/strong>Frequently Asked <\/span>Questions<\/h2>\n

Will this work in Photoshop CS5?<\/span><\/strong>Yes! And CS6 and any version of Photoshop since then, including the latest version of Photoshop CC. You can install them in to the Tool Presets panel of all these versions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do they work on Mac\/Windows?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>Yes! They work on both Mac and Windows<\/p>\n

The Plugin says it’s only for Photoshop CC! What’s up?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>The GrutBrushes plugin is totally optional. It only works in Photoshop CC but you don’t need it to use the brushes, they look and perform just the same without it in Photoshop CS5 to Photoshop CC 2018. The plugin is just a Photoshop panel to organise your GrutBrushes but it has no effect on the brushes themselves.  <\/p>\n

What format are these brushes?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>They are TPL format (Tool Presets) not ABR brushes. This allows for more complex settings than the abr format allows so I can make much fancier brushes like the Impasto oil and Watercolour brushes. It also makes them all backwards compatible so almost everyone with Photoshop can use them.<\/p>\n

How do I install the brushes?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>Just drop the TPL files into the Tool Presets panel or onto the Photoshop icon on your desktop (Windows) or your dock (Mac)<\/p>\n

There is a PDF with detailed step by step instructions included in the download. There as an online help page with frequently asked questions, videos and tutorials and you can always email me if you still have trouble.<\/p>\n

Can I use them with a mouse?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Technically yes, but I really<\/em> don’t recommend it. <\/span><\/p>\n

Without a tablet and a stylus you wont get any of the pressure responsiveness that makes these brushes so versatile. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you use a mouse your brush stroke will always be the same thickness, width, opacity and intensity. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Difference<\/span><\/p>\n

With a stylus you can press lightly to make your brush strokes more transparent or thinner but with a mouse they are always the same<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/strong>What is this about a membership? Will I be charged again?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>No way! You will not be charged again. The membership is a free bonus<\/span><\/strong> and it expires automatically<\/span><\/strong>. You will never be automatically billed for anything. If you just want to download the 450 brushes that are here now you can just ignore the free membership and it will simply expire in 2 months.<\/p>\n

Think of it as brush insurance…if the best brush ever is released next week I want to make sure you won’t miss out! <\/span><\/p>\n

What if I want to continue the membership?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>You can renew it on your account page. It’s curently $10 for 6 months but that may change anytime without notice<\/p>\n

How long can I use these brushes?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>Forever! You own the brushes and can use them forever<\/strong>. You are responsible for making a backup as the download link will expire after 60 days. <\/p>\n

Why does the download link in my account expire?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>You are buying all<\/em> the brushes that are available now<\/em>. Some people paid $3 to download the set in 2014 when it only contained 12 brushes, 5 years from now it may contain 1,500 brushes but I don’t have a way for people to download just the brushes that were in the set when they bought it…so the link expires. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To try to be as fair as possible I make sure you get time to download it and make a backup for yourself, 60 days seems like a good amount of time. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How many new brushes will I get in the next 60 days?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Could be 8, could be more but I might also break a leg and not put any <\/em>new ones out for weeks (I make all the brushes myself, there is no secret brush factory \ud83d\ude42 ) <\/span><\/p>\n

While there are no guarantees on how many new ones there will <\/em>be, I can say that I don’t think there have ever been less than 9 brushes in 2 months and I have put out at least one every week since 2013. <\/span><\/p>\n

All 43 pencils were added in just one day so you never know. <\/span><\/p>\n

Are there really 450 GrutBrushes?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>There are actually more…It really depends how you count them and when you buy them. As of this writing, the main zip file contains 357 painting brushes, then there are the 43 pencils which makes 400<\/strong> brushes<\/strong>. If you consider the remastered high res pencils to be separate brushes that brings the total to 443 brushes<\/strong>. (update March 2020<\/em>…its actually over 500 brushes now) <\/span><\/p>\n

By the time your free membership is up there will probably be another 5 to 10<\/span><\/p>\n

I could go on and tell you how to add another 30 to that total but I just keep it simple and say there are 450. Mostly to avoid the inevitable emails that start with “Hi, I counted all the brushes manually and…”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The fact is, the quantity is really not important. Most people have a handful of brushes that they use over and over again, but like your favourite spoon in the kitchen drawer, you can’t be sure which one it will be until you try them all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Are the Cloud Brushes included? What about InkyLeaks FX?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>No, It does not <\/em>include the Cloud FX brushes or the InkyLeaks FX brushes (no FX brushes are included) though it includes a sample brush from each FX brush set. The Art Brushes set is a set for traditional type painting and drawing and includes all the artist’s brushes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ink<\/span><\/p>\n

It does<\/strong> include this dynamic splatter brush from the InkyLeaks FX set!<\/p>\n

Can I use these for commercial work?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Yes! You can use these for anything you like. <\/span><\/p>\n

Can I use these on my laptop and my desktop computer?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Yes! Yo<\/span>u can install them on any computer you use, as long as it is you <\/em>using the brushes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do these work in other apps? Yes…Some!<\/span><\/strong><\/span>They are Photoshop brushes but if you have an iPad, you can import them into Artstudio Pro, Adobe Sketch, Adobe Fresco and even Procreate. (Though there are a few that don’t work in Procreate) I haven’t had a chance to test them all in every app (see next question) <\/span><\/p>\n

 They probably also work in Artstudio Pro on the Mac desktop as well as on the iPad but I haven’t been able to confirm that yet. <\/span>As to how to import them to those apps. When you check out, you will find a button in your account that is specially for iPads that downloads the ABR right into your iPad. From there you can “share to” or “open in” the app of your choice and they should install automatically. <\/span>I have <\/span>a tutorial or two<\/span><\/a> for some apps but for the most part you will have to rely on the documentation from those apps. For example, if you are an Adobe Cloud subscriber you can share your library to your iPad and use them in Sketch.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are lots of other apps that say <\/em>they can import Photoshop brushes What they almost always only mean is that they can import the shape of the brush tips <\/em>which is fine if your brush is a stamp or a stencil but no good for most painting brushes. <\/span><\/p>\n

The look and performance of these brushes is really all <\/em>in the pressure responsive settings and those don’t get imported to other apps (Like Affinity Photo which does not <\/em>import them properly. I wish it did because it’s a really nice app) <\/span><\/p>\n

How come you haven’t tested them all in the Procreate\/Sketch\/etc. app?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>To try each brush for just 1 minute in one app would take me 8.5 hours straight…with no break, for just one app. <\/span>S<\/span>o to test them in all the apps that they can be imported in would take me at least a solid week of testing, if I did nothing else.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span>Then there is the question of what does it mean that “it works” in an app? Some brushes when imported into Procreate for example, have a slightly more muted texture. I have shown it to people and only about 30% of the people can notice it, and then only after I point it out but it really bugs me. I would say that brush doesn’t really work properly but most people would say it does.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have spot tested about 80 brushes so far found that 1 or two don’t work at all and maybe another 2 don’t work the way I would like them to, so I would guess that out of 500 brushes, perhaps 5 to 10 of them don’t work and another 10 or so may not work ‘nicely’.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Since testing every single brush seems like a really bad use of my time, it’s just much easier to say, if you don’t like them. Let me know and I will refund your money. <\/span><\/p>\n

What is the Best Brush for Portraits\/Landscapes\/Still Life?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Just as there is no best musical instrument for a good song, there is no perfect brush for any particular type of painting. Even if I used Van Gogh’s paint brushes the paintings would look like my <\/em>paintings not his. <\/span><\/p>\n

The marks you <\/em>choose to make with them is what makes all the difference<\/span><\/p>\n

Will my brush strokes look just like these?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Just like in ‘real’ painting, there is a lot <\/em>to digital painting, that’s part of what makes it so much fun. It’s not just <\/em>about the brushes. Every painting will look different and changing the pressure of your stroke, your colour choices, the background (that’s a big one!) or just about anything else can make all the difference. <\/span><\/p>\n

I Make My Own Brushes, Why Should I Pay For These?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>If you like making your own then by all means keep at it and don’t let me stop you! I love making brushes so believe me I understand…these brushes are not for you!  <\/span><\/p>\n

These brushes are made for professional artists who don’t have hours to spend experimenting and tweaking brushes to find the perfect brush for the project while on deadline. I try to make these brushes as affordable as I can but for a working artist, time is money and these brushes will save you a ton <\/em>of time you can spend on earning money or making your next masterpiece. <\/span><\/p>\n

   “I don’t normally do feedback on things much but your brushes literally saved my butt on an 11th hour project<\/strong> I had to finish. They were exactly what I needed, when I needed them… They are henceforth my new favourite brush set ever!<\/strong> <\/em>Thank you all for the hard work you must have put into them!”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"emjay\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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Emja<\/strong>y<\/strong><\/p>\n

Artist<\/p>\n

   “These<\/strong> [brushes] are seriously good!<\/strong> – I am really excited about them – They are going to totally changed the way I work<\/strong> in Photoshop now, and it’s an understatement to say I am totally in love with them!!”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Rebecca Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Artist<\/p>\n

\"GrutBrushes<\/span><\/p>\n

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100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE<\/h3>\n

If you find that you don’t like the brushes, for any reason, just send me an email (or just hit reply to any email I send you) within 30 days<\/strong> asking for a refund and I will refund all your money.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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No hard feelings. I personally guarantee that too!<\/strong><\/p>\n

-Nicolai Grut<\/p>\n

Copyright 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Also included for free<\/strong>:
\n<\/em>\u2022 <\/em>GrutBrushes Digital Artist’s Toolset Panel Plugin for Photoshop CC<\/a>
\n\u2022 60 Day Full Art Brush\u00a0Membership for even more<\/em> free brushes and Art tools.
\nnot included<\/strong>: FX Brushes (Cloud FX, etc)<\/em>
\nRequires:<\/strong> Either Photoshop CS5\/CS6 or CC + a pressure sensitive graphics tablet
\nor an iPad with Artstudio Pro, Adobe Fresco, Adobe Sketch or Procreate.
\nThey can technichally be imported into Procreate but <\/strong>many of the brushes won’t work. My ‘real’ native Procreate brushes are here<\/a>
\n<\/em>Quick Install instructions<\/strong> for CC (drop ABR into PS)

Own Every Digital Artist’s Paint Brush in the GrutBrushes Shop
\n<\/strong>Includes all of the following Sets:<\/em>
\nImpastos 01<\/a> \u2022 Waters01<\/a> \u2022 Waters02<\/a> \u2022 Oils 01<\/a> \u2022 Hatchers 01<\/a> \u2022 Inks 01<\/a>
\n<\/span>Inks 02<\/a> \u2022 Natural Media 01<\/a> \u2022 Charcoals 01<\/a> \u2022 Ballpoint Pens \u2022 <\/a>43 Photoshop Pencils <\/span>Plus every single\u00a0Members-Only Art Brush not available in a set \u2022 [su_tooltip style=\"bootstrap\" position=\"top\" title=\"100% No Quibble Money Back Guarantee!\" content=\"If it's not what you expected, just email me your order number and I will refund your money\"]100% Money Back Guarantee!<\/strong>[\/su_tooltip]<\/p>\n