Gouache Zen Brushes Guidelines

Customer's How to Install & Use Guide

Procreate

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Affinity Designer

Gouache Zen Brushes for Procreate

Digital illustration of a woman in an orange dress with long black hair floating on a blue, flowing watercolor background resembling water, with small colorful fish swimming around her.

Screenshot of a mobile device showing a file manager with a folder named 'Procreate Gouache Brushes' and a file named 'BA_Gouache_Swatches.swatches'. The menu options include Share, Delete, Move, Copy, Tags, and others.

Step 1

Locate and open the downloaded file named BA_Gouache_Brushes.brushset.

In the contextual menu choose and press Share button.

Installing Magic Glow Brushes for Procreate

Step 2

In the contextual menu choose and press Open in Procreate button.

Do the same thing with included palette file titled BA_Gouache_Swatches.swatches

Magic Glow Brushes for Adobe Photoshop

Digital artwork of a girl floating in a blue water pattern, wearing an orange outfit, with fish swimming around her.

Step 1

In Adobe Photoshop, Open the Brushes panel (Window > Brushes).

Step 2

Click the panel's upper right corner button to open drop-down menu.

Step 3

Select the Import Brushes option from the menu and browse the BA Gouache Brushes.abr file.

Screenshot of a computer folder named 'Photoshop Gouache Brushes' containing two brush files: 'BA Gouache Brushes.abr' and 'Gouache Swatches.aco'.

Step 4

Next, Open the Swatches panel (Window > Swatches). Click the panel's upper right corner button to open drop-down menu.

Screenshot of a color swatches panel in a design software with options menu open, highlighting 'Import Swatches...'

Step 5

Select the Import Swatches option from the menu and browse file titled BA Gouache Swatches.aco

Gouache Zen Brushes for Adobe Illustrator

Digital artwork of a girl in an orange dress floating in water with blue waves and small fish around her.

Step 1

In Adobe Illustrator, open the Brushes panel (Window > Brushes, or F5).

Step 2

Open the Brush Libraries Menu in the bottom left of the Panel (the bookshelf icon).

Step 3

Select the Other Library option and browse the BA Gouache Brushes.ai file

Screenshot of a software interface showing a 'Swatches' panel with various color swatches and a context menu open, listing options for managing swatches.

Step 4

Next, Open the Swatches panel (Window > Swatches). Click the panel's upper right corner button to open drop-down menu.

Select the Other Library option and browse the BA Gouache Swatches.ai file.

A large blue brush stroke forming the number 2 on a white background, with a black digital font swatch palette labeled 'BA Gouache Brushes' on the right.

Drawing with the Brushes

Select the Brush Tool from the Tools Menu (B).
Select one of the brushes on the Brushes Tab by clicking on it.
Draw a line.

Digital art creation with a circular outline in a graphic design program and a brush tool panel open, showing various brush stroke options.

Or, you can apply brushes to existing paths and shapes:

Select an existing line or vector shape with Selection tool (V).
Select one of the brush icons on the Panel, and it will be applied to your line.
Adjust the render by changing Stroke thickness in the Appearance panel.

Texturing and shading with scatter brushes in Adobe Illustrator can be a memory consuming process and may affect performance.

If you run an older machine (e.g., pre-2015) with less than 8GB of RAM, you may experience slower-than-usual performance.

Warning

Gouache Zen Brushes for Affinity Designer

Illustration of a woman in an orange dress with long black hair, lying in water with flowing blue brush strokes, accompanied by small colorful fish, representing a gouache art style.

Computer. Step 1

In Affinity Designer open the Brushes panel (View > Studio > Brushes).

Computer. Step 2

Open the drop-down menu in the upper right corner of the Panel.

Computer. Step 3

Select the Import Brushes option on the Menu and browse the BA Gouache Brushes.afbrushes, or BA Gouache Brushes Vector.afbrushes files on your device.

Tablet. Step 1

In Affinity Designer app open the Brushes panel.

Tablet. Step 2

Open the drop-down menu in the upper right corner of the Panel.

Select the Import Brushes option on the Menu and browse the BA Gouache Brushes.afbrushes, or BA Gouache Brushes Vector.afbrushes files on your device.

Tablet. Step 3

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