Hello! In today's tutorial, I'm going to show you how to use the Freya Face Grid Brushes from the Procreate Portrait Academy.

These brushes are part of the course update for the Portrait Course. If you're already a student, you can find these brushes under Module 1: Lesson 1.2 (🌟 New 2025 Freebies Update 🌟). Make sure you're on your iPad when you download Procreate brushes.

So let me go ahead and show you how to use it.

Step 1: So after you download the file and import the brushes to Procreate. Create a new canva and stamp the grid brush onto the canvas. Adjust the angle as needed. Rename the layer as "Original".

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Step 2: Duplicate the Original layer before making your adjustments. Rename this new layer as "Adjusted". There are many ways you can adjust the template to your desired shape. You can use the Selection Tool to move the facial features around. Using the Liquify tool, you can make features smaller or bigger using the Pinch, Push, and Expand options.
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Step 3: When you're happy with the adjustments, it's time to lower the opacity to about 20-30%. Then add a new layer and rename it "Drafting". Using the default Peppermint Brush, draft the line art based on your adjusted template.

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Step 4: Lower the opacity of the Drafting layer to about 50%. Then add a new layer and rename it as "Inkinhg". This time we'll draw the line art using Freya Inking Pen Sharp. Follow the techniques I taught in the Procreate Portrait Academy to draw the features and the hair in detail.

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Step 5: Now let's add a gradient color to the lineart. Add another layer and set it as a clipping mask on top of the Inking layer. Rename this layer as "Gradient". Creat a gradient color between two harmonious color as shown above. Or you can also experiment with varying color gradients or shades depending on the base color you'll use later. Like light brown for the hair and skin, but pink for the clothes. The idea is to make the line are blend more with the rest of the colors.

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Step 6: You can follow the coloring techniques from the Portrait Academy to complete this illustration. If this tutorial was interesting for you and you're not yet a student in my portrait course, you can learn more about the course on my website.