Japanese Garden — finished picture Japanese Garden — half painted, showing the numbered scheme

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Japanese Garden

  • 1 page
  • 30 colors
  • .procreate + PDF · PNG · SVG
  • iPad · Android · print

A vermilion arched bridge over still water, framed by Japanese maples in full autumn. Scarlet and crimson layered until there is barely any sky left, and what sky there is runs in bands of pink and blue behind a low sun.

The maple canopy is the whole challenge: thousands of small leaf shapes in reds that sit genuinely close to one another, so keep the colour reference open. The bridge and the reflections come as a reward at the end.

DIFFICULTY 728 numbered regions, one 30-colour palette. Under 500 is a quiet evening; over 900 is a long one. This page is an evening.

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What's in the file

  1. 01

    Ready .procreate file

    Layers set: the scheme locked on top, a layer to paint on, numbers in red and black.

  2. 02

    Paper texture

    A real paper layer on top, so it looks like gouache, not a flat screen.

  3. 03

    Palette in one tap

    A numbered .swatches palette — tap once and it's in Procreate.

  4. 04

    Final check layer

    A hidden finished picture to compare against when you're done.

  5. 05

    Android & print

    No iPad? Open the PNG in ibis Paint X, Infinite Painter or Sketchbook. Or print the PDF — 300 DPI, A4 and US Letter.

How it works

  1. 1Buy and download — the files arrive instantly.
  2. 2Tap the .procreate file on your iPad — Procreate opens it with every layer in place. On Android, open the PNG in your drawing app.
  3. 3Pick a number, pick its colour, paint. Or print the PDF and paint on paper.

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