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Peggy's Picks supply guide
My favorite art supplies, tools, brushes, and materials, gathered in one place (with links)!
Free art resources that are actually worth it
Freebie library omg
Browse free classes, prompts, guides, palettes, brushes, practice sheets, and useful little art things for whatever you’re learning, making, or overthinking today 😜
Style & tools
Creative direction
Guides and tools for figuring out what you like, what you keep coming back to, and how to make your work feel more like you.
Free download
Signature Style Workbook
A 50+ page guided workbook to help you notice what you’re drawn to, what keeps showing up in your work, and how to make more intentional creative choices.
downloads
Brush Lettering Practice Sheet Library
A library full of brush lettering practice sheets, organized by level, letters, words, phrases, and themed challenges so you can find something to practice without digging through scattered downloads.
Quick start guide
Folk Art for Illustrators
A beginner-friendly guide to folk art-inspired shapes, florals, and motifs so you can start making charming pieces without overcomplicating the style.
There's a reason you're inspired ♥
"Copycat" Workbook
A guide for turning inspiration into your own work without accidentally making a tribute band version of someone else’s art.
Color
color resources
Palettes and color tools for when you want things to look good together without making 82 almost-identical versions. Analog resources coming soon!
150+ Procreate palettes
Steal my color palettes
Steal the exact palettes I reach for in my own artwork, from soft florals to bold little color moments.
Free templates
Signature Color Palette Builder
Build color palettes that actually feel like you, instead of grabbing random colors and hoping they become a personality.
Cheat sheet
Skin tone hex codes
Ready-to-use hex codes for creating more range and nuance in skin tones, without guessing your way through the color picker. Includes:
- hex codes
- image reference sheet
- Procreate palette download
for when the blank page is being rude
prompts & challenges
Interactive board in Notion
200+ Greeting card prompts for artists
Categorized and interactive inside Notion so you can stop wondering what to draw or what to say and start making pieces you can turn into cards that people actually want to keep.
Instant prompts
Random art prompt generator
Click for an instant art prompt when your brain has left the chat but your sketchbook is still sitting there expectantly.
Challenge
10 Day sketchbook challenge
Ten days of simple prompts to help you loosen up, make more often, and stop treating every sketchbook page like it's precious instead of a playground.
Free download
Pattern prompts
Ten pattern prompts to help you build fresh repeat ideas, explore themes, and get past the “I guess I’ll draw flowers again?” stage (iykyk).
Perfect for beginners
free classes
Start learning without digging through scattered tutorials, mystery techniques, or skipping the part you came for.
Free class
Modern Calligraphy Jump Start class
Learn the crucial fundamentals, loosen up your lettering hand, and start making modern calligraphy feel less mysterious.
Free class
Procreate for Beginners class
New to Procreate? Start here. Learn the basics, get comfortable with the tools, and make your iPad feel less like an expensive rectangle of intimidation.
Free downloads
Procreate goodies
Brushes, gestures, cheat sheets, templates, and digital art helpers for making your workflow smoother and less annoying.
Free templates
Signature Color Palette Builder
Build color palettes that actually feel like you, instead of grabbing random colors and hoping they become a personality.
Free Procreate brushes
Peggy's fav brush set
My go-to brushes for sketching, shading, lettering, and making digital work feel more handmade.
150+ Procreate palettes
Steal my color palettes
Steal the exact palettes I reach for in my own artwork, from soft florals to bold little color moments.
Cheat sheet
Skin tone hex codes
Ready-to-use hex codes for creating more range and nuance in skin tones, without guessing your way through the color picker. Includes:
- hex codes
- image reference sheet
- Procreate palette download
Cheat sheet guide
70 Procreate Gestures Handbook
A reference guide for Procreate gestures so you can stop accidentally summoning menus you never meant to open.
Cheat sheet
Procreate blend modes cheat sheet
A quick guide to what blend modes actually do so you can use them on purpose
Surface pattern design Freebies
Pattern play
Prompts, visual guides, and a no-opt-in pattern tester to help you plan repeats, and test your designs.
Instant browser tool
Pattern Tester
Drop your artwork in and test how it repeats right in your browser for instant pattern-checking gratification.
Free download
Half drop pattern handbook
A clear visual walkthrough for building half drop repeats to help you understand what goes where.
Free download
Pattern prompts
Ten pattern prompts to help you build fresh repeat ideas, explore themes, and get past the “I guess I’ll draw flowers again?” stage (iykyk).
Why I make these free
Because art should feel more accessible than it often does.
I'm not a fan of gatekeeping, mystery, or lessons that skip the most useful parts and assume you magically know what happened in the middle.
These resources are here to give you a clear place to start whether you're picking colors, warming up, developing your own style, or just trying to make art feel possible again.
🩷 Use them 🧡 Save them 💛 Print them 🤎 Scribble on them ❤️ Come back when you need another 💜
New here? Start small 🧡
Pick a resource that matches the thing making the most noise in your brain right now.
- Color feels hard? → Grab the palettes
- Style feels confusing? → Start with the workbook
- Sketchbook giving you the side-eye? → Try the prompts
- Everything feels like a lot? → Creative reset. Immediately.
No need for overwhelm! Just start with one useful thing.
featured favorites
Online pattern tester
This tool makes surface pattern design so much easier. Test your patterns in seconds!
150+ Procreate color palettes
Steal my exact color palettes that I use in my own artwork!
Jump start modern calligraphy class
Including the crucial fundamentals most tutorials skip!
New here?
Start with a free class
Free 2-hour class
Procreate for Beginners
Forget everything you googled about Procreate. This free 2-hour class teaches the workflow that actually makes sense.
And you'll prove it to yourself by creating a cozy tea shop illustration from scratch.
Free class
Modern Calligraphy
jump start
In 4 short sessions, you'll learn my very own letter form fundamentals, how spacing affects aesthetics, applying proper weight lines, and easy compositions.
Yep, a full calligraphy class, completely free.
hey I'm Peggy Dean
Artist, educator, and person currently using a plant as a mustache. Aside, listen, I'm firm believer that you don't need an art degree, a tidy studio, or a style figured out before you start making art.
I've taught 500k+ of people to draw, paint, letter, and even make art on their iPads!
And believe it or not
I take art seriously
...even when I'm clearly not taking myself seriously. At all. So come for the learning, and stay for the fun.
There's so much waiting for you
This is the open shelf...
Art Nest is the whole studio
The freebie aviary is here when you need a quick resource, a fresh prompt. a brush set, a guide, or a class to get you moving.
Inside Art Nest, there's a deeper library waiting for you: live sessions, replays, tutorials, community threads, extra downloads, and resources I don't share anywhere else.