Art & Craft Tutorials

Smitha Katti

Smitha Katti_ Inspired by5 — Hello friends, this is Smitha! For today’s post I am sharing a Dual Brush Pen Lettering Tutorial inspired by my fellow Design Team Member Marcella. I love her colorful hand lettering techniques and today let’s explore one of them together! Material list: Dual Brush Pens Water Brush, Small Watercolor or mixed […]

Dual Brush Pen Lettering Tutorial

December 14, 2023 in Creator Crew / Handlettering by Smitha Katti

Handmade Holiday Card tutorial — Hi friends! This is Smitha here today let’s get creative, pull out markers and make an easy handmade holiday card together. During this busy holiday season, it feels nice to slow down, take time to create simple art that can be gifted to family and friends. Supplies: Dual Brush Pen, […]

Handmade Holiday Card Tutorial

December 13, 2023 in Cards & Papercrafting / Creator Crew / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks by Smitha Katti

Hello friends, it’s Smitha here, and today let’s write an Autumn Hand Lettered Quote together. I live in Minnesota, where fall is as beautiful as spring with all of the colorful leaves lining the avenues. It is so colorful and I was inspired by this season to create a quote page […]

Autumn Hand Lettered Quote

December 1, 2023 in Handlettering by Smitha Katti

october journal page with MONO Journal page — Hello friends, it’s Smitha here, can you believe it is October already? Today let’s pull out our journals and work on a simple October Cover Page that you can create easily. Material list: MONO Drawing Pens Journal or Dot Grid Notebook October Cover Page Tutorial: Step One: Using the help of […]

October Cover Page Tutorial

October 31, 2023 in Creator Crew / Planning & Journaling tagged MONO Drawing Pen by Smitha Katti

Watercolor Tea Cup Drawing Tutorial — Hello friends, it’s Smitha here with a new blog post! I have a really fun Watercolor Tea Cup Drawing Tutorial that I am excited to share with you all! Fall is in the air and everything pumpkin is here. Material list: Dual Brush Pen Art Markers, Pumpkin Spice, 6-Pack MONO […]

Watercolor Tea Cup Drawing Tutorial

September 26, 2023 in Creator Crew / Design Team / Watercolor tagged Tombow Dual Brush Pens by Smitha Katti

Dual Brush Pens — Hello friends, I’m Smitha, and I want to share the new Tombow Self-Care Journaling Kit with you. It’s so relaxing to use and would make a great gift for anybody! The new Self-Care Journaling Kit comes with everything you need to simply sit down, relax and create. It also comes […]

5 Reasons to Love the Self-Care Journaling Kit

November 4, 2022 in Creator Crew / General by Smitha Katti

ideas for your Creative Notetaking kit — Hello friends, this is Smitha! I love writing down all the things, so I am going to share a few ideas you can try in your journal using the Tombow Creative Notetaking Kit! Material list: Creative Notetaking Kit Journal of choice Create a Weekly Spread: One of the most drawn pages […]

Five Easy Ideas Using the Creative Notetaking Kit

August 30, 2022 in Creator Crew / Planning & Journaling by Smitha Katti

Watercolor Coloring Page — Hello friends, this is Smitha! I love using my Dual Brush Pens to sit down, relax, and color. I’ll show you how easy it is to fill a page with watercolor art. Material list: Dual Brush Pens, Galaxy, 6-Pack Water Brush, Small Watercolor coloring page Step 1: The Tombow Dual Brush […]

Watercolor Using Dual Brush Pens

July 8, 2022 in Creator Crew / Watercolor by Smitha Katti

Pencil Shading Tips — Hello friends, this is Smitha! As a self-taught artist, my all-time favorite and most used tool in my stash is a pencil. I’ll share a few easy pencil shading tips that you can incorporate into your drawings to quickly capture the details. Material list: MONO Drawing Pencil Set MONO Zero […]

Pencil Shading Tips for Easily Sketching Flowers

June 13, 2022 in Creator Crew / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks by Smitha Katti

Smitha_Katti_Mothers day card tutorial — Hello friends, this is Smitha! I’m showing you an easy-to-follow Mother’s Day card tutorial I used just three colors of Dual Brush Pens to create a beautiful colorful notecard. Let’s paint together! Material list: Dual Brush Pens Water Brush, Medium Fudenosuke Brush Pen, Hard Tip, Black Watercolor notecard or paper Step […]

Mother’s Day Card Tutorial Using Dual Brush Pens

May 5, 2022 in Cards & Papercrafting / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks / Watercolor by Smitha Katti

Felt Bookmark Tutorial Smitha Katti Tombow USA — Hello friends, Smitha from the blog Smiling Colors here with a fun tutorial to celebrate National Craft Month! One of my favorite supplies to craft with is felt and paper! So, I am going to show you how to make a set of easy colorful felt bookmarks. The felt adds such a […]

DIY Felt Bookmarks

March 10, 2022 in General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks by Smitha Katti

Smitha Katti Journal New Year Cover Page5 — Hello friends, it’s Smitha from the blog Smiling Colors with a new post to share. Is there any feeling better than opening a new journal? I am going to show you how to create a colorful 2022 cover page with markers. Material list: Dual Brush Pen N15 MONO Graph Mechanical Pencil […]

2022 Cover Page Tutorial with Colorful Lettering!

January 3, 2022 in Planning & Journaling by Smitha Katti