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Monthly Archives: January 2017

Hello everyone, Katie here! Valentine’s Day is sneaking up on us so I wanted to create a little bit of mixed media Valentine’s art inspired by the holiday! Pink is my favorite color, so I was excited to have an excuse to use it. That being said, you could also make […]

Mixed Media Valentine’s Wood Slice Art

January 31, 2017 in Design Team / Mixed Media tagged art / Blending Kit / dual brush pen / Irojiten Colored Pencils / Mixed Media / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / Tombow Xtreme Adhesive Tabs / Valentine's Day by Katie Smith

Hello Crafty friends! This is Smitha here and I am making a special Valentine Mixed Media Book today. So grab your supplies and get ready to cut and paste! Now a mixed media art piece basically means you can add in different media other than paper- like lace, rubber embellishments, […]

Valentine Mixed Media Book

January 30, 2017 in Art Journaling / Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / Mixed Media by Smitha Katti

An Easy Pencil Lettering Tutorial Using the Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil Set Hello everyone! Smitha here with my first post for 2017 and I am using one of my all time favorite tools- pencils! I am doing some easy pencil lettering and will also share a time lapse video of […]

Pencil Lettering with Tombow’s MONO Drawing Pencil Set

January 21, 2017 in Design Team / Handlettering by Smitha Katti

Hi Everyone! This is Jennie and today I’m showing you a little cubism art project I sketched using the NEW Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil Set. I know what you are thinking, 2005 called and they want their mp3 back –I have a reason for that. Whenever I get a few minutes […]

How to Make a Cubism Art Project

January 20, 2017 in Art Journaling / Design Team tagged Dual Brush Pens / Jennie Garcia / Tombow Dual Brush Pens / Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil Set by Jennie Garcia

Lettering with the Tombow Mono Drawing Pencil Set — Have you ever wondered how to pick the best pencil when you are doing a lettering project? There are so many different kinds of pencils out there and it’s not always clear which is the best to use in specific situations. Hello lovelies, it’s Lauren or “Ren” from Renmade Calligraphy […]

How to Pick Your Pencil for Lettering

January 19, 2017 in Design Team / General / Handlettering / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged calligraphy / handletterer / handlettering / Lauren Fitzmaurice / left handed calligraphy / LEFT HANDED LETTERING / Lettering / PENCIL PROJECTS / PENCIL TIPS / PENCILS / RENMADE CALLIGRAPHY / Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil Set / Tombow MONO Drawing Pencils / Tombow MONO Light Plastic Eraser by Lauren Fitzmaurice

Hey y’all, This is Katie here with my first blog post as a part of the 2017 Design Team. Today I am showing you how I used the Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil Set in my Art Journal! Supplies: Art journal with mixed media paper (atleast 90 lb paper!) MONO Drawing Pencil Set […]

Easy Mixed Media Art Journal Page

January 18, 2017 in Art Journaling / Design Team / Handlettering / Mixed Media / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Art Journal / Drawing / Dual Brush Blender / Dual Brush Pens / fudenosuke / Lettering / MONO Drawing Pencils / MONO Light Plastic Eraser / Tombow Fudenosuke Soft Tip Brush Pen / Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil Set / Watercolor by Katie Smith

Hi Tombow fans, Beth here to share some really great news! Tombow recently released the brand new MONO Drawing Pencil Set, so I reached back into my college art school memory banks to share some of the basics on drawing and pencils. Let’s start with sharpening. Always use a hand-held […]

MONO Drawing Pencil Set Basics

January 17, 2017 in Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Beth Watson / Tombow Metal Pencil Sharpener / Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil Set / Tombow MONO Light Plastic Eraser by Beth Watson

Hi friends! Dani here and today I’m sharing with you an easy value scale I created for the new Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil Set! A value scale is just a fancy name for a guide that shows the shades of lightness and darkness you can achieve with a particular medium […]

Value Scale Using Tombow MONO Drawing Pencils

January 16, 2017 in Design Team / Free Downloads / General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Dani Manning / Drawing Pencil Set / Pencil test / Tombow / Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil Set / Tone Scale / Value Scale by Dani Manning