Art & Craft Tutorials

Katie Smith

Hi friends, Katie from @Studio.Katie here to show you 3 ways to watercolor with Dual Brush Pens and a Water Brush! It’s Fall, which is my favorite season, but I live in florida, so Fall here is a little bit different and I decided to illustrate a funny little page in […]

3 Ways to Watercolor with Dual Brush Pens

November 14, 2023 in Art Journaling / Creator Crew / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks / Watercolor tagged Blending Palette / Dual Brush Pens / Fall / Muted Set / Tombow Water Brush / Watercolor by Katie Smith

Hey everyone, Katie here and today I wanted to share with you a few of my best tips for drawing challenges! There are always SO MANY different drawing challenges throughout the year, especially October. They can be fun to participate in, but also a challenge. I’ll also be sharing with […]

5 Tips for Drawing Challenges

October 31, 2023 in Creator Crew / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Drawing / mono drawing pens by Katie Smith

Hi friends, Katie from @Studio.Katie here to share a tutorial on how to create a fun and easy Fall Inspired Journal Spread, as well as a few handy tips for illustrating with Tombow MONO Drawing Pens! Supplies you will need: A sketchbook or journal Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil, 4H Tombow […]

Easy Fall Inspired Journal Spread

October 3, 2023 in Art Journaling / Creator Crew / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Dual Brush Pens / Journal / mono drawing pens / Pumpkin Spice Palette / Sketchbook by Katie Smith

Hello Tombow friends, Happy holidays! It’s Katie here! I want to show you how to make these fun winter coasters using Tombow’s ABT PRO Markers and wood slices. The ABT PRO Markers are permanent, so they’re perfect for this. Supplies: Tombow ABT PRO Alcohol-Based Markers (Pink Tones 5-pack) Round wood […]

DIY Winter Snowflake Coasters

December 21, 2021 in Design Team / General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged ABT Pro / ABT PRO Alcohol Based Makers / Winter by Katie Smith

Hello Tombow fans, this is Katie! I want to show you how to make these DIY felt bookmarks using Tombow’s ABT PRO Markers. These would amazing gifts for friends during holidays or birthdays. Since the ABT PRO Markers are alcohol-based, they are permanent on fabric (and many other surfaces!), so […]

DIY Felt Bookmarks

November 15, 2021 in Design Team / General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged ABT Pro / ABT PRO Alcohol Based Makers / Gift by Katie Smith

Hi there, it’s Katie here and the Design Team is all creating projects inspired by famous artists. I will be showing you how to create a DIY tree of life watercolor painting inspired by Gustav Klimt’s Tree of Life. You can see his original painting here. I have so many […]

DIY Tree of Life Watercolor Painting

October 13, 2021 in Creator Crew / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks / Watercolor tagged Artist / Blending Palette / Dual Brush Pens / foil transfer / MONO Multi Liquid Glue / Painting / Tutorial / Watercolor by Katie Smith

Hi there, Katie here. What’s your favorite season? Fall/autumn is definitely my favorite, so I wanted to paint a watercolor fall owl today using my Dual Brush Pens. Keep reading for the full tutorial! Supplies you’ll need: Tombow Dual Brush Pens, Muted 10-pack Tombow Water Brush Watercolor Paper (use hot […]

DIY Watercolor Fall Owl Art

September 20, 2021 in Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks / Watercolor tagged autumn / Muted Set / Tombow Dual Brush Pens / Watercolor by Katie Smith

Hey there, I’m Katie! I want to show you how you can create easy DIY landscape lettering, and by that, I mean drawing letters with little nature landscape scenes inside them! Supplies: Tombow Dual Brush Pens – I am using the Tropical 10-Pack and the Desert Flora 10-Pack Tombow MONO […]

DIY Landscape Lettering Art

August 17, 2021 in Design Team / Handlettering / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks / Watercolor tagged desert flora Palette / Hand lettering / illustration / Lettering / Tombow Dual Brush Pens Tropical Palette / Tombow Water Brush / Watercolor by Katie Smith

Hi everyone, Katie here to show you how to create a fun and easy tropical art journal page using Dual Brush Pens and gesso! Supplies: Art journal (I recommend one that has heavier paper, so 90lb or 140lb!) Tombow Dual Brush Pens Green Blendables 6-Pack Tombow Water Brush, Flat Gesso […]

DIY Tropical Art Journal

July 13, 2021 in Art Journaling / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Art Journal / Dual Brush Pen Blendables / Dual Brush Pens / Mixed Media / Tutorial by Katie Smith

Hey y’all, this is Katie! Today, I am going to show you how to color your own galaxy card using Tombow’s ABT PRO Alcohol-Based Markers. If you have any space loving friends, they will LOVE this handmade card! Supplies: Tombow ABT PRO Alcohol-Based Markers (I’m using 133, 401, 403, 491, […]

How to Color a Galaxy Card using ABT PRO Markers

April 24, 2020 in Cards & Papercrafting / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged ABT Pro / card making / galaxy / Tombow ABT PRO Alcohol Based Markers / Tutorial by Katie Smith

Hello, it’s Katie here! Today, I want to show you how to paint a watercolor succulent using Tombow’s Watercolor Set! Supplies: Tombow Watercolor Set (This comes with: 5 Dual Brush Pens, Medium Water Brush, MONO Drawing Pencil 4H, MONO Twin Permanent Marker, MONO Plastic Eraser, Blending Palette, Watercolor Guide and […]

How to Paint a Watercolor Succulent

April 10, 2020 in General tagged art / Tombow Watercolor Set / Tutorial / Watercolor by Katie Smith

Hey everyone, Katie here! Today, I am going to show you a few methods for painting watercolor shibori designs. When I saw Pantone’s 2020 Color of the Year (Classic Blue), it made me think of Shibori fabric. Shibori fabric is what inspired this project. If you aren’t familiar with Shibori, […]

Three Ways to Paint Watercolor Shibori Designs

March 20, 2020 in Tombow Special Events / Watercolor tagged dual brush pen / Pantone's Color of the Year / Tutorial / Watercolor by Katie Smith