Art & Craft Tutorials

Katie Smith

Hello everyone, it’s Katie from Studio Katie here! This week on the Tombow blog we’ve been sharing wedding related projects, so I wanted to share a project that will make for a really fantastic wedding gift: A custom couple portrait! I’ll be sharing a few tips on how to create […]

Easy Wedding Gift! Illustrate a Custom Couple Portrait

June 8, 2018 in Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged DIY wedding / Doodle / Drawing / Dual Brush Pens / Gift / kawaii / Tombow Dual Brush Pens / Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen / Watercolor / Wedding by Katie Smith

Hey everyone, it’s Katie here! This week we are focusing on cursive, so today I wanted to share with you a fun cursive postcard that you can send to a friend! We’ll be using the TwinTone Dual Tip Markers, which are perfect for monoline cursive. The inspiration behind this postcard […]

DIY Cursive Postcard Art To Mail

May 23, 2018 in Design Team / Handlettering / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged cursive / Doodle / Drawing / postcards / Tombow MONO Drawing Pencil / Tombow TWINTONE Markers by Katie Smith

Hey Tombow friends! It’s Katie here, and you know I just love doodling! Today I wanted to share with you some easy bears that you can doodle! Supplies: Tombow MONO J Pencils Tombow MONO Drawing Pen 05 Tombow Dual Brush Pens Mixed Media Paper (I like the kind by Strathemore) […]

Easy Bears Anyone Can Doodle

May 9, 2018 in Design Team / General / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Doodle / Drawing / Tombow TWINTONE Markers / Tutorial by Katie Smith

Hey everyone, It’s Katie here to show you a fun technique you can use in your Traveler’s Notebook. This week we’re working with Webster’s Pages, who was kind enough to send each of us some of their gorgeous new product line! Today I’ll be working in the Soft Lilac Pocket […]

How to Draw Maps in your Travel Journal

April 26, 2018 in Art Journaling / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Drawing / Pastel Set TwinTones / Tombow TWINTONE Markers / travel journal / Traveler's Notebook / Tutorial by Katie Smith

Hey y’all, it’s Katie here with a fun new project! Today I want to show you how to make fringed cards! Fringe and tassels are pretty trendy right now. I see a lot of them, especially on clothing, so I decided to fringe some paper for a unique 3D card! […]

DIY Paper Fringe Cards

April 9, 2018 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged cards / Foam Tabs / fringe / Stamping / Tombow Mono Adhesive + Permanent by Katie Smith

Hey Tombow fans, It’s Katie here! Have you seen Tombow’s newest colored pencils? The 1500 Colored Pencils are really fun, They have artist grade wax-based lead blends really nicely and doesn’t break. They even come in a neat tins in 3 different sizes: 12, 24, or 36 colors. Today I’ll […]

How to Draw and Color Butterflies

March 26, 2018 in Adult Coloring / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged 1500 colored pencils / Colorless Blender / Drawing / MONO Drawing Pen / MONO Drawing Pencil by Katie Smith

Hey Tombow fans, It’s Katie here! One thing I really love is color and choosing color schemes! Today I want to talk about color schemes inspired by past decades, and show you guys a few tips for choosing colors based off of a vintage photograph. Supplies: Tombow Dual Brush Pens […]

How To Create Vintage Inspired Color Schemes

March 13, 2018 in Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Color Palette / Dual Brush Pens by Katie Smith

Hello everyone, It’s Katie here! Today I want to talk about travel journals! A travel journal is exactly what it sounds like: a journal you use to document your travels. You can take it with you to use during your adventure, or fill it out after you’re back home. In […]

3 Tips for Keeping a Travel Journal

February 26, 2018 in Art Journaling / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Art Journal / travel journal by Katie Smith

Hello Everyone, It’s Katie here! Today I am going to be showing y’all how to make 3 different birthday cards that are SO easy you can make one in 5 minutes! You can use any Dual Brush Pens for these, but I’m using the Bright 10-pack because I think the […]

3 Birthday Cards You Can Make in Under 5 Minutes

February 13, 2018 in Cards & Papercrafting / Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged birthday card / Bright Set / Doodling / Dual Brush Pens by Katie Smith

Hello everyone, It’s Katie here with a new blog post all about doodles! The start of a new year is a perfect time to start a creative hobby, such as doodling, and the best way to get started in doodling is to just start. That may not sound too helpful, […]

How to Doodle: 6 Plants to Draw!

January 29, 2018 in Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks / Zentangle tagged Doodle / Irojiten Colored Pencils / MONO Drawing Pencils / mono drawing pens / Pastel Set TwinTones / Tombow TwinTone by Katie Smith

Hey Y’all! It’s Katie here today and I am thrilled to be on the Tombow Design Team again this year! As my first post for 2018, I wanted to feature one of my favorite things: Art Journaling. I love working into books and journals. Today I am showing you how […]

How to Make an Introduction Page in Your Journal

January 9, 2018 in Art Journaling / Design Team / Mixed Media / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Art Journal / Dual Brush Pens / MONO Aqua Liquid Glue / MONO Drawing Pen / Tombow TwinTone by Katie Smith

Hello everyone, it’s Katie here! This week we created projects inspired by the New Year! Now, I personally am not at all a night owl, and I don’t ever celebrate the new year by staying up. So, rather than doing any party decor, my project focuses more on getting organized for 2018! […]

How to Make a DIY “Goals” Clipboard for the New ...

December 24, 2017 in Design Team / Tutorials, Tips & Tricks tagged Dual Brush Pens / Mono Multi XL Liquid Glue / Tombow Mono Twin Permanent Marker by Katie Smith