This one is a limited color palette (6 colors) easy painting tutorial! It will be the last Halloween theme painting for the season before I flip the switch for Winter Designs! (I may also make a Thanksgiving painting and maybe another Fall…) “Moonlight Mischief” is a black cat riding a witch broom over city skyline on a Halloween night with full moon radiating a yellow glow on a purple sky.
Animals
Discovery Reef – August Bonus Tutorial – Part 1 & Part 2
This is a TWO PART tutorial. Part 1 will include how to paint the entire background and coral/ seaweed. Part 2 will include how to paint the fish and the dolphin.

This painting is demonstrated on a long 10 x 20 canvas. You can do the design on an 11 x 14 as well. There are optional traceables sized to different canvas sizes. Go into as much detail as you want or simplify it! You can even choose to cut the painting in half and only do the bottom half or only do the top half! So many possibilities for this one!
Woodland Wanderer – Cute Fall Hedgehog
A cute hedgehog wandering in the woods! This painting has subtle fall vibes and is a glimpse of what is to come for the Fall 2025 season!
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Honey Bear – Bonus Tutorial
We will be painting this cutie for the month of July 2025! No traceable required for this one but there will be a template if you want to use it!
The focus on this painting will be how to paint animal fur texture! In the video there will be a mini in-depth demonstration on the technique I like to use to paint fur for all of my animal paintings.

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Otter Bliss
This super cute tutorial has an optional traceable template as well as instructions for how to draw the otter.
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Sunset Catch – “Rainbow Trout”
Paint a beautiful sunset lake with detailed rainbow trout jumping out of the water.
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Cute Sloth Painting
This tutorial does not have a full video unfortunately. The painting itself is very easy and there are traceables that you print and trace on the canvas. Traceable is required for this one!
Elephant Raindrops
Paint an adorable spring elephant under a colorful umbrella and abstract rainy background! This absolutely darling painting is kid friendly but also intended for all ages!
Fox & Birch Trees (Download Only)
This is a cute fox tutorial Tracie created in 2018! You can get the download for it below. Currently there is not an online version (except the one on the free website: https://stepbysteppainting.net/2018/10/16/how-to-paint-a-fox-and-birch-trees/)
Bats Landscape
“Bats Landscape” is a fun whimsical Halloween theme tutorial! There are a lot of details in this painting but it can be simplified.
Traceables are in there now!
Koala (Now has a PDF download!)
Learn how to paint a beautiful koala on a branch with (optional) flowers.