Our bonus tutorial for the month of July is a classic lantern glowing in a summer scene with fireflies and deep blue lake in the background. There is a tracer for this and drawing instructions.
Bonus Tutorials Membership
Bonus tutorials are for all members in all tiers. The only difference is that if you are a “Bonus Tutorials Only” member, you only get access to these bonus tutorials and not the other downloads. These are tutorials released the first Wednesday of every month and they are only found in the membership (not elsewhere online).
Summer Garden Goose
This ADORABLE goose is our bonus members only tutorial for the month of June! Tutorial includes a template for the goose, PDF instructions, traceables resized for different canvas sizes and full video.
This is our BONUS TUTORIAL for the month of June 2026!
Moonlight Frog – Bonus Tutorial
Animals, Bonus Tutorials Membership, Lakes, Rivers, Ponds, Etc., Landscapes, Summer, Traceable Required
This tutorial uses a traceable for just the frog! There is also an optional traceable for the whole design! Because this is on a dark canvas, white graphite paper is recommended!
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Bonus Tutorial Catalog
This NEW catalog has all of the bonus tutorials! Sort through past seasonal bonus tutorials in a visual user friendly format.
Cozy Christmas Gnome
All Access Membership, Bonus Tutorials Membership, Christmas, Drawing, Gnomes, Medium, No Traceable Required, Winter
This super cute “Cozy Christmas Gnome” is the bonus tutorial for December 2025!
This tutorial has optional traceables, drawing instruction, full video and PDF step by step instructions.
Magical Winter Cardinal
Birds, Black Canvas Background, Bonus Tutorials Membership, Christmas, Medium, No Traceable Required, Winter
We will be learning how to paint a cardinal on a black canvas perched on a snowy branch with pine needles, holly leaves and sparkling stars and snow in the background. This tutorial will have instructions for how to draw the cardinal and an optional template if you want to skip the drawing portion.
Autumn At Le Café
Bonus Tutorials Membership, Buildings, Fall, Landscapes, Medium, Medium Level, No Traceable Required
“Autumn At Le Café” is our Bonus Tutorial for members for the month of October 2025! We will be painting a French inspired cafe in Autumn at sunset. This is one you’ll want to paint multiple seasons for!
Scarecrow Bouquet – Bonus Tutorial
All Access Membership, Bonus Tutorials Membership, Fall, Floral, Medium, No Traceable Required, Thanksgiving
“Scarecrow Bouquet” is a fun fall floral arrangement in a rustic wooden barrel featuring a small scarecrow adornment. You will love the warm color palette in this one as we experiment with mixing deep purples, rustic reds and bright yellows!
Discovery Reef – August Bonus Tutorial – Part 1 & Part 2
All Access Membership, Animals, Bonus Tutorials Membership, Intermediate, Long Canvas, No Traceable Required, Ocean/ Beach
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!
Honey Bear – Bonus Tutorial
All Access Membership, Animals, Bonus Tutorials Membership, Intermediate, No Traceable Required, Summer
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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Sweet Summertime
All Access Membership, Bonus Tutorials Membership, Food, Fruit, Drinks, Etc., Intermediate, Summer, Traceable Required
A summer picnic in paradise! Lemonade, watermelon, fresh strawberries and happy bees.
“Sweet Summertime” is our “Bonus Tutorial” for June 2025! I use a traceable for the lettering (which can also be customized) but everything else I will show you how to hand draw! Also, as usual, there will be a full traceable template for everything else if you want to use that too!
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Coastal View – Bonus Tutorial
All Access Membership, Bonus Tutorials Membership, Landscapes, Medium, Medium Level, No Traceable Required, Ocean/ Beach, Summer
Paint a serene ocean view! You can just hear the sea gulls and the sounds of the gentle waves while painting this one! Tutorial has a full video of Tracie teaching the painting, optional traceables and PDF instructions showing each step!
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Zen Reflections (Bonus Tutorial For April 2025)
All Access Membership, Bonus Tutorials Membership, Floral, Lakes, Rivers, Ponds, Etc., Landscapes, Medium, No Traceable Required
This is the bonus tutorial for April 2025! Tutorial has an optional traceable. “Zen Reflections” is a very relaxing painting and many members have expressed their love for this tutorial!
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Herb Garden 🪴 🦋
All Access Membership, Black Canvas Background, Bonus Tutorials Membership, Floral, Medium, Medium Level, No Traceable Required, Spring
This is our bonus tutorial for March! It is painted on a black canvas. Learn how to paint kitchen garden herbs in fun decorative terra cotta pots.
