No Traceable Required
These tutorials have instruction without using the traceable. If there is a drawing portion, Tracie will show you how to draw the items. Some of the paintings may have an “optional traceable” attached to it that you can use to help you with the drawing portion.
Tranquil Crane
Update: video should be fixed now! The video sent out in the emails cuts off towards the end but the one in this post is updated.
Learn how to paint a red crowned crane with serene lake background and cherry blossoms. This tutorial includes an optional traceable as well as instructions for how to draw the crane.
Cozy Christmas Gnome
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.
Christmas A-Frame
This is a Christmas Tree lot inspired painting with a cozy a-frame cabin in the background and friendly gingerbread man! Customize this painting with different sign verbiage such as “Ski Lodge” or “North Pole”. The tutorial has optional traceables and a very easy drawing portion!
Candy Cane Mouse
This is an adorable painting of a mouse holding a candy cane with snowy background! The level of this painting is set at “intermediate”, however, you can make this more simple by not doing all that fur texture! An optional traceable is included as well as instruction for how to draw the mouse.
Preview the video:
Magical Winter Cardinal
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.
