TEXTURES (ice, smoke, dew drops, clouds, etc.)

Click on an image to open the corresponding blog.  The blog will have a free pattern (if available), video tutorial link (if available), and the written tutorial.

Basketweave.  This video tutorial explains how to create basketweave texture.  There is not a corresponding blog, and you do not need a  pattern.  To watch, click on the video thumbnail or this link: https://youtu.be/BJRKs5WGNYY

Clouds.  This video tutorial explains how to create some simple clouds.  There is not a corresponding blog, and you do not need a  pattern.  To watch, click on the video thumbnail or this link:  https://youtu.be/nwbkzZLqX8k

Denim fabric. This tutorial explains how to create realistic denim fabric.  Also, it shows two different ways to create the white stitches on the fabricDenim Tutorial

dew drops / rain drops

Dew Drops, water droplets, rain drops, or whatever you want to call them, are very easy to create.  They add an interesting element to your artwork.  This tutorial explains how to create them even in areas that are already burned in.  Dew Drops

Feather

Feather. This tutorial explains how to create a feather.  The blog explains the feather shown and provides a free pattern.   Also found in the blog is a video tutorial I did a number of years later.  The feather in the video tutorial does not require a pattern. Feather

This tutorial explains how to create an icicle.  Icicle tutorial

Sand stone cliff.  There isn’t a corresponding blog.  This video shows how I did the background for my Big Horned Sheep artwork.  While I used this technique to convey a rocky cliff type of texture, but it could also be used for tree bark texture.   To watch click on the video thumbnail or this link:  https://youtu.be/J4cb-V43rao

Here’s the artwork that the sandstone texture came from.  Even looking at the artwork, my eye can see that the texture has some tree bark qualities about it.

Smoke.  This tutorial will explain how to create wispy smoke texture two different ways.  One way is straight pyrography, and the other uses a rotary tool.  Smoke Tutorial

This composite image shows a weathered post artwork and the pattern. 

This post makes a perfect perch for birds, and other small animals. 

I have a YouTube video explaining how to create the weathered post.  There is not a corresponding blog.  To watch click on the video thumbnail or this link:  https://youtu.be/DYZI2fUFwf8