Forests & Woodlands

Misty paths, mossy corners, magical trees, glowing clearings, and quiet woodland worlds. Browse these forest-inspired collections whenever you’re in the mood for leaves, shadows, texture, and a little bit of mystery.

Mossbound

A group of texture-focused tutorials based in a world overrun by moss.

Winter's Calling

Grab your brushes and your scarf as we paint some chilly winter landscapes!

A Cozy Autumn

Explore light, atmosphere, and the feeling of fall with 3 autumn-inspired projects.

The Forest of Stars

Step into the enchanting Forest of Stars, where you'll learn how to capture glowing orbs filled with galaxies, create messages written with stardust, and paint sacred spaces filled with quiet and wonder.

Fable Wood

Dream up your own magical creatures and learn how to include them in your scenes.

Forest Finds

Explore the heart of the forest to uncover its hidden treasures. From ancient stones to mossy stumps and glowing springs, each scene captures the enchanting details of nature's quiet magic.

The Lantern of Wandering Souls

Step into the enchanting world of The Lantern of Wandering Souls, where glowing lanterns illuminate mystical pathways and foggy forests. These projects will guide you in creating atmospheric scenes filled with light, depth, and magical details.

A Ghibli-Inspired Autumn

Capture the delightful spirit of the season with these landscape projects inspired by the style of Studio Ghibli.

The Mossy Forest

Explore a world full of mossy green goodness in these enchanting forest projects.

Fairy Glen

Practice your loose brushstrokes with this collection of glowing, ethereal scenes from a magical fairy glen!

The Rainy Forest

Explore a selection of rainy forest environments brimming with atmosphere in these moody projects.

Creativity

Give your creativity a workout with these quick and fun painting projects. Use simple silhouettes to create a scene, or explore color with your very own Tiny World!

The Wild

Embrace looser brushstrokes in this collection of projects inspired by wild places. Paint a pretty mountain valley, a hidden waterfall, and a gorgeous sunset.

Cosmic Forest

Explore vibrant colors and loose blending in these enchanting landscapes from the cosmic forest.

The Tulgey Wood

Learn how to capture magic and whimsy in these enchanting projects, where you'll paint illuminated details, spiral trees and the point where two worlds meet.

Snowfall & Starlight

A selection of magical winter scenes, complete with snowy pine trees, colorful skaters and an enchanted tree made of ice!

Abstract Landscapes

Explore freedom of color and texture in these beautiful abstract landscapes. These projects are perfect to help you relax!

Painting for Fun

Let me show you one of my favorite approaches to painting, as we create some loose backgrounds and them fill them with glimpses into enchanting worlds.

Painting From Your Imagination

Learn how to bring an idea to life from scratch in these tutorials. I'll walk you through each stage of my process in painting this magical Secret Garden.

Rocks

Explore the color and texture in simple rocks, and learn how to make them feel at home in a scene with these rocky tutorials!

A Night Under the Stars

There's something so cozy about painting a night scene. In these tutorials you'll capture the glow of a camp fire, moonlit plants, a bright aurora, and more!

Mushrooms

Explore the magic of the forest floor with these pretty mushroom tutorials. We'll combine small details with pretty out-of-focus backgrounds in these tutorials.

Autumn

In these tutorials we'll explore the beauty of autumn colors as we seek to capture the magic of this time of year.

An Illustrated Journal

What do we do when we've collected more inspiration photos than we can possibly use? Here I'll show you how to group several images together to create an illustrated journal page.

The Forest

These projects focus on how to create different textures in trees and bushes, plus a sweet little forest fox friend.

Layered Landscapes

Building landscapes up in layers is a great way to simplify a scene and create a sense of depth. All these tutorials focus on this approach.

Clouds

There are never two clouds the same, so in these tutorials we'll try out lots of different kinds as we test out colors and techniques to find what works best.

Rain & Fog

Rainy and foggy environments are such a joy to paint with gouache! Give your muted colors a workout for these atmospheric scenes.

Waterfalls

Is there anything more magical than a little waterfall tucked away in the forest? These projects will help you with the techniques involved in capturing falling water.

Illumination

In these tutorials you'll learn about how to capture glowing light in your paintings.

Forest Magic

Explore all the wonderful techniques we can use with gouache to create a sense of magic in our paintings with this panoramic forest scene. In these tutorials you'll also find a selection of quick exercises to paint a variety of beautiful light effects.

Live Class Replays

Bluebell Wood

Join me as we paint this striking scene full of bluebells and warm sunshine.

The Mossy Woods

In this live class i will show you how I take inspiration from a photograph and turn it into a magical scene!

Autumn Trail

In this live class we'll be painting this gorgeous Autumn trail full of warm muted tones.

Deep in the Woods

In this class we'll take a reference photo and give it a little twist of magic to create a unique scene.

Forest Shadows

This tutorial shows how you can break down an awesome lighting effect into more simple steps.

Fall Light

In this live class we'll have a go at painting this beautiful warm sunlight shining through the trees!

Spring Glow

Capture warm spring sunshine pouring through the trees and learn how to create striking shadows and a beautiful soft light effect.

Painting Light at Night

Lets explore how to create glowing, vibrant light in a dark night scene as we paint this pretty forest lantern.

Neon Forest

For this live class we'll be using the color palette from Neon Dream to make a new, unique painting!