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The Watercolors are Back!
The Watercolors are Back!This past week, I finally did a watercolor sketch on one of my livestreams. I've been working this weekend to make a better painting setup for my livestreams, so that I can paint standing up - how I naturally would paint. Can't wait to try it out soon and see how it goes. For now, I did this recent sketch of some village houses from a photo I took while I was visiting Malaysia back in 2022. I struggled a bit with this one and I'll be honest, it was a bit ambitious to choose a subject like this after not painting for many months. But I pushed through and overall I'm happy with the outcome. It's a bit chaotic but I think it adds to the sketch. Here's the scale, just so you can get an idea of small this painting sketch is: I have a bunch more paintings I plan on making this year - mostly from my travels in the recent past to Pakistan and Malaysia. But I also have some California landscapes planned too. More to come soon. Enjoy your week :) If you'd like to see the process of this painting, you can watch the full livestream here: Painting Malaysian Village Houses in a Sketchbook This Week's Video:Another cat sketch, my process, and how I overcame some of the challenges. How I Saved My Sketch from Failure - Process & Proportions ✏️Unlock Your Artistic PotentialJoin my beginner-friendly Drawing course today and start creating! With the comprehensive curriculum, you'll have everything you need to achieve your drawing goals. Sign up now and get instant access to the course materials and resources. See you there :) Thank you for your time and support, |
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Brandon Schaefer
Once or twice a month, I send out my newsletter with ideas, tips, tools, and insights gained relating to creativity, life, art, inspiration, and exploration. Check it out, it’s free :) Nothing to lose.
Painting & Language Learning Hey, how are you? I've been good :) Just painting and dealing with life & all its challenges. Learning to paint is almost like learning a new language, except it's a visual language rather than a spoken one. And there's no words either. Something you may not know is that for the past 4 years now, I've been learning a 2nd language. I started out slowly and it took me a while to figure out what I even needed to learn or what to focus on. I'm learning Malay, which...
3 Things to Help Improve Your Paintings Hey, how's it going? My main focus lately has been working on watercolor paintings and improving the quality of my paintings. As I've been going through this process, I've had to think a lot about how to improve and what is necessary in order to do it. Here's some things you can focus on which can help to improve the quality of your paintings in long run: Sketching Drawing and sketching more will help you to be able to render your paintings more...
New Watercolor Paintings Hey there, I hope you're doing well :) Let's talk about March. March was a month full of focus and painting for me. I was somehow able to create 58 paintings - almost 2 per day. But not all of them were good, that's for sure. I haven't shared any of my new paintings yet with anyone, so I thought I'd share some of them here first with my newsletter readers. These are my top 10 favorites from all the paintings I created. I'll share some close-ups in a minute so you can...