Category: Paintings

Today I practiced different brush strokes! Here’s the video, by Mr. Shibasaki. I wanted to do more today, but I was busy and I ran out of time.

I was watching this video by Mr. Shibasaki and it looked like so much fun I had to try it. It was a freeing experience, not trying to make the painting good or worrying about making mistakes. His mindset is perfect. It’s exactly the mindset I want for painting and for learning in general. Sometimes…

I painted a Japanese cherry tree! Here’s the video, by Mr. Shibasaki.

I painted the church again today and I think it looks better overall. Here’s a comparison with yesterday’s: I tried to make the trees more focused and better define the shadows on the steeple. Here’s the video I followed, by Mr. Shibasaki.

Today I painted a church, although I think I’m going to try it again tomorrow.

I painted another tree today and I think it’s more interesting than yesterday’s. I watched this video, again by Mr. Shibasaki, and I tried to implement the techniques he demonstrates. I’m noticing that my brush and paints don’t behave like his. Probably because I’m using cheap supplies xD

Today I painted a tree! Here’s the video I followed, by Mr. Shibasaki.

Today I followed along with this video by Mr. Shibasaki and it was super fun to paint.

A painting of the Windows XP Bliss wallpaper by Charles O’Rear.

The point today was to just play with the colors and have fun.

Today I decided that I needed to paint something on a large canvas. Reference by @likeidtellyoumyname.

Another quick painting! I really like making these small square paintings. Reference image by Elora, @owakita_.

A really quick painting today. Reference photo by u/CGorman68.

I’ve been doing a lot of technical stuff on the computer lately and I thought it’d be cool to do a project which isn’t on the computer. Watercolor seemed like a natural choice: I already know I like it and I’ve been wanting to paint more. I have some experience, although I’m definitely a beginner.…