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Brenden Sanborn painting an indigo watercolor portrait of a man, brush on the face, pencil sketch of the shoulders below

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How to Paint a Monochromatic Portrait: A Step by Step Guide

How I paint a one color watercolor portrait in indigo, step by step, from the first pencil lines to the final shadows.

June 7, 2024

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Brenden Sanborn's custom ink portrait on a book page with paint markers and coffee on his studio table

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Custom Ink Portraits on Book Pages

Small portraits in ink and gouache, painted on real pages from old books, made from your own photo.

January 31, 2024

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Five Tuesday ink sketches of male figures by Brenden Sanborn laid out beside his watercolor palette and ink

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Coffee and Sketch Tuesdays

Why I started giving one morning a week to coffee, ink and a single sketch, and what slowing down did for my work.

April 20, 2023

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