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Mastercopy Series: Richard Schmid Scagway Trawler

🚢 Step into a master’s brushstrokes. In this focused mastercopy demo, Brandon Gonzales reconstructs Richard Schmid’s Scagway Trawler in gouache, showing you how to dissect and absorb the choices behind a great painting.


You’ll learn how to:
🎨 Approach a master painting with deliberate intention — color harmony, value, edge control, composition
🔍 Reverse engineer the visual decisions that make the original sing
🧩 Translate observational insight into your own expressive toolkit
🖼️ Cultivate deeper appreciation and fluency by studying with purpose


Perfect for intermediate-to-advanced artists who want to level up by learning from the masters—understand not just what they did, but why they did it.

  • Brandon Gonzales

    Instructor

  • Fundamental

    Difficulty
Meet your instructor

Brandon Gonzales

After graduating from Art Center College of Design, Brandon has spent 10 years working as a matte painter and concept artist in the entertainment industry. His unique artistic background has helped him develop a sharp eye for detail, evident in his expressive brush strokes and the accurate, yet stunning colors of his more recent traditional paintings. His years working as a matte painter has nurtured an uncommon ability to see complexities and nuances around him. This ability coupled with his painterly style results in an uncommon freshness and energy. 

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