the best membership for artists

and yes, we are that sure!

Are you looking for consistency, inspiration, guidance, feedback and support on your creative journey? Then you are in the right place!

 

Brave Brushes Studio is an online art studio and community for amateur artists and urban sketchers. 

 

You love sketching, but love is not enough to make progress?

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

We’ve heard this from so many artists, and we have found a way to help.

BRAVE BRUSHES STUDIO IS A HOME FOR ARTISTS 

This is where you will find resources for regular practice and guided tutorials that build up your sketching techniques. It’s a place where you can get your questions answered.

HERE'S WHAT YOU WILL GET AS A MEMBER

Resource Library

The library is a collection of lessons on gouache, watercolors and alcohol-based markers. We add new lessons every month. The library also has an archive of Julia Henze's Skillshare classes, live workshops and PDF tutorials.

Live Sketching Sessions

This is where you get to sketch with us in real time, ask your questions as you sketch, and meet other members of Brave Brushes Studio. These monthly sessions are recorded and added to the resource library.

Community

We have a Facebook group in which community members post their art projects, interact with each other, ask their questions and find sketching buddies. It is a great way to get support, encouragement and inspiration.

Monthly Adventures

These are monthly topics for focused practice. Each month we practice an aspect of urban sketching (proportions, textures, perspective, color theory etc.) and guide you towards improved technique. These lessons are exclusive to Brave Brushes Studio.

Live Q&A Events

Face-to-face time with Julia Henze. Get feedback on your artwork and recommendations for practice. Ask any questions about techniques, sketching supplies, or anything else. Join live or watch the reply later.

Immediate Access to All Resources

When you join Brave Brushes Studio, you get immediate access to our dedicated website: monthly adventures, class archive, workshop replays, recordings of live sessions. Access any time and work at your own pace.

I'm Julia Henze, an urban sketcher and an art teacher, and I'm here to help

“You are hopeless at drawing. You will never learn!” this is what my art teacher in elementary school told me.  While I was hurt and upset, I didn’t let those words define me and discourage me. Art was my passion back then and remains my passion to this day.

It is my mission:

  • to help artists believe in themselves
  • to help them realize that they ARE artists
  • to teach them to love colors and see the beauty of lines and textures
  • to help them grow and thrive 

To help YOU  grow and thrive!

I’m here to help you:

  • focus on the process of making art instead of worrying about the result
  • have realistic expectations and stop comparing yourself to other artists
  • work on your sketching skills at your own pace
  • get that easiness, playfulness, and freedom back

"You are brilliant and talented. Even if you think you're hopeless, you WILL LEARN!"

Explore bright colors, draw confident lines and conquer perspective!

To do great things, you need a partner. So here's the other co-founder of Brave Brushes Studio

I’m Anna Kozyreva, an instructional designer and a beginning artist. 

 

Here’s what I do in Brave Brushes Studio:

  • I act as Julia’s guinea pig: I test all of Julia’s lessons and make sure they are easy to follow and not too overwhelming. 
  • While Julia is in charge of art, I take care of the tech side of things and make sure everything is running smoothly: the website, the Facebook group, live events. 
I am totally blown away by the progress our members are making. And I am fascinated and inspired by their artwork! 

Here's what people Are Saying About Brave Brushes Studio

"In just a few weeks, I've seen a tremendous change in the way I go about sketching and paining."

I came into Brave Brushes to better learn perspective and shadow work to enhance my drawing skills and begin my journey into urban sketching.  Julia gives expert, detailed, critiques of students’ artwork that is extremely valuable to the learning process


Brave Brushes is organized into detailed lessons, videos, Q & A’s, and live painting sessions that give many opportunities to practice what is presented.  Further feedback can be found within the Brave Brushes community where everyone cheers each other’s progress in their art journey, wherever they may be on their learning curve.


I believe the lessons and all things offered within Brave Brushes can easily be used by so many no matter where they may be in their art journey.  It is a place for exploration and practice and Julia gives so many opportunities for a student to go through the material at their own pace.  There is a variety of learning materials and each builds on techniques learned in previous lessons, building a strong foundation for your art process


In just a few weeks, I have seen a tremendous change in the way I go about sketching and painting.  I am applying new techniques and gaining great results. I am so excited to be part of this wonderful community that Julia and Anna have created.  It is the best gift I have given myself!  


Explore, practice, and enjoy the process!

Lurline Gatling
USA

"I have been shocked at how much I have learned in a matter of a few short weeks."

 

I have been shocked at how much I have learned in a matter of a few short weeks. I can see the difference in my drawing and paintings! Julia is so generous with her knowledge and the lessons are packed with so many tips. The classes and website are well-designed and such a pleasure to view. 
 
There are a lot of great artists and there are a lot of great teachers out there. Finding a great artist AND teacher is much harder to find so I feel very lucky to have found Julia. With Anna’s help, they have created an amazing learning platform. The classes are fun, and it is a wonderful community that I am thankful to be a part of. I am learning so much about drawing, gouache and watercolor.
 
What Julia and Anna are building is truly special and I count my lucky stars that I am a part of it! I spent so much time on YouTube searching for tutorials and there is a lot of helpful information and tutorials out there but there is also so much “noise,” and you have to sift through it.
Cathy Parker
USA

"Brave Brushes is the place to be!"

What do I like about Brave Brushes? The website is very colorful, clear, and everything is easy to find. I was looking for a teacher who could teach me how to get me further than I am right now. And after the first 2 months, I am finding it! It works. Every week a new challenge, practice, stimulating me to draw and paint. That is what I like the most about Brave Brushes.
 
And then every month contact online about what we can do to improve ourselves and that we can learn from each other in the Facebook group is great.
 
And it is working, it makes me very happy. I have a goal to find my own style, and I start believing it 🙂
These last weeks I have already learned a lot. Not to be hasty, to look, to practice a lot, shadows and PROPORTIONS!! I finally drew a house with the right proportions!
 
So if you are looking for a community where you can be yourself, where you get feedback from the teacher and the other members, and you want to go beyond where you are now or if you want to start drawing, urban sketching of watercolor/ gouache: Brave Brushes is the place to be!
Annemarie Slotboom
The Netherlands

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Frequently Asked Questions

This membership is for amateur artists with some experience in sketching. If you are an absolute beginner, you may find our lessons a bit complicated (but anything is complicated in the beginning), but you should still be able to do them. If you are a professional artist, this membership is not for you. We’ve got nothing to teach you! 

You can cancel at any time, hassle-free. No hard feelings! 

Once you subscribe, you get access to all our content straight away: the entire library of classes, pdfs, monthly adventures, recordings of live events and webinars. 

Let’s be very clear here: no, you can’t. You will lose access to the Brave Brushes Studio website and its content when you cancel your membership. You can always come back and join the Studio later. 

We do not offer a trial. If you are not sure if our membership is the right fit, join Brave Brushes Studio for a month and then cancel if you find it is not right for you. However, we hope that you will enjoy it. 

Questions or doubts? Don't hesitate to contact us!