Welcome to the conversation with oil painter John MacDonald, you’ll discover what to do if you think you have a failed painting, how to assess your scene before you start  and how to take photos so that you actually have the information you NEED later when you start the painting. Plus a whole lot more.

Extended Cut Bonus:

Podcast Art Club, you’ve got a great Extended Cut Bonus coming your way. In it, you’ll dive even deeper into value, edges and contrast. It’s a good one. Listen here.

Learn more about MacDonald here:

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Doors are open for the next round of the 20for20 Art Challenge.

This is a structured 20-day challenge where you spend 20 minutes a day painting or drawing. We begin with Prep Week to help you choose a project, set up materials, and make a realistic plan so you can follow through.
If you’ve been struggling to stay consistent with your art, this is a great place to start. 

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In our final December Replay, I’m talking with artist Kim Smith. Smith paints in oil and she explains how she created an art practice that fit into her life, she’ll give you ideas on how to use warms and cools to create dynamic shadows and discusses  the value of sometimes not sharing your work. Plus a whole lot more.

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Doors are open for the next round of the 20for20 Art Challenge.

This is a structured 20-day challenge where you spend 20 minutes a day painting or drawing. We begin with Prep Week to help you choose a project, set up materials, and make a realistic plan so you can follow through.
If you’ve been struggling to stay consistent with your art, this is a great place to start. 

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Welcome to the conversation with Brian Miller!

In the interview you’ll learn the difference between oil and acrylic and which you might want to use if you're just getting started plus a great breakdown of how to create stronger shadows in your work. And always a whole lot more. 

Extended Cut Bonus

If you get to the end of the conversation and you’re not ready to be done, join us in the Podcast Art Club on Patreon where you’ll have access to the Extended Cut Bonus. In it, Miller talks about finding your style and gives some great ideas for how to get started strengthening your sense of composition.

Learn more about Brian Miller:

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Doors are open for the next round of the 20for20 Art Challenge.

This is a structured 20-day challenge where you spend 20 minutes a day painting or drawing. We begin with Prep Week to help you choose a project, set up materials, and make a realistic plan so you can follow through.
If you’ve been struggling to stay consistent with your art, this is a great place to start. 

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Welcome to my interview with artist Shari Blaukopf.

In the conversation, you’ll learn which materials you’ll need to get started in urban sketching, ideas for places to draw, and ideas for overcoming that sketchbook stage fright. Plus a whole lot more.

Extended Cut Bonus

Your bonus episode is jam packed with a great color discussion plus you’ll discover what makes a good value pattern and what to do if you live in an area of the world or are in a season where there IS no strong light. Listen here. [Podcast Art Club.]

MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:

In the episode, I mention Blaukopf does a great job on her website sharing her materials. You can find that here. 

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Doors are open for the next round of the 20for20 Art Challenge.

This is a structured 20-day challenge where you spend 20 minutes a day painting or drawing. We begin with Prep Week to help you choose a project, set up materials, and make a realistic plan so you can follow through.
If you’ve been struggling to stay consistent with your art, this is a great place to start. 

Learn more here today!

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Today we’re talking with artist Lisa Daria Kennedy.

Kennedy works many different ways across several media but today we’re focusing on her daily painting work.   

In the conversation, you’ll discover how she overcomes frustrations and keeps her paintings loose.  And you’ll learn how she has streamlined her approach so that showing up is as easy as possible.  Plus a whole lot more.

For show notes, head here.

Learn more about Lisa Daria Kennedy here:
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Doors are open for the next round of the 20for20 Art Challenge.

This is a structured 20-day challenge where you spend 20 minutes a day painting or drawing. We begin with Prep Week to help you choose a project, set up materials, and make a realistic plan so you can follow through.
If you’ve been struggling to stay consistent with your art, this is a great place to start. 

Learn more here today!

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Feature Conversation

In the conversation, you’ll discover how to know when it’s time to shake up your process, some great advice for layering with yellows and ideas for how to get more familiar with your tools. Plus a whole lot more.

Extended Cut Bonus [Podcast Art Club]

In the Extended Cut Bonus, you’ll explore compositional formats and how to take your mind off what you're doing and why it's so important.

Learn more about Jacqueline Sullivan:

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Doors are open for the next round of the 20for20 Art Challenge.

This is a structured 20-day challenge where you spend 20 minutes a day painting or drawing. We begin with Prep Week to help you choose a project, set up materials, and make a realistic plan so you can follow through.
If you’ve been struggling to stay consistent with your art, this is a great place to start. 

Learn more here today!

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Welcome to the interview with Erin Gregory! In the conversation, you’ll learn how to build a process with a lot of room for the unknown, what you’ll need from your references if that's the case and how to paint with loads of color.

Extended Cut Bonus [Podcast Art Club]

In the Extended Cut Bonus, discover the importance of keeping protected space in your practice and why it’s so important to spend time LOOKING at your work. 

Plus get access to over 40 additional Extended Cuts with guests.

 Ad Free Access: Podcast Art Club


Learn more about Erin Gregory:

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Doors are open for the next round of the 20for20 Art Challenge.

This is a structured 20-day challenge where you spend 20 minutes a day painting or drawing. We begin with Prep Week to help you choose a project, set up materials, and make a realistic plan so you can follow through.
If you’ve been struggling to stay consistent with your art, this is a great place to start. 

Learn more here today!

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Welcome to the interview with Jerry Fresia!

Feature Conversation

In the conversation, you’ll discover a way of working that goes back to the masters, how to think about painting atmosphere, and why it all comes down to feelings. Plus a whole lot more.

• See Fresia’s palette here.
• Ad Free  available here. [Art Club]
• Show notes with Fresia's work here.

Extended Cut Bonus -  

Available in the podcast art club, you’ll get a new way to think about black and how to create protected space around you when you work en plein air. 

Learn more about Jerry Fresia here:

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Doors are open for the next round of the 20for20 Art Challenge.

This is a structured 20-day challenge where you spend 20 minutes a day painting or drawing. We begin with Prep Week to help you choose a project, set up materials, and make a realistic plan so you can follow through.
If you’ve been struggling to stay consistent with your art, this is a great place to start. 

Learn more here today!

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In the conversation with Jeannie McGuire, you’ll discover a way of working with watercolor that is much more similar to oil and acrylic, how to keep moving forward even when you’re not totally sure what to do next and some great ideas for getting your viewers where you WANT them. Plus a whole lot more.

Podcast Art Club: Ad Free here.

Extended Cut Bonus [Podcast Art Club]

In the Extended Cut Bonus, you’ll get practical ideas for how to push through fear , what to do if you fall in love with an area and how to decide if you should keep it.  

Learn more about the Podcast Art Club here. 

Learn more about Jeannie McGuire here:

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Doors are open for the next round of the 20for20 Art Challenge.

This is a structured 20-day challenge where you spend 20 minutes a day painting or drawing. We begin with Prep Week to help you choose a project, set up materials, and make a realistic plan so you can follow through.
If you’ve been struggling to stay consistent with your art, this is a great place to start. 

Learn more here today!

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In the conversation with Ingrid Christensen, you’ll discover how your artistic heroes  can help you solve problems in your own work, the benefits of working with a split primary palette and why it’s so important to have a plan but then also STICK to the plan.  Plus a whole lot more.

Extended Cut Bonus [Podcast Art Club]

In the Extended Cut Bonus available to Podcast Art Club September 19th, you’ll get a great strategy for dealing with saturation and ideas for how to build a painting process that mirrors how we actually see. 

Learn more about the Podcast Art Club here. 

Learn more about Ingrid Christensen here:

WEBSITE / FACEBOOK / INSTAGRAM / WORKSHOPS 

Doors are open for the next round of the 20for20 Art Challenge.

This is a structured 20-day challenge where you spend 20 minutes a day painting or drawing. We begin with Prep Week to help you choose a project, set up materials, and make a realistic plan so you can follow through.
If you’ve been struggling to stay consistent with your art, this is a great place to start. 

Learn more here today!

Support the show