Learn to Paint Podcast

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.

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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.]

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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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 The 20for20 Art Challenge is almost here! You’ll commit to your art for 20 minutes a day for 20 days. Prep Week is underway, but there’s still time to join us, choose your project, get your materials ready, and make a plan for your 20 days. Registration is still open, so if you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time! Join us 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.

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 The 20for20 Art Challenge is almost here! You’ll commit to your art for 20 minutes a day for 20 days. Prep Week is underway, but there’s still time to join us, choose your project, get your materials ready, and make a plan for your 20 days. Registration is still open, so if you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time! Join us 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.

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 The 20for20 Art Challenge is almost here! You’ll commit to your art for 20 minutes a day for 20 days. Prep Week is underway, but there’s still time to join us, choose your project, get your materials ready, and make a plan for your 20 days. Registration is still open, so if you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time! Join us 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.

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 The 20for20 Art Challenge is almost here! You’ll commit to your art for 20 minutes a day for 20 days. Prep Week is underway, but there’s still time to join us, choose your project, get your materials ready, and make a plan for your 20 days. Registration is still open, so if you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time! Join us 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. 

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 The 20for20 Art Challenge is almost here! You’ll commit to your art for 20 minutes a day for 20 days. Prep Week is underway, but there’s still time to join us, choose your project, get your materials ready, and make a plan for your 20 days. Registration is still open, so if you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time! Join us 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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 The 20for20 Art Challenge is almost here! You’ll commit to your art for 20 minutes a day for 20 days. Prep Week is underway, but there’s still time to join us, choose your project, get your materials ready, and make a plan for your 20 days. Registration is still open, so if you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time! Join us 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:

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 The 20for20 Art Challenge is almost here! You’ll commit to your art for 20 minutes a day for 20 days. Prep Week is underway, but there’s still time to join us, choose your project, get your materials ready, and make a plan for your 20 days. Registration is still open, so if you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time! Join us here today!

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Welcome to Ep. 61 where I’m talking with artist Ali Kay. In the conversation you’ll discover some planning options if you’re not keen on thumbnail drawings, new ways to approach your underpainting and a great combination of colors to mix a whole array of skin tones. 

In the bonus conversation available in the Podcast Art Club on Patreon, we talk more about how Kay creates her bold, colorful work. 

 The 20for20 Art Challenge is almost here! You’ll commit to your art for 20 minutes a day for 20 days. Prep Week is underway, but there’s still time to join us, choose your project, get your materials ready, and make a plan for your 20 days. Registration is still open, so if you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time! Join us here today!

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Welcome to the conversation with Melanie Morris. You’ll discover the benefits of painting a reference photo multiple times, how your first steps don’t start with paint, and why a timer may be your key to staying present while you work. Plus a whole lot more.

Ad Free Podcast Art Club Version here.

Extended Cut Bonus [Podcast Art Club]

Morris talks about how to create sky holes in your trees and a really inventive idea for how to get great references when you travel.  Available next week in the Podcast Art Club.

Reference Photo Freebee mentioned in the episode here.

Ep.34 with Melanie Morris here.

 The 20for20 Art Challenge is almost here! You’ll commit to your art for 20 minutes a day for 20 days. Prep Week is underway, but there’s still time to join us, choose your project, get your materials ready, and make a plan for your 20 days. Registration is still open, so if you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time! Join us here today!

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Feature Episode:

In the conversation you’ll discover a strategy to ensure all your college papers goes together, reasons to build pieces on paper not more expensive surfaces and some great ideas for how to stay organized in your studio so that you can create work you love.

Extended Cut Bonus [Art Club]:

In the Extended Cut available in the Podcast Art Club, we talk about how to make art for the process and not the product, what allows her to work fast and we get more into design.  Listen here. 

 The 20for20 Art Challenge is almost here! You’ll commit to your art for 20 minutes a day for 20 days. Prep Week is underway, but there’s still time to join us, choose your project, get your materials ready, and make a plan for your 20 days. Registration is still open, so if you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time! Join us here today!

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