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I'm trying something different with this episode.  I thought I'd offer some "how it works" insights I have about the very basics of watercolor - the water!  There isn't a journal post from my website to point you to with the same general message.  

Though some of the ideas that I share I first wrote about in a post on painting "fuzzy backgrounds" on June 14, 2017. https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/life-stories/june-14-2017-learning-paint-fuzzy/
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Focusing - in order to get stuff done - is more natural for some of us than others.  In this episode I take a look at how this is and offer a point of view for those of us who lack the natural abiltiy to easily shut out the world - and the gift in this way of being.

This eposide was inspired by a post that I published under the title "When it's hard to focus"  on July 12, 2017, which is here: "https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/life-stories/july-12-2017-hard-focus/" if you'd like to read what I wrote.

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The story behind the environment that has been created through gathering with watercolor artists and students  over these past dozen years - and how surrounding ourselves with this kind of support impacts the art we make.

This eposide was inspired by a post that I published under the title "Like Potatoes on Mars"  on April 12, 2016, which is here: "https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/life-stories/april-12-2016-like-potatoes-mars/" if you'd like to read what I wrote.

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Examining the "why" that has us do whatever we do is an interesting and potenitally powerful exercise.  I look at this idea with regard to what drives my/our painting efforts - with a little Henry Miller thrown in for fun and inspiration!

This eposide was inspired by a post that I published under the title "Why make art?"  on March 29, 2017, which is here: "https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/life-stories/march-29-2017-why-make-art" if you'd like to read what I wrote.

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In this episode I explore the relationship between our inner and outer rooms - that is the space inside that holds aspects of ourselves - especially our creative parts - and the places outside where we actually do our creating.  It's about creating and claiming space for what we are called to do.

This eposide was inspired by a post that I published under the title "A room of one's own"  on September 20, 2017, which is here: "https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/life-stories/september-20-2017-room-ones/" if you'd like to read what I wrote and see photos of Sue's studio.

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I am a let's-get-personal-kind-of-person.  I am oriented subjectively - in pretty much all aspects of my life - but this is especially so in my art-making life.  In this episode I make the case for giving ourselves the permission to get as personal as we are so inclined in the how and what of our art.  This is the only way we can really speak with our visual voice.

This eposide was inspired by a post that I published under the title "Painting the truth"  on March 15, 2017, which is here: "https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/life-stories/march-15-2017-getting-personal/" if you'd like to read what I wrote and see the images that I refer to.

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Two incidents, two days in a row had me go looking for something I'd written, and wisdom I'd shared from other sources, that reminded me of the full story behind the protestations that arose in me from each of these two interactions.  This one has to do with whether or not we intentionally imbue our creations with messages, emotions, etc - and ultimately simply appreciating the magic of how our art is received by others.

All of this was in a post that I published under the title "Painting the truth"  on May 17, 2017, which is here: "https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/life-stories/may-17-2017-painting-truth/" if you'd like to read what I wrote - and to see the paintings that I refer to in this episode.  

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It's been a busy, distracted and chaotic-feeling year so far. And I've not been painting much at all!  I went searching through my posts for inspiration and wisdom that *I* needed to hear in this moment to get re-connected with my painting-self.  I need a reminder of how it can be when painting is a heart-centered devotion, rather than something to check off the list.

I found the reminder in a post that I published under the title "Fine tuning my promise to paint every day"  on March 8, 2016, which is here: "https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/life-stories/march-8-2016-fine-tuning-my-promise-to-paint-every-day" if you'd like to read what I wrote.  

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The illusion of light in our paintings is a magical thing.  Using just contrast of and dark and the subtleties of relative lights and darks in between, we can create a world.  In this episode, hear how in response to a short question, I came up with the four aspects of how it is that I (at least) create worlds of light in my paintings. 

Includes ideas from a post orignally published under the same title "Painting the Light" on May 31, 2017 which can be found  here:  https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/life-stories/may-31-2017-painting-light/ 
This page includes photos of example paintings  and it's where you can read what I originally wrote.

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Color!  It's such a *deal* for those of us who make art.  It can variously be an obsession,  a challenge, a tool -  as well as a source of fear and/or curiosity.  I posit that each of us has some kind of relationship with it.   I myself am a self-professed color nerd and daily appreciator of it in my life.   

In this episode I explore at least two aspects of color - our personal and unique relationship with it and the realities of working with it in the real world, in the process of making art.  

Includes ideas from a post orignally published under the same title "The Two Faces of Color" on June 17, 2017 which can be found  here:  https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/life-stories/june-7-2017-two-faces-color/  
This page includes photos of example paintings  and it's where you can read what I originally wrote.

Cara Brown - Watercolorist - Teacher - www.lifeinfullcolor.com
...where you can find all my paintings, workshop offerings and the entire archive of my writing.