Learn to Paint Podcast

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Ep.98 with Debra Huse Jul 23, 2024

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Welcome to the conversation with Debra Huse!
In the conversation, you’ll learn how you can build unique strategies around different subjects to make your paintings stronger, the role of confidence in getting better and the secret to choosing the right brush. This seriously might solve 50% of your brush problems.
Extended Cut Bonus (Art Club)

In the Extended Cut Bonus, you’ll discover how to manage your palette so that you can create neutrals while also keeping your brights bright plus how to think about light so you can create your strongest work.
Bonus Guide: 7 Steps to Plein Air Success. Plus check out her other free guides and classes here. (Add the guide to cart. You’ll go through the checkout process but you don’t need to put in a credit card. You’ll get emailed a link to download the pdf good for 24 hours.)
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Ep.97 with Kimberly Kelly Santini Jun 18, 2024

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Welcome to the conversation with Kimberly Kelly Santini!

Feature Conversation

In the conversation you’ll discover why you shouldn’t be afraid to cover up what you’ve put down, how to build an intuitive approach to your painting process and why you might need to start a studio log. Plus a whole lot more.

Extended Cut Bonus [Podcast Art Club]

In the Extended Cut Bonus, you’ll learn how to create surprise in your work and we dig deeper to Santini’s Must Haves Lists which is going to spark some great ideas for creating your own. This is a really great bonus episode and if you enjoyed the conversation with Santini, you’ll really want to check it out.

Plus check out over 50 Bonus Conversations with guests! Listen to them here.
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Ep.96 with Emma Carlisle May 21, 2024

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Welcome to the conversation with artist Emma Carlisle!

You’ll learn a great strategy for working up to larger pieces, ideas for getting comfortable on location and how to use projects to keep yourself going.

Extended Cut Bonus [Art Club]

In the Extended Cut Bonus we talk trusting your gut, the power of working in your comfort zone, and why sometimes you really just need to keep that work private. Find it here.

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Ep.95 with Jordan Wolfson Apr 23, 2024

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Welcome to conversation with Jordan Wolfson!

Feature Interview

In the interview, you’ll learn how to get yourself familiar with a subject before you start your formal painting, how to match the type of painting you do to your energy, and why you may not want to search for your style but instead listen for your motifs. Plus a whole lot more.
Extended Cut Bonus [Podcast Art Club]

Discover the power of self talk and why it’s important to start enjoying what you're doing right now, no matter what your skill level. Listen here.

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Ep.94 with Nino Yuniardi Mar 19, 2024

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In the conversation with Nino Yuniardi, you’ll learn how to create a foreground, middle ground and background in your non-representational work, how to get more depth when working with a single color, and why sometimes you just have to jump in and make a mess… plus a whole lot more.
Special Mini Episode: How to Find YOU in Your Art Process

While there’s no Extended Cut with this episode, there is a special Mini Episode Bonus all about finding the YOU in your artwork. Knowing what your preferences actually ARE is a big part of abstract work… but really any work as an artist. It’s definitely a big part of Yuniardi’s work. You can find it here at the Podcast Art Club.

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Ep.93 with Sandi Hester Feb 20, 2024

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Welcome to the conversation with Sandi Hester. In it, you’ll discover how to tackle a new medium, what to do if you want to paint plein air but can’t seem to find the right spots, and why it’s so so so important to create protected spaces in your art practice just for the creating part, plus a whole lot more.

Extended Cut Bonus [Podcast Art Club]

In the Extended Cut Bonus, we talk about focal points and why you may or may not need one and Hester explains how she thinks through what she sees and how she translates that to actual layers of paint. Join the Podcast Art Club here.

Videos Mentioned in the Show:

Hester’s Favorite Supplies

Trip with Hester's Mom and Husband

Painting Husband at Pool

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Ep.92 with John MacDonald Jan 23, 2024

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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.
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Kim Smith - December Replay - Ep.13 Dec 26, 2023

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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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Brian Miller - December Replay - Ep.56 Dec 19, 2023

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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.
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Daily Sketching with Shari Blaukopf (Ep.52 Replay) Dec 12, 2023

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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.]

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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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