Learn to Paint Podcast

Jed Dorsey's Acrylic University is sponsoring the show this August and what a great reason to reshare Ep. 27 where I first had the chance to talk to Dorsey.

If you've already heard it, I encourage you…

How you structure your studio time matters. It matters because it can work with you or against you. 

In the next Mini Episode, we’ll look at three ways guests from the show structure their studio time…

In interview with Bernard Dellario, you’ll learn how he prioritized his time when he was working full time, why it’s worth trying that value study with your paints and how simplification…isn’t always…

If you're an oil painter (or playing with the idea of trying the medium) a potential barrier is understanding  mediums and solvents.  So in today's mini, we are tackling  them head on with Mary Weise…

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Calling all busy artists: Let’s learn how to make the most of the time you DO have.

 It starts with 20minutes a day for 20 days. 

Join the next #20for20Art Challenge. Learn …

This week, I welcome back Ep. 25 guest Julie Gilbert Pollard to discuss falling water. 

You’ll learn how to simplify the complexity of falling water and get advice on how to approach reflections and s…

In the conversation with acrylic painter Hashim Akib, you’ll discover a unique way to mix your acrylic paints, how to look beyond your local influences, and explore strategies you can use to create l…

The “I don’t have time to paint” problem is one all of us face. But in today's episode, we explore all the benefits of starting small. 

You’re going to learn how to shift your success metrics,  get so…

Welcome to the conversation you’ll learn the difference between working fast and being rushed, how to move between working intuitively and analytically,  and why you always want to follow your own jo…

Ep 22 guest Sarah Sedwick is back this week to talk about the light and shadows in your paintings. In the conversation, you’ll learn the anatomy of light and dark, the questions Sedwick asks when she…

In the conversation, you’ll discover Brown’s pigment strategy, how to use opaques even if you are primarily a transparent painter  and why sometimes the goal needs to be an ALMOST finished painting.

G…

Episode 15 guest Debbie Miller is BACK for a second mini episode and we're talking about two of her paintings, primarily "Coffee Break" and a little bit "Out of the Blue."

🎉🎉 #20for20 Art Challenge 🎉🎉

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In the conversation with Jose Trujillo, you’ll learn the power of focusing your efforts on the painting discipline instead of the final painting product, how discomfort is part of the learning proces…

We often talk about color on this show…hue, value, saturation… but at the heart of all of that is the pigments themselves. In Mini Episode 43, I sit down with Mary Weisenburger from Gamblin  and we g…

This week I'm talking with mixed media artist Kellee Wynne Conrad!

 In the conversation we talk about the challenges of not going back to your old self, the opportunities of limitations and Conrad wa…

Ep. 20 guest Sandra Duran Wilson is back and we’re discussing the foundational elements of mixed media: paint, paper (collage) and mark making. 

🎉🎉 #20for20 Art Challenge 🎉🎉

Calling all busy artists: L…

Welcome to the conversation with acrylic and oil painter Sari Shryack

In the conversation you’ll learn how to get started if you are low on time (side note: Joining #20for20ArtChallenge2022 challenge …

Today we're talking about perspective! Perspective is a tool you can use to create depth and distance in your work. There are a few types of perspective tools but in today's mini episode we are focus…

In the conversation you’ll learn how darks and lights work together to create luminosity, why it’s important to have those value 9s, and well value, value, value. Plus a whole lot more.

Gloss and High…

Ep 22 guest Sarah Sedwick is back and we are talking about some of the limitations you run up against when you first get started in art.

We talk time limitations, money limitations, space limitations …