In this feature interview with Patti Vincent, you’ll learn a ton about gouache including why it might be a good fit for your artistic goals. Plus we really get into the importance of simplification. (Thank you Podcast Art Club for your suggestions here!) What it is and how to approach it across your whole process. You might be surprised at where simplification BEGINS for Vincent. And as always, a whole lot more. Extended Cut Bonus In this episode’s Extended Cut Bonus, (available at the Podcast Art Club on Patreon) you’ll discover how Vincent approaches her foreground, middle ground and background and you’ll get some great ideas for how to inch your way into plein air painting. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

Many guests on the show use what’s called a limited palette. A limited palette can be a powerful way to improve your color confidence and create harmonious work. So this week we are deep diving into what IS a limited palette, how you might set one up and why you might want to give one a try. Guests mention in the episode in alphabetical order: Lisa Daria Kennedy, Ep.14 Louise Fletcher, Ep.48 Patti Vincent, Ep.75 Ron Stocke, upcoming -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

In the conversation, you’ll learn why sometimes it makes sense to take the thinner out of your medium mixture and just use oil, how the right brush can get you sharp edges and how paper cut outs might help you begin to understand the structure of your own work. Plus a whole lot more. Extended Cut Bonus: In the Extended Cut Bonus (available on Patreon) Brnger talks getting loose, the positive role of feeling stressed out, and ways to keep from getting precious with your materials. Plus we talk about why you might want to consider painting over those old paintings. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

In Ep.71 with Yong Hong Zhong, we talked a lot about story. In today's Mini, I'm going to break down the idea of story a bit more and look at some examples. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

In the conversation with watercolorist Yong Hong Zhong, you’ll learn the one thing Zhong says you need to have figured out before you start painting, advice for getting looser and questions to ask yourself to find your painting’s story. In the Extended Cut Bonus available at the Podcast Art Club, you'll learn the yellow, red, and blue Zhong suggests for a limited palette and he gives you ideas for where to focus if you feel like you don’t yet have a strong sense of color. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

Welcome to the conversation with Louise Fletcher! 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 joy. Plus a whole lot more. Extended Cut Bonus: This episode comes with a great Extended Cut Bonus where we move from mindset into more technical pieces. You’ll discover a new reason why you might want to reach for a limited palette, some advice on composition and a few pointers on how to critique your own work. Grab it by signing up at any tier at the Podcast Art Club here. Find show notes here. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

In Episode 70, I’m talking with artist Alice Sheridan. In the conversation, you’ll discover how a change in space might change your work, why having clear intent is so important and what to do when you need to say goodbye to a layer you love. Plus a whole lot more. In this episode’s Extended Cut Bonus, you’ll learn why drawing might be the key to figuring out what a painting is about and you'll discover some great ideas for how to hold time for your art practice. You can take a listen by joining the Podcast Art Club over on Patreon at any tier. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

Welcome to a new Podcast Art Club segment called, The Art Habit. In it, I talk with artists who are creating their art journeys. This is a Podcast Art Club exclusive so I've shared the first 15 minutes of the new segment here and if you'd like to listen to the full episode, head to Patreon.com/learntopaintpodcast Today’s guest: Sam Chappell If you’re on Instagram you may know her as eastnorthstudio. Chappell is an acrylic painter and in the full conversation, you’ll learn how Chappell manages burnout, how she used the Pandemic to focus on painting and why sometimes the hard part is giving ourselves permission to do less. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

We love talking with daily painters on the show. But if you have an occasional art practice and want to paint daily, how do you make that transition? Here are 7 ideas to get you started. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

Today I’m talking with artist Randy Hayashi. In the interview, you’ll learn a new way to think through your painting plan, a mixing palette that will help you create more dynamic color in your work, and how to think through a painting in terms of foreground, middle ground and background plus a whole lot more. In this episode’s bonus episode you’ll learn how Hayashi’s style has changed over the years and what habits help him make sure he’s ready to paint each week. You can take a listen by joining the Podcast Art Club over on Patreon at any tier. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

Jessica Fields has a process that WORKS. It gives her what she needs but also makes space for what her paintings need. Let's look into it... and what it might mean for how you work. Check out Ep.67 here. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

I’m talking with artist Jessica Fields. In the conversation you’ll learn that you have more than just brushes when it comes to painting, how obstacles may help you create your best work and a way to plan a painting around a specific color relationship In the extended cut bonus conversation over in the Podcast Art Club on Patreon, we talk pattern, edges and the important lessons Fields learned from a 100 day project. Listen to that here. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

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 some ideas for what you can do in 20 minutes and how just a small amount of daily practice helps you and those you love get ready for a larger art practice. Today we’re going to discover the mighty power of 20 minutes. So if you don’t paint consistently but want to or are struggling with finding time in your schedule, this is the show for you. Learn more about the #20for20ArtChallenge2023 here. Join the Podcast Art Club here. Article: 20 Ideas for 20 Minute Art Sessions -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

In the interview with Felicia Forte, we don’t cover tools or techniques. Forte has a great FAQ at her website to answer all of that. Instead, we delve into a conversation about process, big and small. We discuss how to create space for your voice to come out, why loving a teacher’s approach is much more important than any credentials they might have, and how to create work that is truly yours. At some point you’ll hear Forte reference our pre interview tech call where she walked me through her approach for her painting Christmas. That conversation is available to Podcast Art Club Members here. Show notes: https://www.learntopaintpodcast.com/podcast/episode65 Bonus Conversation (Podcast Art Club) here. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

Welcome to my [archive] interview with Lynn Whipple. In the conversation you’ll discover ways to get looser in your painting, the importance of being playful and why it’s so critical to make work you don’t like. Listen to the bonus conversation on Patreon here. Whipple gives you an additional exercise to try at home plus we get into composition and a whole lot more. Get it here. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

What is varnish? Why might you use it? How do you apply it, and how do you know if you've applied it incorrectly? Mary Weisenburger from Gamblin is back on the show with answers to all of your vanishing questions! Show notes: https://www.learntopaintpodcast.com/podcast/episode64 Join the Podcast Art Club Community: https://www.patreon.com/learntopaintpodcast -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

I’m talking with artist Nancy Reyner. In the conversation you’ll discover the absolute versatility of acrylics, the power of learning to look at your work like a viewer, and how to not destroy a painting that’s almost finished plus a whole lot more. In the bonus conversation available on Patreon , we dig more into Reyner’s ocean and gold leaf series and you’ll learn how focal points can help move your viewer’s from a left brain to a right brain experience and why it matters. Show notes: https://www.learntopaintpodcast.com/podcast/episode63 Join the Podcast Art Club Community: https://www.patreon.com/learntopaintpodcast -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

Ep.14 guest Lisa Daria Kennedy is back and this time, we’re going large! Kennedy joined me back in Episode 14 to talk about her work as a daily painter. That means she starts and finishes a painting every day. But that’s only part of her studio practice, which includes much larger work. And that’s what we’re talking about today. In the conversation, you’ll discover the power of setting time limits for working big, how larger, more experimental pieces can be a great fit with your daily art practice and how to overcome that blank giant canvas. -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

Welcome to Ep.61 with 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. Show Notes: www.learntopaintpodcast.com/podcast/episode61 Join the Podcast Art Club Community: https://www.patreon.com/learntopaintpodcast -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show

In episode 60, I’m talking with Sarah Sedwick about an absolutely essential concept for artists: value. In Part I, you’ll discover great tools for simplifying that complexity and why they are critical to creating stronger paintings. You’ll learn all about creating focal points, deciding hierarchies and the power of contrasts. In Part 2 available over on Patreon, we move from Sedwick’s preparatory studies into how she thinks about value in her full color paintings. You’ll discover new ways to think about your most saturated colors, reasons to premix your paint piles and why Sedwick is always keeping an eye on her whites. Show Notes: www.learntopaintpodcast.com/podcast/episode60 Join the Podcast Art Club Community: https://www.patreon.com/learntopaintpodcast -------- If you're ready to dive into mixing your own colors, join us in the Podcast Art Club for April's Mini Sprint Challenge. April 1-7th, we're going to practice mixing a new color swatch each day in the Color Swatch Mini Sprint Challenge. This is a fun and casual way to spend a week really focusing on color. Join here!  Support the show