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.   Learn more about Jordan Wolfson here: WEBSITE / WORKSHOPS ..read more

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 definit ..read more

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 Me ..read more

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. Learn more about MacDonald here: WEBSITE / NEWSLETTER / INSTAGRAM / FACEBOOK ---Art Habit Membership ..read more

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. Learn about Kim Smith: WEBSITE / WORKSHOPS /  INSTAGRAM (weekly live sessions) / FACEBOOK / YOUTUBE --- #20for20 Art Challenge 2024--- Begin building an art practice that fits in the life you're living now. Join us in for next #20for20ArtChallenge. We begin Jan 1. Join ..read more

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.] MENTIONED IN THE SHOW: In the episode, I mention Blaukopf does a great job ..read more

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. Learn more about Jacqueline Sullivan: WEBSITE / WORKSHOPS / INTAGRAM ---------------------- Discover the power of just 3 colors: The 3-Color Palette. Grab it here.   Support the show ..read more

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.  Learn more about Jerry Fresia here: WEBSITE / FACEBOOK&nb ..read more

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.  ..read more

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.  Lea ..read more