Episode 14: Lisa Daria Kennedy
Today we’re talking with artist Lisa Daria Kennedy. Kennedy works many different ways across several media but today we’re focusing on her daily painting work. You’ll discover how she overcomes frustrations and keeps her paintings loose. And you’ll learn how she has streamlined her approach so that showing up is as easy as possible. Plus a whole lot more.
In the interview, Kennedy talks about:
1:00 Daily painting project origin
2:27 Finding acrylics
3:11 Transition into acrylics went
3:47 The first year
5:02 Painting 1000
6:20 Setting up limitations
8:47 Overcoming excuses and blocks
12:27 Having the goal be showing up and NOT the finished painting
13:23 How Kennedy overcomes frustrations in painting
15:52 How to keep inspired on a daily painting project
16:58 The strategy of only moving forward
18:20 Different parameters for different work
19:28 Reasons for working from life
20:05 Materials: Boards
21:21 Materials: Type of paint
21:40 Materials: Palette (colors)
22:48 Materials: Brushes
22:59 Laying out the palette
23:26 Limited palette
24:39 The importance of liking your materials
25:15 Walk us through your process
26:12 Building up a painting
28:03 Shapes and value
29:01 Focal area
29:55 Setting up your still life
31:59 Color scheme
32:22 Dominant light source
32:50 Composition
34:14 Getting looser/ working from imagination vs life
35:53 Simplification
38:16 Goal for colors
39:06 Brush control
40:17 Composition
42:23 Permission to have your own style
43:23 Glass