Episode 20 Sandra Duran Wilson
In today's episode, I'm talking with mixed media artist Sandra Duran Wilson. In the interview you’ll learn why curiosity is your greatest tool, how to manage the gremlin voice and why it’s so important to listen to those first thoughts. Also, we get technical and discuss gels, pastes, and mediums including how to know which to grab when you’re working with collage. Plus a whole lot more.
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Wilson mentions a few youtube videos in the conversation:
In the episode we discuss:
1:39 How’d you get into art?
3:09 How Wilson found acrylics
5:18 What she looks for her in pigments with transparency
6:52 Overview of process
12:10 Where does someone begin with abstract non representational painting
14:48 What she has to decide first
18:19 Slowing down
20:28 Understanding Gels and pastes
28:40 Gels and pastes are polymer based
30:01 Collage in her work
31:04 What are acrylic skins and how to make them
33:28 Using gels and mediums as glue
35:36 Learning to read the bottles
36:41 The Golden website and other brands
37:50 Where in process Wilson considers composition
41:07 How she thinks about composition/ How she develops a series
43:49 Listening to a painting vs getting distracted by whims
45:55 Giving thoughts and instincts validation
48:21 The gremlin voice
49:42 Critiquing vs criticizing your work
