Episode 21: Carolyn Lord
Today I’m excited to share my conversation with watercolorist Carolyn Lord. In the interview, you’ll discover what it takes to approach your paintings with spontaneity, the power of knowing your materials and how to create active paintings that don’t overwhelm the eye. Plus a whole lot more.
Learn more about Lord here:
WEBSITE / WORKSHOPS / INSTAGRAM / FACEBOOK
In the Presence of Nature: An Online Exhibition of Carolyn Lord’s curated by the James K. Schmidt Gallery: here.
Articles:
The Surprising Expanse of Limitations: Thinking About Carolyn Lord
How to Create Rest Areas in Your Paintings (and Why It Matters)
In the episode we discuss:
1:03 Finding watercolor
2:29 Pigments and paper
2:36 Cold press 140
4:03 Palette
7:47 Process overview
8:53 Plein air painter
10:55 Deciding a motif
14:42 Sketching
17:53 Direct painting
19:44 Focal point and hard edges
23:10 Working sitting down
23:37 Creating rest areas
24:55 Understanding first choices
27:50 The power of doing the thinking
33:05 Importance of perspective
34:40 Color perspective
37:59 Neutralizing color
39:13 Sunlight
43:56 Learning to see
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