NEW: Ep. 25 with Julie Gilbert Pollard
This week, I’m talking with Julie Gilbert Pollard. In the conversation you’ll learn Pollard's favorite way to make her paintings stronger, you’ll get clarity on warms and cools and discover a way to think through where you can improve as an artist.
Learn more about Pollard here:
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Pollard’s “4-step sketch” (click here to download) outlined and illustrated in the attached article.
In the interview, Pollard mentions two books:
Frank Webb’s “Strengthen Your Paintings With Dynamic Composition”
Greg Albert’s “The Simple Secret to Better Painting”
In the show we talk about:
:57 How Julie Gilbert Pollard got started in art
1:36 Taking painting seriously
1:59 Book writing an articles got started
3:09 Working through beginner’s frustrations of vision not matching what you produce
4:37 How watercolor is different than other media
5:36 References
7:08 Next after finding a reference
8:47 Working towards darks with acrylic underpinnings
9:34 Having washes move dried paint
10:49 Yupo
11:26 Basics of watercolor
15:29 Using this list to help you get better
17:51 Four step sketch- Finding your biggest shape
19:58 Four step sketch - steps 2-4
25:13 - light mid to dark
26:33 The magic of lowering our expectations
29:01 Bringing in techniques
31:05 Biggest color challenge
32:37 Mud
35:34 Where does someone start with color
38:26 Warm and cool
39:13 Having a color wheel with you
40:46 How does someone get stronger with color?
43:29 Not getting bright colors
44:12 How Julie Gilbert Pollard approaches color
44:57 Color harmony
45:26 Analyzing work that didn’t go well
46:24 The importance of critique
47:38 Good reference
48:55 Where does someone start with composition
50:49 Makin pathways
51:43 How does thinking about composition changes
52:26 The importance of simplifying things
53:39 How to get good at painting
55:34 How to analyze work after finishing a piece?
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