Ep.38 with John Salminen
Welcome to the conversation with watercolorist John Salminen.
You’ll learn how darks and lights work together to create luminosity, why it’s important to have those value 9s, and well value, value, value. Plus a whole lot more.
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In the interview we discuss:
1:20 How John Salminen got started in art
4:57 How having a job shaped his art
5:40 Jumping into full time too soon
7:00 Strengths of watercolor
8:15 Challenges of watercolor
10:24 Watercolor pigments
12:32 Watercolor paper
13:40 140 v 300
14:34 Transparency v opacity for him
15:04 Paper for glazing
17:11 Salminen’s process
25:01 Thinking about hierarchy
26:48 What is composition
28:26 Making good shapes
29:45 Shape relationship
31:20 Planning his values
33:12 Responding to color and value
36:30 Thumbnails
38:49 Creating a strong value pattern
40:53 Using the 9 value
42:06 Making the leap from the value study to the painting
44:20 How to critique your own work
47:06 Getting really good at painting
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