Ep. 56: Brian Miller
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Welcome to the conversation with Brian Miller!
In the conversation you’ll learn the difference between oil and acrylic and which you might want to use if you're just getting started plus a great breakdown of how to create stronger shadows in your work. And always a whole lot more.
Extended Cut Bonus
If you get to the end of the conversation and you’re not ready to be done, join us in the Podcast Art Club on Patreon where you’ll have access to the extended cut bonus conversation. In it, Miller talks about finding your style and gives some great ideas for how to get started strengthening your sense of composition.
In the conversation, we discuss:
1:21 How Brian Miller got started in art
2:43 Reestablishing skills years after art school
4:01 Fitting art into your
6:12 Being impatient with where you are
8:21 Systems thinker
9:16 Working in series
10:41 Paintings and physical space
12:35 The difference and similarities between oils and acrylics
13:41 Splitting focus
15:09 A medium to get started
18:19 Miller’s limited palette
19:2 2 Mediums
20:07 Getting comfortable with a limited palette
22:36 Color mixing
24:08 Having a color mix starting point
26:48 Miller’s black recipe
27:33 Miller’s process
30:10 How he builds the painting
32:25 Cast shadows
33:53 Time it took to create a repeatable process
36:59 The importance of encouragement
39:11 Loose painting
41:43 Brushstrokes
45:54 Advice to get good at painting
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