Watercolor Conversations with Cara Brown
The observations and thoughts of a watercolorist and mentor/teacher to others who are, as she is, devoted to this painting medium. Join Cara for her stories of life and art-making, the intersection inbetween and the wisdom she discovers along the way.
Podcasting since 2022 • 43 episodes
Watercolor Conversations with Cara Brown
Latest Episodes
3D in a 2D world - making your subjects pop
This episode is one half of the Making it Real workshops from Watercolor Basics and Beyond. Creating volume — when it seems like you could reach out and actually grab the subjects of a painting. In order to do so, we...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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13:57
Painting a fuzzy background
Besides "the light," a characteristic of my paintings are my out-of-focus backgrounds. I'm asked often how to make this happen. I this episode I share my thoughts - about working with the paint and brushes to make distinct sha...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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12:47
Painting the effects of light
The illusion of light in our paintings is a magical thing. Using just contrast between dark and light - and the subtleties of relative shades between, we can create a world. In this episode, the forth in our series, hear how i...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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13:52
Shape Shade Color - Giving your inner critic a job
In this next stop we head inside - our brains and our perception. Our brains are brilliant shortcut machines — and when we're painting, that can get completely in the way. This episode is about how we see — or rather, how we can learn to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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12:35
It's still ALL about the water!
This is the second episode in this series - all about the water. Watercolor isn't watercolor without water — and yet it's the water that trips most of us up. In this episode I share three principles I keep coming back to, what I think of ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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17:20
