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.
Episodes
47 episodes
You in your art
Underneath the color, the water, the light, the composition — woven through it all— is ingredient we haven't expressly talked about. You.No matter how much experience you have, or how much success you've found, you are never NOT i...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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11:34
Putting it all together - again
Compositoin! It's a step back to consider what goes in and what doesn't, what variety to include, how elements relate to each other - and then how all of that will be bounded in shape and size. I'm sharing my thoughts on how it is t...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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15:10
Taking another look at color
We started this series with color. Now, with several episodes of painting experience behind us, we come back to it — and it looks different from here.This episode draws from my second color workshop - where we limit the paints we work wi...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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11:33
Lost and Found in the Details
My antidote for overwhelm. If when faced with a complicated section of a painting, you've thought: how on earth am I going to paint this? — this episode is for you. It's the other half of the Making it Real pair of wo...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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11:43
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
Getting intimate with color
We begin with color — not as a set of rules, but as a relationship. I don't teach color theory, I teach color practice. I can think of no better way to start - especially if you are starting from scratch, than what I share her...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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19:27
A new series of episodes - a walk through my teaching!
I made something for you! My first intentional series of Watercolor Conversation episodes. They are a visit to the ideas and information I share in my regular workshops. Teaching from me - right here - for you to take on the g...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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7:08
Mameen - A poem that calls us forth
I take a bit of a departure in this episode. I share my thoughts about a poem called "Mameen" by David Whyte. When I first read it, this poem reflected for me the remarkable life of my friend Vicki - Dr. Victoria Bentley - and the c...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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16:29
What comes of a promise and putting myself in learning mode
I share the outcome of this past summer's 92 Days of Watercolor and a project I embarked upon to paint more loosely. I was inspired by a long-ago painting that came back to me. The idea came to me that I could paint eleven more pain...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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9:52
Left and Right Brain - who's in charge?
In this episode I share how I find continued value in the way Iain McGilchrist's book The Master and His Emissary reframed my understanding of our left and right brains - not only as it applies to our creative process and working with ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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17:23
Blessings to bolster the courage to make YOUR art
In this - a little bit longer episode - I share the story behind writing my interpretation of The Beatitudes - eight ancient teachings - for those of us who dare to create. My wish is to support us in creating with our singular visi...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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24:03
Composition - putting it together
Here's an art-making-oriented episode - a practical one. I'm sharing my thoughts on how it is that I decide the form of my paintings - my process of composing a painting. I don't follow rules, I don't even think too much. I...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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14:35
Today is Easter Saturday - Republished
Doing all this myself, this was bound to happen. A big silent space ended up right in the middle. It's now fixed. I'm sharing this one again, with a short intro and update on an interaction I had with the mailman that I...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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14:27
What brings us alive
We get crucial life-fuel from what lights us up. I am here to say that doing what brings us alive is worth the effort to carve out time for. This episode was inspired by a recent experience where I felt this kind of energy - and it ...
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Season 2
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14:29
Starting at the beginning - with paint!
I get really practical in this episode. I share with you the very best way to start out your watercolor experience - as well a great exercise if you've been painting forever and what is in all those tubes is still somewhat a mystery.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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15:29
I just don't know
A recording I made in the swirl of uncertainty that so many of us humans are feeling at this time. Speaking for myself - I'm compelled to know - to understand, to be able to predict what will happen. It's a comfort. I...
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12:55
Imaginal Cells
I just discovered a recording I made - and then in the swirl of my life this past summer, I completely forgotten about. It was late one night and I was in the car with the dog, while waiting at the emergency. I was prompted to share it he...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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12:38
Painting in the Present Moment
Recorded early one morning while on vacation at the end of a supercharged summer, sitting on the shores of Lake Tahoe. A rare moment of solitude on vacation, shared with you, including reflections on my experience of committing to paint e...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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13:20
The power of commitment
A short-ish episode to update you on how my 92 Days of Watercolor are going, amidst a life that suddenly became very full of everything else besides art. While recording the previous episode I was inspired to spontaneously make a c...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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7:50