Ep.38 with John Salminen

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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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