Episode 6: Anne Abgott
This week we talk with watercolorist Anne Abgott. In this episode, you’ll learn how Abgott keeps shadows, backgrounds and even neutrals, dynamic. She tells you exactly the colors she uses (and where she's made swaps to get better transparency) and you’ll hear tips on how to create great color combos for your work.
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In the episode we talk about:
2:34 How Abgott discovered watercolor
3:01 How her way of working in watercolor reflects her time in oil
3:40 How she taught herself to paint
4:24 Overcoming frustration
6:34 Biggest challenge students face
8:01 Biggest challenge to painting successful paintings
9:21 Papa, mama, baby shapes
10:40 Abgott’s painting process
12:30 Planning
13:03 Developing the painting
14:49 Mingling a shadow
16:21 Paint characteristics
17:01 What she needs to know about a section before she paints it
18:14 painting shadows
18:55 What’s happening in shadows
20:45 Making color choices
23:39 Reference photo
25:32 Challenges to students with color
26:28 Qualities of pigment
28:25 Using the right pigment for the job
29:20 How she learned what she did about color
30:15 Importance of grays
31:58 Backgrounds
36:34 Paper
37:09 How different paper affects the style of painting
38:00 How an artist can use failed paintings
39:26 Creating the mental space to paint
41:23 Advice to someone wanting to learn to paint
42:43 Finding an artist community
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