Watercolor Conversations with Cara Brown

Send us Fan Mail This is an accidental episode that came out of a conversation with my Claude.ai, of all things. It used a word that sent me into my archive to an episode that gets at a mysterious aspect of art-making. I take a stab at it, though it may not be something that can truely be put into words. The post that Claude's word sent me to is here: https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/journal/art-life-stories/april-19-2016-ordinary-sacred-stillness-every-painting/. ...

Send us Fan Mail A tender episode about how we can look at big disappointments in life in a way that both allows our grief and loss - and mines the power in them - to live our lives with meaning that we'd not have without the loss. This is my story - my watercolor story, specifically. I'm a big fan of singer-songrwriter Sara Bareilles. Immersing myself in her new album, Good Grief, sent me to a related post that I share in this episode. Go to https://www.li...

Send us Fan Mail Ten years ago I pulled an oracle card that gave me this edgy message - "destruction before creation." At first I recoiled from it - no, not this one! I invite you to hear how I soon found my way to the wisdom in it - and to how it's guiding my creative life again - right now. The post that I landed on while cooking the vegetables I'd just picked from our garden is here: https://www.lifeinfullcolor.com/journal/art-life-stories/june-28-2016-destruction-creatio...

Send us Fan Mail 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 in your paintings. There is only one of you that will ever exist in all of time. Only one person who can make the art you're here to make. Learning to paint mostly isn't about the techniques. It's about becoming more yourself — and reve...

Send us Fan Mail Composition! 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 that consider all of this in my paintings - my process of composing a painting. I don't follow rules, I don't even think too much. It's a felt thing. In case reflecting on my process is helpful, here it is! The "round" ...