Love Mark's work, and love how specifically he explains the methods behind these paintings. Great episode

I just listened. Great discussion with so many painting insights. I will never forget the first Mark Boedges painting that I saw in real life. He entered our Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art in 2013. When I saw it, I immediately called him and invited him to participate in our Legacy Gallery Holiday Small Works Show. The jurors (we had great collectors jury the awards) ended up picking this painting as the Best in Show winner. I'll have to share that story with you some time. It was always a thrill and joy to see people's reactions to his paintings! And to hear his painting insights and how he does it!

Fantastic Interview - I took Mark's workshop last month in Vermont - so much good stuff I'm still trying to soak in! He is a great guy. I find the most talented artists are the kindest and most generous with their knowledge!

This is one of the best art podcasts, with realism as the theme, that I have seen. Mark Boedegs came across as honest and truthful about his method of painting.

I got so much from this! Thank you Jeff and Mark. I’ve known Mark from Putney days, but honestly learned so much about him on here that I didn’t know. This has given me some ideas to experiment with.. Mark paints “out of the box” to get whatever he wants to see. I love that!

To help with getting the details in a source photo, I have a saved config where the beta curve is maximized at the high and low key points forcing the rendering of the darks and lights to their Max right at the point and time of sensor exposure. This results in a very flat picture but it will give you the most data and is easily adjusted on the computer. I also set the saturation level up a couple of notches to pull in more color nuance. Digital camera, of course. Once you get this file on a computer you can usually post process it close to values you will be painting. Using the contrast (flatenning) and saturation tools you can reveal many hues in the shadows and highlights. A "white" wall will reveal a rainbow of subtle colors in the same value ranges. If you want to see the colors in a field of snow, for instance, just soften the contrast level and bring up the saturation and you will see what the impressionists saw. Our eyes generally see the green\yellow color range better so drop the green sat levels to balance the boost out. Hope I explained this well enough, hate typing on cell phones and KZfaq keeps changing my words. Flocking annoouing!

Fantastic interview, Jeff and Mark! I’ve been an admirer of Mark’s work for years and it was so great to hear his approach. Thanks both of you for your generosity to share your time and knowledge with the artist community. Cheers from the Netherlands.

Using real turp for the bottom wash layer sounds like a vital step I’ve been missing! Thanks for getting into the details of your process, Mark!

So brilliant. Mark is one of my favorite artists, and Jeff asked all the right questions.

Dang! You have had some great landscape painters on lately! Thank you!

another stellar podcast Jeff! Your interaction with Mark especially as you two began was very refreshing. Almost like two strangers becoming friends. Great insights and tricks as well! thoroughly enjoyable

Mark Boedges is the artist whose work I MOST admire! What a treat to get so much great information about his work and methods through this Podcast! SOOOO worth the time. Thank you!

Great artist, great interview, thanks so much Jeff and Mark! Mark is so generous with his knowledge and so down to earth, and his work so mind blowing

What a nice guy! And so talented!Thanks Jeff , you ask the best questions and I enjoy your pace 👍. Right now I’m also playlisting your history painters .. love it while I paint 🎨Thank you

This was a fantastic chat! Mark is one of my favorite artists and he had a lot of great information to share. Thanks for having him on the show. Would love to see an episode with Pete the Street too!

The plein-air works I think I prefer, the purely studio pieces get a little slick for my taste, although they’re also very technically accomplished. And just on that, goes to show what’s possible if you do your homework, kids: this is a guy in absolute control of his medium, who understands colour theory (temperature and how important it is for your harmonics), fat over lean, how to use alliteration to lead the eye into a composition and so on. There’s no need to reinvent the wheel, you can paint ‘traditionally’ and still make gorgeous, contemporary work with your own brand of mark making, and of course your own ‘eye’. This guy has to be one of the strongest ‘regional’ painters I’ve seen in a LONG time, with a knack for catching the picturesque uncommon among American painters. A great interview, thanks you!

This rules Jeff, thanks for all the work man.

One of the best podcasts so far and I learned some good stuff! Great questions Jeff and such talent expressed by Mark Boedges. His landscapes are superb - but then his complicated paintings of structures, ships, etc.; just awesome!

Great interview. One nice thing about painting under an overcast sky in New England is that the light remains pretty constant. Under sunny skies the sun is constantly moving and the shadows are moving. Under an overcast sky the light is more stable. And one might argue that the painting becomes less about light and dark and more about subtle changes of value and color.

Great interview with one of my favorite modern artists. Thank you, Jeff and Mark!

Forget Netflix and whatnot, this series has been my binge watching spree for the last few days. A great source of information on painting and discovering great artists. The way Jeff conducts the interviews is masterful. Just the right mix of technical insights, empathy and mundane conversation. A great source of inspiration, undoubtedly helped by the vivid, uncompromising but surprisingly grounded personalities of the guests. I hope the show will go on and get the attention and support it deserves.

Thank you Jeff, just discovered your podcast. You do a great job of interviewing and pulled Marks special techniques out. Looking forward to seeing more!

Absolute gold mine of a podcast... I was listening to this on spotify and had to switch to youtube, it was so engaging. Love the honest and equally insightful interaction from both of you!

this was one of my favorites. I paint portraits for the most part but a lot was discussed in this one that I really needed to hear right now.

What a great interview Jeff and Mark! Matt's knowledge has been shaped and honed by his experience and it's a pleasure to see that. Also it is my honor to hear a few tips like the color temperature and how he pushes colors in the shadow. That makes sense. And how he uses turp for a faster setting (I however can't use it because it gives me headaches, but I'll think of something). It's amazing how Mark came up with the idea of using a paper towel to create the pattern. No wonder he's the master of abstract, yet realistic textures.

Yes, I discovered Marks work 4years ago. He paints in the tradition of Richard Schmidt, who is my all-time favorite painter, and also from Chicago.👍🌞💕

This was BY FAR my favorite episode. Great job!!

So many good nuggets in this podcast! Thanks, Jeff for asking great questions.

Great podcast. The energy was very high on this one. The glaze and texture were so damn good

I loved and needed this video. I am recovering from yet another shoulder surgery and my art has taken a serious backseat. This video has given me back the painting bug, not that I can paint yet but maybe I can draw. Jeff, I love how excited you get for other peoples' paintings, and I really love it when you can get them to tell you how they did it. I totally nerd out on the details with you. Thanks for all these videos. I'm heading over to be one of your Patrons. I love, love, love these videos!!!

Jeff quote, "I wish I could paint like that." Jeff, all it takes is a strong understanding of the concept of visual music and the Principle of Contrasts. Therein lies the secrets you are looking for. Johannes Vloothuis

Love Mark's work, a big fan. Happy you had him on!

Painting tires and decrepit porches is very relatable to me, as my Portrait painting equivalent is constantly painting old people from cultures nobody relates to or has visited. Sigh. I would hang a tire painting at my studio though!

Thank you for yet another outstanding artist and interview!

Markboedges, one of my top 10 favorite contemporary painters!!

So much good information definitely worth a rewatch. Thank you, Mark and Jeff

Turpentines does 2 things: it dries fast, and it doesn’t break the bonds of the paint film, but thins it. OMS actually breaks the bonds of the paint in order to make it thinner. So your under layer is stronger with turpentine. With OMS, the paint has to re-polymerize, linking up as it dries. Too thin, and it can’t link up and forms a weak film on which the rest of your painting sits. If you do the turpentine outside and let it dry out there, your under layer is strong. Alternately a special high-quality VOC filter (changed frequently enough) can make it better for indoors.

I look forward to these conversations every week! Love it ❤

Watching the interview and I appreciate everyone of them thx

Great work and learned a lot!

51:35 - How did you do this? - Oh, thats my Bounty towel technique.

Fabulous interview! Thanks so much.

These are great podcast! So fun and inspiring.

Boedges is my favorite. And then Jeremy Sam's 😅

Excellent!

Love when Jeff fanboys. "DUDE!"

Mark painted with the putney painters… no wonder why he was so influenced by Richard Schmidt..!❤

" My most Richard Schmidt painting" well...

Great!

Mark says that he’s exaggerating color but honestly I think he subdues color especially in his overcast skies paintings. .. my problem with color..and most of the newbies that I know …exaggerate colors so much it becomes garish!!!😮

Wait a minute.. the podcaster is Joe Rogan? lol

Thats crazy you have like 8 thousand more instagram followers than I do and you dont get those podcast emails? I get them at least once a month. "we want you on our podcast, 2000 dollars etc.' its annoying. Know exactly what he is talking about because now I dont even respond to emails and honestly i have probably missed useful real offers because I assumed they were scams.