Vianna Szabo comfortably switches between painting with pastel,  watercolor, acrylic, or oil. She paints beautifully sensitive portraits. Her landscape paintings capture a fleeting moment in time. Expressive color is a hallmark of her paintings no matter the subject she chooses or the medium she uses.

In this episode you soon learn that Vianna has a passion for teaching other artists. Vianna's ability to take complex subjects and convey them in simple and relatable terms is a hallmark of her approach to teaching. Her students enthusiastically share their admiration and appreciation of her teaching methods. One such student emailed me and said that Vianna "has a delightful personality." After recording this interview and getting to know Vianna, I have to agree!

Vianna talks about a number of intriguing topics:

• How is color mixing like the movie Mean Girls?
• Can family members be successfully used as models?
• And speaking of models, how is plein air painting like painting a drunk model?
• How do you keep photo references from bossing you around?
• What are the do's and don't's of copying another artist's work?
• What is the story of the painting and how do you find it?