BobBlast 514 - "Expressing Tension…"

Weekly BobBlast Issue 514
Expressing Tension…

Welcome Back to Another BobBlast!

This week’s BobBlast is about the composition design we call “Tension.”

Visual Tension is best described as a balance, or dance between conflicting parts in your painting - like color, value, form, shape, line and texture. The tension composition can cause anxiety, as well as excitement.

The tension composition is like… Watch out! Something is about to happen! With certain color combinations and certain designs, the painter can make the viewer feel uneasy. That may be the point of the painting… and there’s tension in the air.

The black and white paintings behind me on the studio wall are my examples of graphic visual tension. Two are “falling boxes” and one painting is a frightful tension of a gigantic shape crashing down on a tiny shape. The others are paintings I played with the idea of two objects moving towards each other, causing tense moments.

Watch the demo–I move from the black and white sketches to color; showing how color can play a large part in creating tension.

Selecting a strong graphic design composition is one of my 5Cs that I use to create a painting. To learn more, come to my Monthly Demo on May 9th and watch me do a painting from start to finish, using my 5Cs as a jumping off point!

May Monthly Demo
May 9, 2024
Creating a Series, Using the 5Cs
Thursday, 9am-10:30am PT
https://robertburridge.com/monthly-demonstrations/

One Day Intensive Workshops Coming Up!
•May 29, 2024
Figures in an Abstract Landscape
https://robertburridge.com/zoomin-with-bob-may-29-2024/
•June 26, 2024
Abstract Florals from Loose Colorful Splatters
https://robertburridge.com/zoomin-with-bob-june-26-2024/

In-Person Workshops - Traveling Bob!
•May 12-18, 2024
Non-Objective Mixed Media Painting
Hudson Valley Art Workshops, Greenville, NY
Contact Kim LaPolla (518) 966-5219 or (888) 665-0044
https://www.artworkshops.com/workshop/abstract-acrylic-painting-collage-with-robert-burridge/

•May 20-24, 2024
Abstract Acrylic Painting & Collage
Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, Boone, North Carolina
Contact Meghann Williams (828) 263-5451
meghann@cheapjoes.com
https://www.cheapjoes.com/art-workshops/bob-burridge-in-person-art-workshop-abstract-acrylic-painting-collage-may-20-24-2024.html

•June 16-21, 2024
Non-Objective Mixed Media
Dillman’s Art Workshop Retreat, Lac du Flambeau, WI
Contact (715) 588-3143 or art@dillmans.com
https://www.artworkshops.com/workshop/abstract-acrylic-painting-collage-with-robert-burridge/
AND
•June 22-23, 2024
Loose Florals & Landscapes
Dillman’s Art Workshop Retreat, Lac du Flambeau, WI
Contact (715) 588-3143 or art@dillmans.com
https://www.dillmans.com/workshops/bob-burridge-abstract-flowers-and-landscapes/

Paint with Bob in his Studio in Arroyo Grande, California
•June 10-14 - Abstract Painting & Collage - 1 Space available!
•July 11-14 - Painting the Figure
•July 26-28 - Larger & Looser Abstract Painting
•August 8-11 - Mentor Workshop
•September 9-13 - Loosen Up with Aquamedia Painting
https://robertburridge.com/burridge-studio-workshops/

Burridge Critiques Your Art
Online honest critiques • Private one-on-one
Critiques • Coaching • Comments • Suggestions
https://robertburridge.com/burridge-critiques-your-art/

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