BobBlast 452 - "How to Make a Polyptych into One Large Abstract Painting"

Weekly BobBlast Issue 452
How to Make a Polyptych

Welcome Back to Another BobBlast!

t feels great to be back in the studio! I was teaching workshops in Sarasota Florida, then the Bahamas for most of the month of February - so I am happy to be back.

We posted photos and some videos during the Bahamas workshop, check out our Facebook page - Robert Burridge Studio!

This BobBlast topic came directly out of a demo from my workshop in the Bahamas. Because of traveling with art supplies, it is necessary to keep the surfaces on the smaller side. So during my daily 9 inch by 9 inch improvisation warm-up exercises, I can paint multiples, then assemble them, with surprising visual results!

My concept for this improv painting is non-objective abstract with color and drawing. The composition is Over-Lapping Squares and the Color Combo is Blue/Violet Dominant.

I arrange four 9 inch by 9 inch squares of watercolor paper in a larger square - a Polyptych. I paint on all 4 painting simultaneously. I am, right now NOT thinking about making one painting. I am painting 4 different paintings that are related in color and design. As I work in different layers of color, that's when the improvisation begins!

I smile while I arrange the painted squares - exploring the variations as I turn the paintings, aligning the sides and seeing what I get! Another advantage when working with a square format: you can turn it around and around, until YOU find the top. More choices and possibilities… Make a polyptych!

Everyone Wants to Loosen Up!
Here are two Online Workshops Coming Up!
• March 4-5, 2023
Sponsored by Burridge Studio
https://robertburridge.com/zoomin-with-bob-march-4-5-2023/
AND
• May 15-16 & 18, 2023
Sponsored by Cheap Joe's Art Stuff
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Paint with Bob in his Studio in Arroyo Grande, California
Studio Mentor • Five Day • Figure Painting Workshops
Mentor - August 3-6, 2023
5-day Abstract Mixed Media - June 26-30, 2023
4-day Figure Drawing & Painting - July 6-9, 2023
Studio Mentor • 5 Day Instructional • 4 Day Figure Painting Workshops
The 2023 Studio Workshop Schedule is on our website!
https://robertburridge.com/burridge-studio-workshops/

Enjoying watching Bob's Demos? Join Bob Online!
• March 13, 2023
“Acrylic Inks - Why and How to Use Them!” 
• April 11, 2023
“Horizon Lines in Landscape Painting”
• May 17, 2023
“Painting the Movement of Light”
https://robertburridge.com/monthly-demonstrations/

Interested in a Non-Objective Mixed Media Painting Workshop?
•April 22-23, 2023 - Online Workshop
Contact kate@robertburridge.com
https://robertburridge.com/zoomin-with-bob-april-22-23-2023/

Want More Art Marketing Info?
•March 14, 2023
Artists in Action: Photographing Your Art - ONLINE WEBINAR
https://www.westcenter.org/trainings/artists-in-action-photographing-your-art-2/
AND
•April 17-19, 2023
Art Marketing for the Busy Artist - ONLINE WORKSHOP
Sponsored by Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff
Contact Edwina May, Workshop Coordinator (800) 227-2788
https://www.cheapjoes.com/robert-and-kate-burridge-online-art-workshop-art-marketing-for-the-busy-artist-april-17-19-2023.html

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