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Inspiration:

• How to Have More Meaningful Intentions in your Artwork - January 2007

• Jurying an Exhibit: No Risk - No Art! - January 2007

• The Creative Process... How I Stumble Through it and How I Make it Work for Me - February 2007

• If You Have to Ask the Question, the Answer is Yes! - March 2007

• The Magic Studio - April 2007

• It's It's No Secret - Get Over Yourself! - April 2007

• The Big Idea - May 2007

• The History of my Permission Slip - June 2007

• All Children are Natural Born Artists... and Painters - July 2007

• The "Sometimes Fear" in Painting - July 2007

• The "All Children are Natural Born Artists... and Painters", Part 2 - August/September 2007

• The The "Oops Slip" - August/September 2007

• Bob's Birds - February 2008

• "To the Crazy Ones" - May/June 2008

• Stephanie Lam's "Things I Learned from Bob" - July/August 2008

• Doctor Bob's Advice Column - October 2008

• Dr. Bob's Advice Column - November 2008

• How I Create - September 2009

• Ideas to Get You Started in the Studio - September 2009

• Inspiration for painting everyday - Henry Miller and Robert Motherwell - October 2009

• Quick Guide to Making a Goof Proof Painting - February 2010

• What is a Goal? And How to Develop a Theme - October 2010

• Creative Block Busters - November 2010

• "To the Crazy Ones" updated - January 2011

• Starting my Day in the Studio - February/March 2011

• What I Do when I’m Painted Out and Empty - April 2011

• 333 - Birth of a New Series - May 2011

• Some Things are Just Funny! Quotes & Observations - May 2011

• What “Painterly” Means to Me - June/July 2011

• Children are Natural Born Artists, Part 1 - June/July 2011

• Children are Natural Born Artists, Part 2 - August 2011

• When to STOP - October 2011

• Why Art Matters - October 2011

Book & DVD/VHS Reviews:

• The Yellow House - Van Gogh, Gauguin and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles by Martin Gaylord - April 2007

• Finding Your Visual Voice: A Painter's Guide to Developing an Artistic Style by Dakota Mitchell and Lee Haroun - May 2007

• Pictures of Nothing - Abstract Art Since Pollock by Kirk Varnedoe - June 2007

• Powercolor - Master Color Concepts for all Media by Caroline Jasper - July 2007

• Conversations in Paint by Charles Dunn - August/September 2007

• de Kooning: An American Master by Mark Stevens & Annalyn Swan - October/November 2007

• Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland - February 2008

• Celebrate your Creative Self by Mary Todd Beam - March 2008

• Art Class - A Complete Guide to Painting by Simon Jennings - April 2008

• Color by Betty Edwards: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors - May/June 2008

• Color - A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay - May/June 2008

• A Book of Colors by Shigenobu Kobayashi - May/June 2008

• Who Gets to Call it Art? DVD - May/June 2008

• Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook: Universal Dimensional Patterns by Bruce Rawles - May/June 2008

• Creative Authenticity - 16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen your Artistic Vision by Ian Roberts - July/August 2008

• Strokes of Genius: Franz Kline VHS Video - July/August 2008

• New American Paintings published by Open Studio Press - September 2008

• Baraka, A World Beyond Words DVD - September 2008

• The Turning Point: The Abstract Expressionists and the Transformation of American Art by April Kingsley - October 2008

• Hockney at the Tate DVD - October 2008

• Oil Painter's Solution Book Landscapes: 100 Answers to Your Oil Painting Questions by Elizabeth Tolley - November 2008

• Empires - The Medici, Godfathers of the Universe - November 2008

• An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art - January 2009

• Creative Paint Workshop for Mixed Media Artists by Ann Baldwin - March 2009

• The Creative Edge: Exercises to Celebrate your Creative Self by Mary Todd Beam - August 2009

• The Journals of Grace Hartigan, 1951-1955 by William T. La Moy & Joseph P. McCaffrey - September 2009

• The Writings of Robert Motherwell, edited by Dore Ashton with Joan Banach - October 2009

• Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines by Linda Kemp - October 2009

• Robert Motherwell and the New York School: Storming the Citadel DVD - October 2009

• Painters’ Guide and Color Manual by Caroline Jasper - February 2010

• Inside the Painter’s Studio by Joe Fig - July 2010

• Art Forms in Nature by Ernst Haechel - July 2010

• Chuck Close: Life by Christopher Finch - October 2010

• Herb & Dorothy, You don’t have a be a Rockefeller to collect art. A film by Megumi Sasaki - October 2010

• Life by Keith Richards - November 2010

• Dancing with Degas by Julie Merberg & Suzanne Bober - January 2011

• Paris: The Luminous Years (PBS) DVD - January 2011

• Tom and Jack: The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock by Henry Adams - February/March 2011

• Pollock DVD - February/March 2011

• An Exaltation of Larks by James Lipton - February/March 2011

• On Mexican Time by Tony Cohan - April 2011

• Behind the Doors of San Miguel Allende by Robert de Gast - April 2011

• Mexicolor: The Spirit of Mexican Design by Tony Cohan, Masako Takahashi and Melba Levick - April 2011

• Surface Treatment Workshop: Explore 45 Mixed Media Techniques by Darlene Olivia McElroy and Sandra Duran-Wilson - May 2011

• Painting Below Zero: Notes on a life in Art by James Rosenquist - May 2011

• Creativity: Unconventional Wisdom from 20 Accomplished Minds by Herbert M. Meyers and Richard Gerstman - May 2011

• 300 Papermaking Recipes by Mary Reimer & Heidi Reimer-Epp - June/July 2011

• Rothko’s Rooms DVD, David Thompson Director - June/July 2011

• Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures by Robert K. Wittman and John Shiffman - August 2011

• Born Standing Up by Steve Martin - October 2011

• The George Carlin Letters: The Permanent Courtship of Salley Wade by Sally Wade - October 2011

Compositions & Color Combinations:

• Cruciform Composition - March 2007

• Asymmetrical Composition - April 2007

• Horizonal Composition - May 2007

• Diagonal Composition - June 2007

• Vertical Composition - July 2007

• Curves Composition - August/September 2007

• Constellation Composition - October/November 2007

• Overlapping Frames & Squares Composition - February 2008

• Meander Composition - March 2008

• Uneasiness Composition - April 2008

• Golden Section Composition - May/June 2008

• Spiritual/Portrait Composition - July/August 2008

• Facing Your Fears of Certain Colors - September 2008

• Yellow is Dominant - October 2008

• Red is Dominant - November 2008

• Violet is the Dominant Color - January 2009

• Cad Middle Green is the Dominant Color - March 2009

• Katsura Blue is the the Dominant Color - August 2009

• Cad Green Light is the the Dominant Color - September 2009

• Marigold is the Dominant Color - October 2009

• Compose Blue #2 is the Dominant Color - February 2010

• Compose Rose is the Dominant Color - July 2010

• Warm Tones & Cool Tones - October 2010

• Neutral Tones and the Burridge Color Wheel - January 2011

• Same Subject, Different Color Combinations - February/March 2011

• The Reasoning Behind my Goof Proof Color Wheel - April 2011

• Match the Color Wheel? No Worries! and Gray Scale Review - May 2011

• Munsell Color Theory and my Goof Proof Color Wheel - June/July 2011

• Abstract - Red is Dominant - August 2011

• Abstract - High Key Combination/Marigold is Dominant - October 2011

Assignments & How-To's:

• Mounting Watercolor Paper on Canvas - February 2007

• Bizarre Images on Paper: How to Create Fascinating Organic Images on Paper for Collage Work using Citra-Solv - March 2007

• Making Mud and How to Get Out of It - April 2007

• 25 Landscape Painting Assignments - May 2007

• Patterns and Repetition of Shapes - June 2007

• Sign Your Artwork - March 2008

• Daily Warmups: Getting Started - April 2008

• Daily Warmups: Why I Tone my Surface First - May/June 2008

• Daily Warmups: Finishing Up - Adding the Wow! and Extended Color -July/August 2008

• Rembrandt-Style Lighting Technique - October 2008

• Rembrandt Light Technique - in Color - November 2008

• What’s so Importants about the Gray Scale? - November 2008

• Using Red Acetate Helps with Values - January 2009

• Put Life in Your Landscape by Adding Human Images - August 2009

• Drip Trees - September 2009

• What’s the WOW Factor? - February 2010

• Diptychs, Triptychs and Polyptychs - February 2010

• Toning the Background Orange or Blue? - July 2010

• The Gray Scale - Values & Lighting - October 2010

• How to Glue Watercolor Paper on Canvas - January 2011

• What’s Up with Texture, part 1 - April 2011

• What’s Up with Texture, part 2 - May 2011

• Try This… Techniques to Get You Started - August 2011

Studio Tips:

• Stuck Jar Lids - May 2007

• Stuck Caps on Watercolor Tubes - May 2007

• Painting with Viva Towels - June 2007

• Disposing of your Dirty Water - Pantyhose in a Bucket - July 2007

• Studio Tools - Tongue Depressors - August/September 2007

• Gesso - October/November 2007

• Light Source - October/November 2007

• Studio Tools - Reducing Glass - February 2008

• Drawing Tools - February 2008

• Why Wide Mouth Jars? - March 2008

• Use a Discard mat to Help You See - April 2008

• Use an Industrial Strength Pump Spray Bottle - May/June 2008

• Can with Holes and Plastic Bags - July/August 2008

• Tearing Watercolor Paper - October 2008

• Laying our Warmup Paintings on a Full Sheet of Watercolor Paper - October 2008

• Transparent vs Opaque - November 2008

• Isopopyl Alcohol, January 2009

• Adhesives: Gel Mediums and Yes Glue - March 2009

• More Adhesives: Tape - March 2009

• Special Effects: Aquamedia, Water and Alcohol - August 2009

• Your Painting, Is it Finished? - September 2009

• Spray Fixatives I Like (for now!) - October 2009

• Wrap That Blade! - October 2009

• Glazing and Tinting - February 2010

• Demo Using Derwent’s Inktense Pencils - July 2010

• Gesso Spreader - July 2010

• Castile Soap by Citra-Solv - October 2010

• Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink - October 20100

• Varnishing Large Artwork - October 2010

• Studio Table Leg Extenders - November 2010

• Creating a Deckle Edge - January 2011

• Using Plastic Squeeze Bottles to Loosen Up - January 2011

• Color Mixing on the Table - January 2011

• Wide Mouth Jars and Big Buckets of Water - February/March 2011

• How to Pack your Paints when Flying - February/March 2011

• Studio Hanging System - April 2011

• An Alternative to Gesso - Great Results but... - April 2011

• Red Viewers for Contrast - April 2011

• Cracking Varnish - May 2011

• Getting Rid of Dimples in Canvases - May 2011

• Playtime - Paint other stuff to get Warmed Up! - May 2011

• Painting over Varnish - June/July 2011

• Avoiding Air Pockets - June/July 2011

• Sketchbooks and Idea Files - June/July 2011

• Keeping Watercolor Paper Flat - August 2011

• Preparing to Paint - My Typical Table Layout - August 2011

• Painting with out Bubbles - October 2011

Exhibitions:

• Canyons & Headlands at Kinion - March 2007

• Wingland - March 2007

• Roadside Attractions - March 2008

• No Full Disclosure, Mendocino Art Center - March 2009

Featured Products:

• Holbein Mat Acrylic - January 2007

• Burridge's New Goof-Proof Color Wheel - January 2007

• Joe Miller Signature Series One Coat Gesso - June 2007

• Cheap Joe's Prime Canvas - July 2007

• Watersoluble Drawing Pencils - March 2008

• Beezolio - April 2008

• Fabriano Artistico Watercolor Paper - May/June 2008

• Lascaux Aquacryl Hybrid Acrylics - September 2008

• Gallery Wrap Canvases and Canvas Panels - October 2008

• Artists Need Sketchbooks - November 2008

• Soltek Easel - January 2009

• Faber-Castell Artist Watercolor Pencil Set - March 2009

• Joe's Prime Painting Panels - August 2009

• Bob’s Bucket of Holbein Acryla Acrylic Paint - September 2009

• Inktense Pencils from Derwent - October 2009

• Joe Miller Signature Field Easel - February 2010

• Steel Studio Easel from Jerry's Artarama & Easy L Easel - July 2010

• Isabey Brushes - October 1010

• Fabriano Watercolor Paper - November 2011

• Gamblin Artist Colors & Oil Painting Mediums - November 2011

• Joe's Prime Really Good Canvas Panels - February/March 2011

• Black Horse Fine Art Supply - April 2011

• Need to Ship a Painting? - May 2011

• Venus Studios Art Supply - May 2011

• Derwent Inktense Blocks - May 2011

• Marvelous Marianne’s SkinSafer Barrier Cream - June/July 2011

• Kleenedge Painting Tape - June/July 2011

• Canson Glassine Paper - October 2011

• Cool Tool for Fatter Brush Handles - October 2011

Art Marketing:

• Sign Your Work - February 2007

• Presentation of Artwork - March 2007

• Get Involved in Local Events: Exposure Equals Success - April 2007

• Limited Edition Sizes - May 2007

• Commissioned Artwork - May 2007

• Determining Pricing - June 2007

• Pricing Limited Edition Prints - June 2007

• Setting Up a Website - July 2007

• Painting Sizes for an Exhibition - July 2007

• Artists' Portfolio - August/September 2007

• Painting Pricing Framed Artwork - August/September 2007

• Pricing and Commissions - October/November 2007

• Who Pays for the Shipping? - October/November 2007

• Signing Giclée Prints - February 2008

• Framing Tips for Juried Shows - March 2008

• Determining the Sizes of Canvas - March 2008

• What Name Should I Use? April 2008

• Marketing During the "Slow Months" - May/June, 2008

• Hand-embellishing Giclée Prints - July/August 2008

• Pricing Giclée Prints - July/August 2008

• Who Makes the Wall Tags and other Exhibit Details - September 2008

• Adding to a Body of Work - September 2008

• What is the Difference between a Series and a Body of Work? - October 2008

• How to Best Prioritize PR Duties - October 2008

• Registering your Copyright - Groups, Samples, Submissions - November 2008

• Who Makes the Tags? And Other Ways you Pay your Gallery a Big Commission - November 2008

• Pricing Your Artwork for Beginners - January 2009

• Bios and Artists’ Statements - March 2009

• Working in Painting Themes & Series for Galleries - August 2009

• Preparing a Prospectus - August 2009

• Limited Editions of Giclée prints - September 2009

• Art Scams - September 2009

• Resume - October 2009

• Airfoat Systems Boxes for Shipping Artwork - February 2010

• Social Networking... Exposure equals success - February 2010

• More Social Networking - July 2010

• Do's & Dont’s of Art Festivals - October 2010

• Floater Frames - November 2010

• Goal Setting - January 2011

• Contacting Galleries - February/March 2011

• What do You do AFTER You get into a Gallery - April 2011

• What Else do you Give your Customer? and Bill of Sale - May 2011

• Am I Ready for an Art Agent? - June/July 2011

• Returns, Exchanges and “On Approval” - August 2011

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