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Bob’s PepTalk
•Bob’s PepTalk #8 – “Goof-Proof Commissions” VIDEO
•Bob’s PepTalk #7 – “Put your Best Face Forward” VIDEO
•Bob’s PepTalk #6 – “Studio Goals” VIDEO
•Bob’s PepTalk #5 – “Looking for Positive Inspiration” VIDEO
•Bob’s PepTalk #4 – “Habits of Creative Painters” VIDEO
•Bob’s PepTalk #3 – “How to Paint from Your Heart” VIDEO
•Bob’s PepTalk #2 – “When Inspiration Strikes, Be Ready” VIDEO
•Bob’s PepTalk #1 – “A Sense of Isolation” VIDEO
Weekly BobBlast Archive
2024
•BobBlast #542 – “Tools of the Trade – Part Five, Drawing Tools” VIDEO
•BobBlast #541 – “Tools of the Trade – Part Four, Studio Tools” VIDEO
•BobBlast #540 – Best of BobBlast “Why Start with Colored Gesso” VIDEO
•BobBlast #539 – “Tools of the Trade – Part Three, Paint” VIDEO
•BobBlast #538 – “Tools of the Trade – Part Two, Brushes” VIDEO
•BobBlast #537 – “Tools of the Trade – Part One, Paper” VIDEO
•BobBlast #536 – “What Color is Your Background?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #535 – “Taking the Mystery Out of Mediums” VIDEO
•BobBlast #534 – “Bright Colors vs Muted Colors” VIDEO
•BobBlast #533 – Best of BobBlast “How I Collage… and Why” VIDEO
•BobBlast #532 – “Cheap Joe’s Workshop – Abstract & Collage Demo!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #531 – “Together is Better” VIDEO
•BobBlast #530 – “Heart Air Balloon Series – How it Started…” VIDEO
•BobBlast #529 – Best of BobBlast “What’s a Series?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #528 – “There’s More to Life Than Luminous Opera!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #527 – “Big Painting from a Small Painting” VIDEO
•BobBlast #526 – “Where’s the Light? The Shadow Knows!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #525 – Best of BobBlast “Why Neutrals and How They Work!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #524 – “Checkerboard Composition… Check It Out!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #523 – “Ready, Set, Go… Studio Prep! Part Two” VIDEO
•BobBlast #522 – “Ready, Set, Go… Studio Prep!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #521 – Best of BobBlast “Loosen Up! Two Techniques For Painting Flowers” VIDEO
•BobBlast #520 – “Create Energy and Focus with the Radial Composition” VIDEO
•BobBlast #519 – “Brothers Talking Series – Painting Demo, Part Two” VIDEO
•BobBlast #518 – Best of BobBlast “Just Show Up & Much More!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #517 – “Live from Cheap Joe’s Workshop! Abstract Painting & Collage” VIDEO
•BobBlast #516 – Best of BobBlast “Painting with Metallic Gold” VIDEO
•BobBlast #515 – “Floating & Constellation Compositions – Work Together!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #514 – “Expressing Tension…” VIDEO
•BobBlast #513 – “Composition Lesson – Three Big Ones” VIDEO
•BobBlast #512 – “Overlapping Frames = Surprising Results” VIDEO
•BobBlast #511 – Best of BobBlast “4 East Ways to Begin Figure Drawing” VIDEO
•BobBlast #510 – “Improvisation… And a Chicken!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #509 – “Composition Inspired by Nature… Spiritual” VIDEO
•BobBlast #508 – “Hold on! How Bob Uses Brushes” VIDEO
•BobBlast #507 – Best of BobBlast “Two Techniques… Drip Trees & Reductive Painting” VIDEO
•BobBlast #506 – “Two Compositions! Meandering & Curves” VIDEO
•BobBlast #505 – Best of BobBlast “Painting with Dry Pigments, Chalks & Powders” VIDEO
•BobBlast #504 – “Creative Cruciform Compositions” VIDEO
•BobBlast #503 – “Tunnel Vision Design… Not Just for Landscapes!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #502 – “Cantilever Design Composition – One of my Favorites!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #501 – Best of BobBlast “Practicing the Twelve Design Composition” VIDEO
•BobBlast #500 – “Making a Fresh Start!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #499 – Best of BobBlast “Jumpstart Your Abstracts” VIDEO
•BobBlast #498 – “Drawing on Top of an Acrylic Painting? Yes!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #497 – “Chill Out – Begin with Ethereal Landscapes” VIDEO
•BobBlast #496 – “Starting a Painting Using Bob’s 5Cs” VIDEO
2023
•BobBlast #495 – Best of BobBlast “Goof Proof Way to Draw a Simple Wine Glass” VIDEO
•BobBlast #494 – “Brush Up on Brushes!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #493 – “The ZigZag Design Composition” VIDEO
•BobBlast #492 – Best of BobBlast “Why Sketchbooks are Your Best Friend” VIDEO
•BobBlast #491 – “Black Paint – Include It!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #490 – “Practice Painting Loose Carrot People” VIDEO
•BobBlast #489 – Best of BobBlast “Green… What’s the Problem?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #488 – “Using Luminous Colors” VIDEO
•BobBlast #487 – Best of BobBlast “The Last Flowers of Manet” VIDEO
•BobBlast #486 – “Studio Tip – How You Hangin’?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #485 – “Open Studio! Tips for Setting Up & Selling Work” VIDEO
•BobBlast #484 – “Goof-Proof Way to Draw a Simple Wine Glass” VIDEO
•BobBlast #483 – “Constructing a Painting” VIDEO
•BobBlast #482 – “Stick It! Bob’s Favorite Tapes” VIDEO
•BobBlast #481 – Best of BobBlast “Painting Surfaces – Paper, Canvas & More!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #480 – Best of BobBlast “The Shadow Knows…” VIDEO
•BobBlast #479 – “My Take on Monochromatic Painting” VIDEO
•BobBlast #478 – “Prepping Your Open Studio” VIDEO
•BobBlast #477 – “Busy Areas and Quiet Areas” VIDEO
•BobBlast #476 – Best of BobBlast “Practicing with Effective Color Combinations” VIDEO
•BobBlast #475 – “Paint Every Fruit & Vegetable!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #474 – “Good Basic Info about Painting On Watercolor Papers” VIDEO
•BobBlast #473 – Best of BobBlast “Making Your Own Collage Paper Patterns” VIDEO
•BobBlast #472 – “Turning on the Lights in your Landscape” VIDEO
•BobBlast #471 – “Adding Color to Your Figure Drawing” VIDEO
•BobBlast #470 – Best of BobBlast – “Habits of Creative Painters” VIDEO
•BobBlast #469 – Best of BobBlast – “Paint Sketching and Collage Combo” VIDEO
•BobBlast #468 – “Heartfelt Thanks” VIDEO
•BobBlast #467 – “Painting with Neutral Colors” VIDEO
•BobBlast #466 – “Studio Tip – Covering My Painting Tables” VIDEO
•BobBlast #465 – “Another Cup of Coffee!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #464 – Best of BobBlast – “Two Techniques for Painting Flowers” VIDEO
•BobBlast #463 – “Photography Tips That Work!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #462 – “Special Effects – Alcohol and Painting Can Mix” VIDEO
•BobBlast #461 – “Making Your Drawing More Dimensional” VIDEO
•BobBlast #460 – Best of BobBlast – “Draw, Sketch and Paint Everyday Objects” VIDEO
•BobBlast #459 – “Revisiting & Finishing An Earlier Drip-Tree Painting” VIDEO
•BobBlast #458 – “What I Do on Those Non-Painting Days” VIDEO
•BobBlast #457 – Best of BobBlast – “How to Begin One Colorful Landscape Design” VIDEO
•BobBlast #456 – “Critiquing Your Own Work” VIDEO
•BobBlast #455 – Best of BobBlast – “Florals – Value, Light Source & Living Color!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #454 – Best of BobBlast – “Painting with Dry Pigments, Chalks and Powders” VIDEO
•BobBlast #453 – “How to Make a Polyptych into One Large Abstract Painting – Part Two” VIDEO
•BobBlast #452 – “How to Make a Polyptych into One Large Abstract Painting” VIDEO
•BobBlast #451 – “Bob on Location – We’re in the Bahamas!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #450 – Best of BobBlast – “Color Pencils That ROCK!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #449 – “Signing Your Name” VIDEO
•BobBlast #448 – “Take a Break… Take a Workshop!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #447 – Best of BobBlast. – “Goof-Proof Color & Design, Any Subject” VIDEO
•BobBlast #446 – “How I Start an Abstract Painting Using Collage” VIDEO
•BobBlast #445 – “Practicing with my Daily Warm-Ups” VIDEO
•BobBlast #444 – “Bob’s Brush Demo” VIDEO
2022
•BobBlast #443 – “Best of BobBlast – Adding Loose Figures to your Abstract Painting” VIDEO
•BobBlast #442 – “Painting Places I Want to Be!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #441 – “Best of BobBlast! – Bob’s 5 Cs for Starting a Painting” VIDEO
•BobBlast #440 – “Start with Colored Gesso For Visual Excitement!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #439 – “Why Neutrals And How They Work!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #438 – “Painting with Dry Pigments, Chalks and Powders” VIDEO
•BobBlast #437 – “Best of BobBlast – Drawing the Undraped Model – A Burridge Studio Workshop” VIDEO
•BobBlast #436 – “Practice… Repeat!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #435 – “What’s Up with the Color Periwinkle?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #434 – “Best of BobBlast – How I Paint Figures Without Painting Figures” VIDEO
•BobBlast #433 – “Best of BobBlast – How I Approach Non-Objective, Intuitive Painting” VIDEO
•BobBlast #432 – “Best of BobBlast – Open Your Studio” VIDEO
•BobBlast #431 – “The Primaries… Primarily” VIDEO
•BobBlast #430 – “Carrots with Attitude!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #429 – “Reminder About Varnishes” VIDEO
•BobBlast #428 – “Best of BobBlast – Painting the Illusion of Flower Stems in a Glass Vase” VIDEO
•BobBlast #427 – “What Color is Your Shadow?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #426 – “Small Scale Abstract Painting at the Mendocino Art Center” VIDEO
•BobBlast #425 – “Best of BobBlast – Why Sketchbooks are your Best Friend” VIDEO
•BobBlast #424 – “Color Pencils That ROCK!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #423 – “You’re So Transparent!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #422 – “Landscape Focal Point – Why and Where!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #421 – “Best of BobBlast – Collage and Painting Demo” VIDEO
•BobBlast #420 – “Best of BobBlast – 4 Easy Ways to Begin Figure Drawing” VIDEO
•BobBlast #419 – “Watercolor Techniques for a Mostly Acrylic Painter” VIDEO
•BobBlast #418 – “What’s Your Point?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #417 – “Goof-Proof Color & Design, Any Subject” VIDEO
•BobBlast #416 – “Best of BobBlast – How to Paint from Your Heart” VIDEO
•BobBlast #415 – “Best of BobBlast – Mixed Media Answers, Part Two” VIDEO
•BobBlast #414 – “On the Road Again!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #413 – “Final Steps to Show-Ready” VIDEO
•BobBlast #412 – “Happy Shirt Day! Painting with Primary Colors” VIDEO
•BobBlast #411 – “Another Point of View” VIDEO
•BobBlast #410 – “Best of BobBlast – Painting the Great Outdoors… Indoors” VIDEO
•BobBlast #409 – “Montreal Workshop Demo” VIDEO
•BobBlast #408 – “Why Hot Pink Luminous Opera?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #407 – “Best of BobBlast – Why Orange First?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #406 – “The Last Flowers of Manet” VIDEO
•BobBlast #405 – “Shape Up! Painting a Series Based on Shapes” VIDEO
•BobBlast #404 – “Best of BobBlast – The Shadow Knows…” VIDEO
•BobBlast #403 – “Quick Guide – How to Paint the Light Source” VIDEO
•BobBlast #402 – “Bob’s 5Cs for Starting a Painting” VIDEO
•BobBlast #401 – “Best of BobBlast – How I Use White” VIDEO
•BobBlast #400 – “Neutrals – Unseen Colors – Paint Colors No One Has Seen Before” VIDEO
•BobBlast #399 – “Best of BobBlast… Quick and Simple” VIDEO
•BobBlast #398 – “Basic Supplies for On-Location Workshops” VIDEO
•BobBlast #397 – “Best of BobBlast – Colorful Figures… Together” VIDEO
•BobBlast #396 – “What a Mess! – Part Three” VIDEO
•BobBlast #395 – “What a Mess! – Part Two” VIDEO
•BobBlast #394 – “What a Mess! – Part One” VIDEO
•BobBlast #393 – “Best of BobBlast – “Making Your Own Collage Paper Patterns” VIDEO
•BobBlast #392 – “Just Tape” VIDEO
2021
•BobBlast #391 – “Best of BobBlast… Mounting Paper on Wooden Panels” VIDEO
•BobBlast #390 – “Drawing Tools – Carbon Sketch Pencils” VIDEO
•BobBlast #389 – “Why Start with Colored Gesso” VIDEO
•BobBlast #388 – “Just the Basics – Easy Way to Paint Glass” VIDEO
•BobBlast #387 – “Bob’s Quiet Side – Painting with a Light Touch” VIDEO
•BobBlast #386 – “Best of BobBlast… Productivity” VIDEO
•BobBlast #385 – “Painting on Location In a Workshop!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #384 – “Studio Mentor Workshop – Seven Painters with a Purpose” VIDEO
•BobBlast #383 – “Best of BobBlast… Looking for Positive Inspiration” VIDEO
•BobBlast #382 – “Best of BobBlast… Make Big Paintings in a Small Studio” VIDEO
•BobBlast #381 – “Open Your Studio” VIDEO
•BobBlast #380 – “Repeat That Again… with Collage” VIDEO
•BobBlast #379 – “Repeat That Again…” VIDEO
•BobBlast #378 – “Technical Difficulties this Week!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #377 – “Jumpstart your Abstracts” VIDEO
•BobBlast #376 – “Best of BobBlast – Six Habits of Creative Painters” VIDEO
•BobBlast #375 – “Best of BobBlast – Packing your Paints when Flying” VIDEO
•BobBlast #374 – “Painting on Location… Lighten the Load!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #373 – “Warm Colors! Cool Colors! What???” VIDEO
•BobBlast #372 – “The Color Purple” VIDEO
•BobBlast #371 – “Green. What’s the Problem?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #370 – “Colorful Figures… Together” VIDEO
•BobBlast #369 – “Color Combo Lesson – Part Two – Landscapes” VIDEO
•BobBlast #368 – “Color Combo Lesson” VIDEO
•BobBlast #367 – “Draw, Sketch and Paint – Everyday, Common Objects” VIDEO
•BobBlast #366 – Best of BobBlast – “CitraSolv – Brush Cleaner & Pattern Maker” VIDEO
•BobBlast #365 – “Perspective Part Three – Perspective in 3D Technicolor!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #364 – “Perspective Part Two – Painting the Illusion of Depth” VIDEO
•BobBlast #363 – “Perspective… Your Spatial Point of View” VIDEO
•BobBlast #362 – “Make It Bigger!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #361 – “Best of BobBlast – High Key, Low Key – Both Work!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #360 – “Tools of the Trade – Brushes, Towels and Fingers” VIDEO
•BobBlast #359 – “Best of BobBlast – Diversity Workshop + a Demo!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #358 – “Bob’s Easy Way to find the Golden Section” VIDEO
•BobBlast #357 – “Best of BobBlast – What Size Brush Do You Use?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #356 – “Cockeyed Compositions Always Get Attention!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #355 – “Tunnel Vision Composition – Everything Leads to the Vanishing Point” VIDEO
•BobBlast #354 – “Horizontal Composition – Land or Sky?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #353 – “What’s a Series?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #352 – “How Bob Makes Color Glow!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #351 – “Best of BobBlast – How I Approach Non-Objective, Intuitive Painting” VIDEO
•BobBlast #350 – “Paint the Model” VIDEO
•BobBlast #349 – “You’re not Making A Pot of Soup” VIDEO
•BobBlast #348 – “Studio Stay-cation – Painting Palm Trees” VIDEO
•BobBlast #347 – “Only One Color” VIDEO
•BobBlast #346 – “Make Big Paintings in a Small Studio” VIDEO
•BobBlast #345 – “Create a Loving Message” VIDEO
•BobBlast #344 – “Consider your Point of View, Part Two” VIDEO
•BobBlast #343 – “Consider your Point of View, Part One” VIDEO
•BobBlast #342 – “How I Use Luminous Colors” VIDEO
•BobBlast #341 – “Painting with Metallic Gold” VIDEO
•BobBlast #340 – “Best of BobBlast – Finding More Ideas for Painting Titles” VIDEO
2020
•BobBlast #339 – “Why Graphic Design is Important” VIDEO
•BobBlast #338 – “No Light Source, No Shadow… No Problem!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #337 – “The Shadow Knows…” VIDEO
•BobBlast #336 – “Paint a Series… Siblings, not Twins” VIDEO
•BobBlast #335 – “A Well-Stocked Studio Library” VIDEO
•BobBlast #334 – “Mixed Media Answers! Part Two” VIDEO
•BobBlast #333 – “Mixed Media Answers!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #332 – “More Childhood Memories – The Circus!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #331 – “Childhood Memories with a Twist” VIDEO
•BobBlast #330 – “Paint the Effects of Light” VIDEO
•BobBlast #329 – “Feathered Fowl with Fluids!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #328 – “Do-Overs” VIDEO
•BobBlast #327 – “Background Colors that Work.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #326 – “Best of BobBlast – Productivity” VIDEO
•BobBlast #325 – “Heavy Body Acrylics vs Acrylic Fluids” VIDEO
•BobBlast #324 – “Paint Sketching and Collage Combo” VIDEO
•BobBlast #323 – “Let the Surface Know – Who’s the Boss” VIDEO
•BobBlast #322 – “Upside Down?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #321 – “How I Use White” VIDEO
•BobBlast #320 – “Brown. My Second Choice…” VIDEO
•BobBlast #319 – “Black” VIDEO
•BobBlast #318 – “Put It in Neutral!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #317 – “QUIET!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #316 – “Starting a Black and White Painting” VIDEO
•BobBlast #315 – “Size Matters!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #314 – “Spatial Distancing – With Warm and Cool Colors” VIDEO
•BobBlast #313 – “Studio Prep! – My Painting Table Set Up” VIDEO
•BobBlast #311 – “It’s Hip to be Square” VIDEO
•BobBlast #310 – “Triangles – Another Shape!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #309 – “Why Sketchbooks are Your Best Friend” VIDEO
•BobBlast #308 – “Practice Drawing Circles” VIDEO
•BobBlast #307 – “Keep Loose with Expressive Brush Strokes” VIDEO
•BobBlast #306 – “Let’s Dance the Night Away!!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #305 – “Little Time to Paint? Paint Little!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #304 – “Picture Window, Part Three” VIDEO
•BobBlast #303 – “Picture Window, Part Two” VIDEO
•BobBlast #302 – “Picture Window, Part One” VIDEO
•BobBlast #301 – “Painting Window Reflections Using My Goof-Proof Color Wheel” VIDEO
•BobBlast #300 – “Look Out!” – Invitation to Paint a Concept with Bob VIDEO
•BobBlast #299 – “Painting Surfaces – Canvas and More, Part Two” VIDEO
•BobBlast #298 – “Painting Surfaces – Paper, Part One” VIDEO
•BobBlast #297 – “What Size is Your Brush?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #296 – “Painting Multiples” VIDEO
•BobBlast #295 – “Day Glo Paints? Yikes!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #294 – “Texture Gels & Mediums” VIDEO
•BobBlast #293 “Best of BobBlast – “Practicing the Twelve Design Compositions.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #290 “Me and my Shadow.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #289 “Abstract Painting & Collage Demo, Part Three.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #288 “Abstract Painting & Collage Demo, Part Two.” VIDEO
2019
•BobBlast #287 “Starting New Again!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #286 “Paint Your Canvas Bags.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #285 “CitraSolv – Brush Cleaner and Pattern Maker.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #284 “Keep it Clean.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #283 “Studio Tip – Varnish. Why and With What?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #282 “Fun with Patterns!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #281 “Best of BobBlast – Practicing Effective Color Combinations.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #280 “Best of BobBlast – Two Tree Techniques – Drip Trees & Reductive Painting.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #279 “Studio Tips – Working with Canvas.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #278 “Special Effects with Alcohol.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #277 “Coffee Cups – Paint Everyday Objects.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #276 “Best of BobBlast – Practice Composition Designs in Black & White.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #275 “Your Workshop Table Set-Up.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #274 “Flying to a Workshop? Packing Tips!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #273 “Paint Sketching on Location.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #272 “Making Your Own Collage Paper Patterns.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #271 “Carrots! Easy Way to Paint the Figure.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #270 “Abstract Florals from Loose, Colorful Splatters.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #269 “Four Quick Landscape Design Compositions.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #268 “Art of the Carolinas – Preview and a Quick Demo.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #267 “How to Choose a Painting Workshop.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #266 “Best of BobBlast – Universal Color Wheel Works” VIDEO
•BobBlast #265 “Practicing Effective Color Combinations” VIDEO
•BobBlast #264 “Vermont Art Event – Working with Acrylic Inks” VIDEO
•BobBlast #263 “Get Looser with a Longer Brush.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #262 “Background Color?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #261 “Why Sketchbooks are Your Best Friend.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #260 “Painting Large and Horizontal.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #259 “4 Easy Ways to Begin Figure Drawings.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #258 “Do Overs” VIDEO
•BobBlast #257 “Mixing Chickens and More” VIDEO
•BobBlast #256 “Floatin’ or Sittin’?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #255 “You’re So Negative! A Quick, Simple Guide how to See It.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #254 “Productivity.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #253 “When to Continue and When to Finish” VIDEO
•BobBlast #252 “Bob’s Juror Notes – Part Two – Paint the WOW” VIDEO
•BobBlast #251 “Bob’s Juror Notes – Part One – Paint a Series” VIDEO
•BobBlast #250 “Freedom Painting – Part Two” VIDEO
•BobBlast #249 “Freedom Painting – Prepping the Studio” VIDEO
•BobBlast #248 “Carrot Figures – Painting the Female Form” VIDEO
•BobBlast #247 “Working with Charcoal and Pastels.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #246 “Best of BobBlast Beyond Diptychs & Triptychs.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #245 “How to Begin One Colorful Landscape Design.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #244 “After the Prep, now Time to Paint! 10×10 inch Warmups.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #242 “Workshop Demos… Painting 101.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #241 “Six Words… Starting Abstract Concepts.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #240 “Packing your Paints when Flying.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #239 “Best of BobBlast – Working with Color – Step One, Two, Three and Four.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #238 “Let’s Paint Something Today.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #237 “Presenting your Paper Paintings.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #236 “”Permanent Acrylic Ink that Flows.” VIDEO
2018
•BobBlast #235 “What Size Brush Do You Use?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #234 “Paper Weight.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #233 “Using Hot, Fluorescent Colors.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #232 “How I Approach Non-Objective, Intuitive Painting.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #231 “Painting the Illusion of Flower Stems in a Glass Vase.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #230 “Best of BobBlast – How to Use Canvas and Glue to Mount a Painting.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #229 “Acrylic Gesso on Watercolor Paper” VIDEO
•BobBlast #228 “Practice Looser… Paint Looser! Part Three” VIDEO
•BobBlast #227 “Practice Looser… Paint Looser! Part Two” VIDEO
•BobBlast #226 “Practice Looser… Paint Looser! Part One” VIDEO
•BobBlast #225 “Derwent Thataway!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #224 “Work on a Masterpiece.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #223 “And Another Medium… A Protective Coating for Paintings.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #222 “Acrylic Paint in Big Tubs.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #221 “Best of BobBlast – How I make Collage Elements for my Paintings.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #220 “Best of BobBlast – Working with Color!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #219 “Turkeys… I Got A Lot of Them!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #218 “What’s Next After an Initial Warm Mid-Tone?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #217 “Why Orange First?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #216 “Little Gems into Big Treasures.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #215 “Adding Loose Figures to your Abstract Painting – Part Two.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #214 “Quick and Simple Figures – Part One.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #213 “Best of BobBlast – Revisiting Collage Papers – How and Why it Works for Me.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #212 “Drawing the Undraped Model – A Burridge Studio Workshop.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #211 “Two Tree Techniques – Drip Trees & Reductive Painting.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #210 “Great Presentation without Framing.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #209 “Abstract Collage Demonstration – Oakville Art Society.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #208 “High Key, Low Key – Both Work!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #207 “How I Get My Ideas.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #206 “More Fun with Gesso!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #205 “Painting with Paper.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #204 “Best of BobBlast – Bob’s Studio Tips – Varnish Lesson and Favorite Tape.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #203 “Twenty Tops Secrets for Loosening Up – Part Two.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #202 “Twenty Tops Secrets for Loosening Up – Part One.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #201 “Best of BobBlast – Practicing the Twelve Design Compositions.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #200 “Color Combos that Spark Attention! Part Three.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #199 “Color Combos that Spark Attention! Part Two.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #198 “Color Combos that Spark Attention! Part One.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #197 “Start Abstract Painting Today – Part Two – Non-Objective Abstracts.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #196 “Start Abstract Painting Today – Part One – Objective Abstracts.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #195 “Loosen Up! Painting the Great Outdoors… Indoors.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #194 “Loosen Up! Two Techniques for Painting Flowers.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #193 “Loosen Up! Easy Steps to Paint a Pear.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #192 “Wine Bottles… Starting with 3 Easy Strokes.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #191 “Plein Aire Color Pencil Sketching – Why, With What and How.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #190 “Best of BobBlast – Revisiting Collage Papers. How and Why it Works for Me.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #189 “A Contemporary Way to Frame and Exhibit your Modern Works on Paper.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #188 “The Universal Color Wheel Works.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #187 “Value, Light Source and Living Color! Part 2 – Florals!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #186 “Value, Light Source and Living Color!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #185 “Contrast – Why Value Packs a Wallop.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #184 “Bob’s Basic Brush Lesson.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #183 “Short Gesso Lesson – Why and How…” VIDEO
2017
•BobBlast #182 “Part Three – Making a Small Painting BIGGER!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #181 “Best of BobBlast – Bob’s Painting Improv – Three Faces.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #180 “Part Two – Making a Small Painting BIGGER!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #179 “Making a Small Painting BIGGER!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #178 “BobTime in the Studio.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #177 “Best of BobBlast – Practice Composition Designs in Black & White.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #176 “Bob at the Art of the Carolinas.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #175 “Practicing the Twelve Design Compositions.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #174 “Why & How I Use a Mid-Tone for my Drawing Paper.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #173 “Why Red Gesso?” VIDEO
•BobBlast #172 “The Best Book on Color.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #171 “The Devil’s in the Details.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #170 “Turn your Abstract Mess into a Heart-Felt Gift.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #169 “Turn Small Warm-Ups into Hot, Fast Sellers.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #168 “Adding Color to the Black & White Collage Painting – Part 3.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #167 “How and When I Collage First – Part 2.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #166 “Why I Collage Before Painting – Part 1.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #165 “Splash Abstract Colors into Florals.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #164 “Practice Daily Warm-Up Exercises.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #162 “Start with an Under Painting, Using Goof-Proof Color Combinations.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #161 “Making TreeLine Paintings with Drips.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #160 “My Smithsonian Circus Demo.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #159 “Best of BobBlast – Working with Color!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #158 “Best of BobBlast – In the Studio.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #157 “Smithsonian Circus Arts.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #156 “Smithsonian Folklife Circus Festival Paintings – Practicing Small Warmups.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #155 “My Little Easel.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #154 “Turning That Mess into a New Direction.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #153 “Sketchbooks & Portable Art Materials.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #152 “Practicing Daily Warmups in my Studio.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #151 “Improvisational Painting – 4 Small Steps for Painting Big!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #150 “Acrylic Sprays & Fluids – New for Me!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #149 “Drawing and Painting the Undraped Model.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #148 “Mounting Paper on Wooden Panels.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #147 “Painting Burgundy & Blue – Demo Part Six, Sign It, Slick It & Sell It!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #146 “Painting Burgundy & Blue – Demo Part Five, Finishing the Painting.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #145 “Painting Burgundy & Blue – Demo Part Four, Continuing with Loose Color.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #144 “Painting Burgundy & Blue – Demo Part Three, Third Time’s the Charm.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #143 “Painting Burgundy & Blue – Demo Part Two, Halfway.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #142 “Painting Burgundy & Blue – Demo Part One.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #141 “Diversity Workshop Plus a Demo!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #140 “Best of BobBlast Studio Tips.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #139 “Getting Out of a Mess…” VIDEO
•BobBlast #138 “Dial it Back.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #137 “Sign Your Work!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #136 “Beyond Diptych and Triptych Painting Demonstration – part 4.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #135 “Beyond Diptych and Triptych Painting Demonstration – part 3.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #134 “Beyond Diptych and Triptych Painting Demonstration – part 2.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #133 “Beyond Diptych and Triptych Demonstration – part 1.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #132 “4 Small Steps to Paint Big.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #131 “How I Collage… and Why.” VIDEO
2016
•BobBlast #130 Best of BobBlast “Creating Your Own Collage Papers and Other Special Effects.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #129 “Pack It & Ship It!” VIDEO
•BobBlast #128 “Make your Paint Brush Easier to Hold.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #127 “Studio Tip – Large Pastel Drawing Set-Up.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #126 “Neutral Colors from the Burridge Goof-Proof Color Wheel.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #125 “Paint-cation in Mexico + Demo of “Portable” Art Materials.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #124 “Painting Figures using Color Combinations.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #123 “How I Paint Figures without Painting Figures.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #122 “Best of BobBlast – Stick with the Color Wheel & Finishing a Loose Painting.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #121 “Lighten Your Load.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #120 “Painting Abstract Florals Using Four Colors.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #119 “Deckel and Gesso your Watercolor Paper.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #118 “Loosen Up with Dramatic Light & Color Workshop Demonstration.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #117 “What Bob Draws with and What On…” VIDEO
•BobBlast #116 “Best of BobBlast – Practice Composition Designs in Black & White.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #115 “Bob’s Painting Improv – Three Faces.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #114 “Dramatic Rembrandt Lighting.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #113 “Paint a Cup – Starting with Lights and Darks.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #112 “Manna from Heaven” Artist Talk. VIDEO
•BobBlast #111 “Practice Painting Loose Florals in a Vase.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #110 “Practice Painting Loose Landscapes.” VIDEO
•BobBlast #109 “Best of BobBlast – Working with Color!”: Step One, Two, Three & Four. VIDEO
•BobBlast #108 Finding Ideas for Painting Titles – Part Three. VIDEO
•BobBlast #107 Finding Ideas for Painting Titles – Part Two. VIDEO
•BobBlast #106 Finding More Ideas for Painting Titles. VIDEO
•BobBlast #105 Painting on Things. VIDEO
•BobBlast #104 Collage & Painting Demonstration. VIDEO
•BobBlast #103 Large Format Drip Trees in your Studio – Part Two. VIDEO
•BobBlast #102 Large Format Drip Trees in your Studio. VIDEO
•BobBlast #101 Change your Mind – Change your Painting. VIDEO
•BobBlast #100 Reading in your Studio. VIDEO
•BobBlast #99 Practice Composition Designs in Black & White. VIDEO
•BobBlast #98 My Goof-Proof Color Wheel for Abstracts & Realism. VIDEO
•BobBlast #97 Goof-Proof Color Wheel – A Simple Explantion. VIDEO
•BobBlast #96 How to Paint Larger Than You. VIDEO
•BobBlast #95 Drawing Back onto an Acrylic Painting VIDEO
•BobBlast #94 Color Combinations that Work VIDEO
•BobBlast #93 Painting Demo – Hawaii VIDEO
•BobBlast #92 Finishing a Loose Painting VIDEO
•BobBlast #91 Stick with the Color Wheel VIDEO
•BobBlast #90 Best of BobBlast – Getting Started, Carrot People & Varnish Lesson VIDEO
•BobBlast #89 Burridge’s Five Day Instructional Studio Workshop VIDEO
•BobBlast #88 The Advantages of Transparent Fluid Acrylics VIDEO
•BobBlast #87 Landscape Painting & the Four Compositions – Part Two VIDEO
•BobBlast #86 Landscape Painting & the Four Compositions – Part One VIDEO
•BobBlast #85 Painting Table Cover VIDEO
•BobBlast #84 Working with Complementary Colors – Part Two VIDEO
•BobBlast #83 Working with Complementary Colors VIDEO
•BobBlast #82 Painting Step Four – Finish Your Loose Beginnings VIDEO
•BobBlast #81 Painting Step Two & Step Three VIDEO
•BobBlast #80 Painting – Step One VIDEO
•BobBlast #79 Watercolor Pencils on Location VIDEO
2015
•BobBlast #78 Watercolor Paper I Use in My Studio VIDEO
•BobBlast #77 Bright Colors vs Mud – How to have Both VIDEO
•BobBlast #76 Draw an Ellipse to Create a Cylinder VIDEO
•BobBlast #75 Practice Paint Sketching VIDEO
•BobBlast #74 Protect your Hands! VIDEO
•BobBlast #73 How to Paint a Vase of Flowers Quick and Easy VIDEO
•BobBlast #72 How to Use a Canvas & Glue to Mount a Painting VIDEO
•BobBlast #71 Where Do Titles Come From? VIDEO
•BobBlast #70 Studio Tip – Clean, Sharp Edges VIDEO
•BobBlast #69 Revisit Your Familiar Subjects VIDEO
•BobBlast #68 How to Set Up Your Studio and Supplies VIDEO
•BobBlast #67 The Magic Studio on the Move! VIDEO
•BobBlast #66 Packing Your Art Materials When Flying VIDEO
•BobBlast #65 New Watermedia for Bob VIDEO
•BobBlast #64 How I make Collage Elements for my Paintings VIDEO
•BobBlast #63 Burridge Mentor Workshop VIDEO
•BobBlast #62 Why Cover Your Painting Table VIDEO
•BobBlast #61 Loose Composition Painting VIDEO
•BobBlast #60 One More Colorful, Textural Effect! VIDEO
•BobBlast #59 Loosen Up – Go Bigger! VIDEO
•BobBlast #58 Studio Prep – Table Set-Up VIDEO
•BobBlast #57 Give Back! VIDEO
•BobBlast #56 Clean Your Brushes! VIDEO
•BobBlast #55 Bob’s Gesso Demo! VIDEO
•BobBlast #54 Bob’s Quick Guide to Brushes VIDEO
•BobBlast #53 Get Organized with a Practice Wall VIDEO
•BobBlast #52 Too Many Holes in Your Wall? VIDEO
•BobBlast #51 Painter’s Keys – What are these for? VIDEO
•BobBlast #50 Planning Your Art Show! VIDEO
•BobBlast #49 Bob’s Favorite Studio Tape VIDEO
•BobBlast #48 Use Good Art Materials VIDEO
•BobBlast #47 Making a Deckle Edge VIDEO
•BobBlast #46 Bob’s Varnish Lesson VIDEO
•BobBlast #45 Name the Painting First VIDEO
•BobBlast #44 Isolate Your Painting VIDEO
•BobBlast #43 Dark against Light VIDEO
•BobBlast #42 Your Sketchbook VIDEO
•BobBlast #41 Painting ‘Carrot’ Figures VIDEO
•BobBlast #40 Getting Started in your Studio VIDEO
•BobBlast #39 Just Show Up! VIDEO
•BobBlast #35 Prepping your Studio
•BobBlast #34 Hot Press or Cold Press?
•BobBlast #31 Use a Discarded Mat.
•BobBlast #30 What to Paint Next?
•BobBlast #29 Practice Painting Everyday.
2014
•BobBlast #26 First… Envision It.
•BobBlast #25 Color Combos you Dislike?
•BobBlast #24 It’s Your Studio – Show Up!
•BobBlast #23 Inspiration and Imagination.
•BobBlast #22 Left-Overs & Risk-Takers.
•BobBlast #20 Vision with Action.
•BobBlast #18 Overcoming Old Stuff.
•BobBlast #17 Why I Gesso Everything First.
•BobBlast #16 Take the Time to Think Differently.
•BobBlast #15 How to Paint a Work of Art.
•BobBlast #14 Practice A Lot First.
•BobBlast #13 Hobby or Lifestyle?
•BobBlast #12 Finding it Difficult to Loosen Up?
•BobBlast #10 Stuck? This works for me.
•BobBlast #9 Things I do Before I Paint.
•BobBlast #8 How to Know when the Painting is Finished.
•BobBlast #6 Your Studio to Create Things.
•BobBlast #5 “Say, what’s the Big Idea?”
•BobBlast #4 Do More Than One. Paint a Series.
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