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 https://www.cheapjoes.com/art-workshops/robert-burridge-online-art-workshop-loosen-up-with-aquamedia-painting-may-15-16-and-18-2023.html 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 [email protected] 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 Burridge Critiques Your Art Online honest critiques • Private one-on-one Critiques • Coaching • Comments • Suggestions https://robertburridge.com/burridge-critiques-your-art/ We have Gift Certificates! For YOU to give… or for someone to give YOU https://robertburridge.com/burridge-gift-certificate/ Burridge Available ArtWork - For sale on our website New Available Work and Small Original Paint Sketches! https://robertburridge.com/available-work/