Weekly BobBlast Issue 443
Best of BobBlast - Adding Loose Figures to your Abstract Painting

Welcome Back to Another BobBlast!
In this week's BobBlast, I show you how to quickly place the suggestion of figures in your abstract paintings.

It's not just the demonstration of HOW I put my carrot people in my pure abstract, loose paintings - it's the WHY I like to add figures. They add heightened clarity to the storyline. I have found that including simple, loose figures while working on the abstract painting, I can paint with a focused goal of how I want the visual statement to look. 

To keep me focused, I work in a series - a titled series - like Magic Circus or Lounge Ladies & Their Magic Rabbits. So, as I plan my series, I title the paintings first, again to keep my focus. The painting is done when it clearly resembles the title. That is how I work most effectively and creatively. If my painting is meaningless and has no title or theme, it will be unclear without a strong point of view.

To me, a pointless batch of colors splashed about might be pretty, but will have an empty impact. A good painting has a loud voice!

Paint loudly - add a figure! It adds life to your work.

February 17-24, 2023
Abstract Acrylic Painting Workshop in the Bahamas
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•February 1, 2023
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Contemporary Abstract Figure Painting & Collage - IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota FL
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•February 9-11, 2023
Abstract Acrylic Painting & Collage - IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota FL
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•February 17-24, 2023
Abstract Acrylic Painting Workshop in the Bahamas
Elbow Cay in the Abacos, Bahamas
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•March 4-5, 2023
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•March 13, 2023
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•March 26-31, 2023
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•April 11, 2023
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•April 22-23, 2023
Non-Objective Mixed Media - ONLINE WORKSHOP
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•April 28-30, 2023
Abstract Figurative - ONLINE WORKSHOP
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•May 22-26, 2023
Abstract Acrylic Painting & Collage - IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
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Best of BobBlast - Adding Loose Figures to your Abstract Painting
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