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This Best of BobBlast illustrates the three steps I take to practice painting painting "ethereal" trees. The two techniques are my Drip Trees and painting a Single Tree, using Reductive Painting.
Drip Tree Technique:
Step One - I always start my "drip trees" as wet drips loaded with color.
Step Two - I work with many layers of drips, elongating them into tree trunks, letting the paint dry in between the layers. I will also shape the tree tops and make sky holes so the birds can fly through!
Step Three - The final stage is where I go in with an opaque color and do a little negative-shape painting to get rid of the trunks that are not needed. Reductive painting is the "official" name for this technique.
Single Tree, Reductive Painting Technique:
This lesson starts off with making a mess with up to four colors plus black and white. I dab the paint on with a paper towel - dab, don't scrub. You don't want to make mud. After covering the entire paper with paint dabs, let it dry.
Using your creative visualization, use a large brush and opaque paint to get rid of everything that does not look like a tree! This is negative shape painting. Don't forget tree trunks, branches and sky holes!
The above lesson and much, much more is featured in the One-Day Intensive “Quick & Easy Drip Tree Tricks” - more information about this workshop is below.
April 13, 2024
Online Workshop
Quick & Easy Drip Tree Tricks
You will learn the techniques you saw in the Video!
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Experimental Workshop!
Painting with Dry Pigments, Chalks & Powders
Learn to create a singular!
•In-Person Workshop: March 22-24, 2024
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•Online Workshop: April 27-28, 2024
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Painting with Luminous Acrylics
April 17, 2024 • noon-1:30pm PT
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April Monthly Demo
“What Do I Do Next? Go with the Flow”
April 10, 2024
Tuesday, 9am-10:30am PT
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Paint with Bob in his Studio in Arroyo Grande, California
•March 22-24 - Dry Pigments, Chalks & Powders
•June 10-14 - Abstract Painting & Collage - SOLD OUT
•July 11-14 - Painting the Figure
•July 26-28 - Larger & Looser Abstract Painting
•August 8-11 - Mentor Workshop
•September 9-13 - Loosen Up with Aquamedia Painting
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In-Person Workshops - Traveling Bob!
•May 12-18, 2024
Non-Objective Mixed Media Painting
Hudson Valley Art Workshops, Greenville, NY
Contact Kim LaPolla (518) 966-5219 or (888) 665-0044
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•May 20-24, 2024
Abstract Acrylic Painting & Collage
Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, Boone, North Carolina
Contact Meghann Williams (828) 263-5451
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•June 16-21, 2024
Non-Objective Mixed Media
Dillman’s Art Workshop Retreat, Lac du Flambeau, WI
Contact (715) 588-3143 or art@dillmans.com
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AND
•June 22-23, 2024
Loose Florals & Landscapes
Dillman’s Art Workshop Retreat, Lac du Flambeau, WI
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One Day Intensive Workshops Coming Up!
•March 20, 2024
Abstract Florals from Loose, Colorful Splatters
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•April 13, 2024
Quick & Easy Drip Tree Tricks
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•May 29, 2024
Figures in an Abstract Landscape
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