Weekly BobBlast 507
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Two Tree Techniques Drip Trees & Reductive Painting.

Welcome back to another BobBlast!

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 negativeshape 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 OneDay 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!
•InPerson Workshop: March 2224, 2024 
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April 17, 2024 • noon1:30pm PT
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April Monthly Demo
“What Do I Do Next? Go with the Flow”
April 10, 2024
Tuesday, 9am10:30am PT
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Paint with Bob in his Studio in Arroyo Grande, California​
•March 2224 Dry Pigments, Chalks & Powders ​
•June 1014 Abstract Painting & Collage SOLD OUT
​•July 1114 Painting the Figure​
•July 2628 Larger & Looser Abstract Painting ​
•August 811 Mentor Workshop​
•September 913 Loosen Up with Aquamedia Painting​
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InPerson Workshops Traveling Bob!
•May 1218, 2024
NonObjective Mixed Media Painting
Hudson Valley Art Workshops, Greenville, NY
Contact Kim LaPolla (518) 9665219 or (888) 6650044
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•May 2024, 2024
Abstract Acrylic Painting & Collage
Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, Boone, North Carolina
Contact Meghann Williams (828) 2635451
[email protected]
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•June 1621, 2024
NonObjective Mixed Media
Dillman’s Art Workshop Retreat, Lac du Flambeau, WI
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AND
•June 2223, 2024
Loose Florals & Landscapes
Dillman’s Art Workshop Retreat, Lac du Flambeau, WI
Contact (715) 5883143 or [email protected]
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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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