What a helpful blast! Really helping us with the practicalities of art. This BobBlast shows us some very very useful things we need to know. You are a wealth of knowledge as well as an inspiration!
Thank you! I am also doing a "Varnishes & Mediums" 90-minute Monthly Demo on November 14, 2022. You can get more info and register for my Monthly Demos on my website - here is the link: robertburridge.com/monthly-demonstrations/
Thank you for this, Bob! I love the composition of the painting and the color scheme with that black and white stripes cut out. The Orange bit... perfect!
@@RobertBurridge No, thank you! Your videos have given me great ideas to incorporate in my arts practice and improve my mental health after going through an existencial crisis. Much appreciated :)!
Thanks for this! I’m preparing some pieces for showing and your advice is enormously helpful. Mine are watercolour and natural botanical inks (on canvas!) so the finishing is a bit different: 3-4 coats of semigloss spray varnish then a layer of soft wax
@Bob, do you have any insights into selling online? I do both watercolor and oils. Both in rather large format. Is it appropriate to take the canvas off the stretcher bars and ask the customer to re-stretch to save in shipping? When it comes to gallery work, I'm hesitated to even try, because of the challenges of packing the artwork (I guess I'd have to rent a van) and then my watercolors framed in glass gets to be really expensive (especially if I break them in transit). Do you suggest mounting watercolor on board instead (which I have seen done, but that gets heavy for larger pieces as well). I used to work for an interior decorator group and the art they purchased for their clients was almost always large format (I see people with big money having big homes with big blank wall spaces), so I'm not really interested in 11X17 or smaller. Also, like your thoughts on digitizing work and turning it into a print. I personally don't like it, but selling prints to a more cost-conscious market may be a better entry point for the newer, no-name artist like myself. Again seems like the investment in the proper cameras and/or scanners to capture the images would be more costly than I'd probably ever make back in sales. Perhaps some ideas for a future video.
@@johndough1006 hi john. Cheap joes psudo sables. Wide. 2in. They are soft and leave no brush marks. Hint: use a lot on your brush and go slowly( no bubbles)
What a helpful blast! Really helping us with the practicalities of art. This BobBlast shows us some very very useful things we need to know. You are a wealth of knowledge as well as an inspiration!
Thank you Roslyn
You explained the use of varnish most excellently!
Thank you! I am also doing a "Varnishes & Mediums" 90-minute Monthly Demo on November 14, 2022. You can get more info and register for my Monthly Demos on my website - here is the link: robertburridge.com/monthly-demonstrations/
Bob, I love your ArT 🎨 😍
Thank you so much for your videos. I've learned so much. Truly appreciate you ❤️
Thank you!
You’re such a marvel. Thanks so much once again! 😘❤️❤️❤️
Thanks Cathy!
Thank you for this, Bob! I love the composition of the painting and the color scheme with that black and white stripes cut out. The Orange bit... perfect!
Thank you!
@@RobertBurridge No, thank you! Your videos have given me great ideas to incorporate in my arts practice and improve my mental health after going through an existencial crisis. Much appreciated :)!
I second that emotion. Thank you! 😊
Great tips. Painting the edges makes them pop.
Thanks!
What a wonderful video thank you so much for your expertise Bob! 🎨
Thanks Bob. i love Monday mornings as i eagerly await your video. Always sound advice, the icing on the cake parts are just as important. 🙂
So Useful. Thank you Bob :)
Bob, thank you so much for demonstrating these steps. I bought Polycrylic and used it today. It was really easy and worked very well.
Thanks Ellen! I am glad it worked for you!
You are simply the best!
Thank you!
Thanks Bob. I am going to finish my works!
Thanks so much for sharing, you’re by far the best art teacher I’ve ever followed!
Thank you!
Thank you so much, Bob. You’re such a great teacher--so generous with information! And…yours is the best workshop I ever took (and I’ve taken many)!
Thanks!
As usual, another fun and informative video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Great tutorial.
This was great, so useful. Thank you Bob!
Excellent information!! Thank you
You are welcome!
Thanks so much. Ur so encouraging
Thank you for this, Bob. Great video!!
That grey edging looks just right, also the hardware advice, thank you, no more d rings for me!
Thanks Bob. This was great.
Love you Bob 🥰 My art inspiration!
great video, thx Bob!
Hey Carol! Thank you! And congratulations on your recent awards!
Love your painting Bob... this has been so helpful for me.... always hesitant to use a varnish on some of my paintings...
🌸🌴🌸
Thank you very much.
Thanks for this! I’m preparing some pieces for showing and your advice is enormously helpful. Mine are watercolour and natural botanical inks (on canvas!) so the finishing is a bit different: 3-4 coats of semigloss spray varnish then a layer of soft wax
Best to you for your show! Your work sounds wonderful.
P.S. i love the painting you are finishing off. 👍
Great stuff I can do that Thanks
Thank you. Much love 💕🎨
Thank you!!!!
Oh yeah, thanks for this!
It is always so hard for me to do the sides. I will try your technique.
U r awesome
@Bob, do you have any insights into selling online? I do both watercolor and oils. Both in rather large format. Is it appropriate to take the canvas off the stretcher bars and ask the customer to re-stretch to save in shipping? When it comes to gallery work, I'm hesitated to even try, because of the challenges of packing the artwork (I guess I'd have to rent a van) and then my watercolors framed in glass gets to be really expensive (especially if I break them in transit). Do you suggest mounting watercolor on board instead (which I have seen done, but that gets heavy for larger pieces as well). I used to work for an interior decorator group and the art they purchased for their clients was almost always large format (I see people with big money having big homes with big blank wall spaces), so I'm not really interested in 11X17 or smaller. Also, like your thoughts on digitizing work and turning it into a print. I personally don't like it, but selling prints to a more cost-conscious market may be a better entry point for the newer, no-name artist like myself. Again seems like the investment in the proper cameras and/or scanners to capture the images would be more costly than I'd probably ever make back in sales. Perhaps some ideas for a future video.
Just love your channel!!! Dying to know, who is your videographer? 🙂
Hi Shanna - Kate does the BobBlast filming!
What do you use to sign oil paintings? I enjoy your videos so much and am learning the best way from the beginning. It is so overwhelming at first.
Hi Jenny, I use an oil-based pen to sign my oil paintings, like an oil-based Sharpie. Hope this helps!
You take a photo after the varnish? It does not leave a sheen on the photot?
Can you use the water based varnish on oil paintings as well as acrylic or do I need a different varnish? thanks!
Hi John - No - Use a varnish specifically for oil paintings.
@@RobertBurridge thank you sir!
@@johndough1006 You're very welcome!
Do you ever put a top coat on before you varnish?
No. That is my top coat
what is the width of the brush? brand? looks like a basic house paint brush?
Hi John - Which part - the varnish brush? Or the brush I used to paint the sides?
@@RobertBurridge sorry I meant the varnish brush.
@@johndough1006 hi john. Cheap joes psudo sables. Wide. 2in. They are soft and leave no brush marks. Hint: use a lot on your brush and go slowly( no bubbles)
I notice that you don't varnishing your signature and the edges. Why Mr Burridge?🤔
Signature that will be hidden if painting is ever framed. Frames are still a thing!
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Thanks, Bob! This was very helpful!❤