BobBlast 510 - "Improvisation… And a Chicken!"
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- Weekly BobBlast Issue 510
Improvisation… And a Chicken!
Welcome Back to Another BobBlast!
We have chickens. They make us laugh… and supply us with breakfast. They each have their own quirky personality, act silly and come in all the different colors of the rainbow. We find ourselves laughing when the do their daily march through the studio. It's an expected, daily parade of silly.
So every once in awhile I enjoy painting "The Girls”. There are many ways to begin warming up to paint chickens. One way is to start by making a colorful mess all over your painting surface. Let dry-then paint the negative space around your chicken shape. In other words, you are painting the parts that don't look like a chicken! I practice painting the negative space with loose, juicy, flowing paint.
Another way to start painting a chicken is to paint only their U-shaped body, with very wet, colorful paint flowing off your brush. I like to paint many versions of my chickens on a full sheet of watercolor paper, using a mop-style brush, such as Isabey's Petit Gris or Cheap Joe's Pseudo Sable.
Here's another way I start my warm up paintings… As you know, to simplify drawings-break the subject down to the basic shapes. To quickly draw a chicken, draw triangles as shown in the video, then join the triangles to discover the chicken.
Watch the video to see the samples of these warm ups and more!
Once I am comfortable with these exercises, I start adding even more color using loose improvisational brush strokes with colors flowing inside the chicken shapes. Soon I have an entire sheet filled with colorful, loose chickens. Do these exercises and add your "Chicken Chart" to your studio wall.
You don't have to know how to paint. You just have to LOVE to paint. You just have to WANT to paint. Go Paint!
Click here to see some fun new Chicken paintings in my Small Original Paintings and click here to see a couple of Circus Birds in my Available Work section!
Reminder-Scroll all the way down to the end to view the video! Look for the photo of Bob with a red PLAY button! Enjoy the video!
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Great! Thanks not just for the painting demo but for a great outlook on life! Hero! x
Thank you - wow!
"You can't paint a bad chicken!". Bob, you're awesome!! You're always so fearless and carefree! Thanks for always being such a breath of fresh air and an inspiration! ❤
Thanks! As you could tell, I was having a good time!
Love, love, love these chickens😂
Love this blast! 😂 You make me smile & chuckle .. thanks for painting lesson and great start to my day.
Just love your videos, Bob. always make me smile-and learn.
Fantastic. Thanks Bob. ive alwsys loved your chickens.❤👍👍👍
Thank you! They are very fun to paint.
You make me giggle out loud. You got a great personality Bob.
Amazing chicken study 🎉❤Thank You!
Thank you!
I love these colorful chickens!
Thank you!
Brilliantly fun ❤
Love how you break it down. So simple & fun!
I love your silly chickens! And I love how you emphasize I am just having fun. Because if it isn’t fun, why do it? Thank you Bob I love your attitude.💜💙♥️
Thank you!
You ar always an inspiration ! Love you and your painting !
Thank you!
Your videos are so uplifting, an educational. Thanks
Thank you!
Love your "silly" chook, as we call them here in Australia 😁 So inspiring your videos 👍
You make me smile 😊 I love your approach and your teachings stay with me; I hear Bob says “Dark against light “ etc lol Thank You both 😊 you are a winning team, oh and the chickens too. X
Thanks! We both appreciate it - oh and the chickens do too!
Great Bob, Who knew chickens could be so much fun! 😍❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
They make good, soothing sounds when the are happy! It's contagious (in a good way!)
@@RobertBurridgeBobBlast aww,that’s lovely Bob. ❤️❤️❤️
I just absolutely love your easy spirit and your style of painting. My dream is to one day meet you and take one of your work shops.
Love these. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Diane!
AWESOME Bob. I love this. I am going to go and paint a U, lol. You did make this sound easy. I will try it.
Fun! ❤
Hi Bob, you are such a brilliant tutor! I have struggled to paint loose! But you have helped me giving me confidence! Thanks a million!
I like Your style.
Thank you!
Have always enjoyed the Lac du Flambeau area in late June. Grew up fishing there with my dad on Little Crawling Stone. Dillmans is an excellent venue!
Thanks Julie! I have been going there to teach for probably 15 years!
This is my favorite video since Circus Birds!
More silly animals, please….horses, pigs, donkeys…❤😂❤
Bob jesteś jak dobry przyjaciel😊 dzięki za 🐤🐓🐔
I have discovered you!❤️❤️❤️
U r awesome BB.
Thank you Judy!
Bonjour Robert,
Super apprentissage sur la couleur, les formes et la rotation du sujet.
KARINE.
Ps : Je suis contente de mettre abonnée.
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I can’t wait for the Holbein luminous paint demo April 17! Fingers crossed!
Thanks Cathy - me too!
Soooo ... did a bunch of abstract birds 😅 with the messy background... turned out pretty cool.😊 Ann
Excellent!
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“You can’t paint a bad chicken.”
“Get rid of everything that doesn’t look like a chicken.”
I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on workshops and he just gave me the best FREE self-talk-while-painting advice that I’ve ever heard.
Hello Bob! Other than Holbein paints, which other brands can you recommend. I have on hand, Arteza, Liquitex and some Windsor Newton. How do I keep the paint from drying too fast? Thank you!
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Thanks!