BobBlast 477 - 'Busy Areas and Quiet Areas'

Weekly BobBlast Issue 477
Busy Areas and Quiet Areas
Welcome Back to Another BobBlast!

Busy Areas and Quiet Areas… During your next visit to a museum, add this technique to your "art appreciation" list. When looking at paintings, I search for the overall composition, the graphic design and the visual impact. Next, I look for two sections: the busy area and the quiet area. Think of a seemingly chaotic Jackson Pollock abstract - within the meandering composition I also discover a quiet area for visual rest. That visual rest is a reprieve from the crazy, entangled surroundings.

When I am working abstractly, I find that I create a quiet area with soft colors - right in the middle of nervous, bold, colorful lines and shapes.You get the idea. After spending time looking at a visually busy painting, I need a quick breather to a more peaceful section - then back again to the busy areas. Back and forth.

This technique is another way to keep your viewers engaged and another way I get my motor warmed up! Vroom vroom!

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[Clown-wxke]

Hi Bob, you are a great art-teacher and entertaing actor! Thank you! 😅🙏🌷🙏🌷

[TheMysticwolf]

You are such a delight, Bob. Thank you for adding to the kindness and beauty of the world. And for the always great art tips!

[andreaharley]

Thankyou lovely Bob. Always learn a lot from your Bob blast videos.❤❤

[brucelawson]

You are a terrific teacher. Thank you Bob.

[JudeeFearn]

Always learn something new...watch u daily

[vladimiramachova]

Obdivuji tvůj cit pro barvy. Líbí se mi velmi tvá práce. Zdravím z Česka.

[cathyserafinowicz]

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[ArtoftheMatter]

Love your energy! You always make me smile. I have learned so much from you and would love to come to one of your in-person workshops. Sounds like so much fun.😊

[robertbattye]

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[denisecheng]

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[nriqueog]

One thing I learned working with Frog tape is that if you think it may be stuck onto the paper use a hair dryer and warm the tape up before you pull on it. Hit the areas preceding your pull to make sure the tape doesn't rip the paper. The heat activates the adhesive and makes it easier to pull from the paper.

[KIREGREBRON]

Thanks for all your videos presented with a lot of energy and fine art tips! ❤🙏

[RequiemofaMadman]

I really enjoyed this one, thank you again for making these.

[charlotteschaefers]

This opens up a whole new technique for me. Thanks so much!💖

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Learning a lot from ur channel... like play.
😊 seeing more clearly not to take it SO seriously.
Thank you, Ann ... S.Florida fan

[patmcphillips]

I'd use Green Frog Tape if every roll didn't come in a single use disposable plastic container. I use green painters tape, and it comes off cleanly if you heat it with a hair dryer (which we all use for painting anyways!) as you peel it off.

Thanks for all you do, Bob. You have been an inspirational life saver for me during the pandemic years.

[fionastokesgilbert]

Love it! Will we get to see the finished piece?

[AeriolNicols]

My eye does not go to your focal point Bob. It goes to the biziness

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Hi friend… please tell me the names of the brushes you use on these videos. I’ve been searching the exact type. Thank you