NEGATIVE SHAPE PAINTING - MAKE A MESS, AND THEN, "OH LOOK, A TREE"

demonstration examples by Bob Burridge

More thoughts on the Robert Burridge Workshop

For every exercise we did Bob put examples on the wall. The photos above and below are his examples. The above photo is for our negative shape paintings. First the paper is toned with various shades of yellow-orange. Next a "mess" is made with other colors. It is dabbed on with paper towels and splattered. Then we painted over the parts that weren't the tree, with some additional tweaking, of course. The 3 trees in a row shows how Bob works in a series.

demonstration examples by Bob Burridge

Above is Bob's group of trees at night. I haven't quite finished my grove of trees. But when I do, I'll show the photo.

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