BobBlast 232 "How I Approach Non Objective, Intuitive Painting."

"How I Approach Non-Objective, Intuitive Painting."
Welcome Back to Another BobBlast
These are my thoughts when I hear other painters say they are "intuitive painters." Non-objective is another phrase I hear. For me, it all sounds indecisive.
You may have watched enough of my BobBlasts to know that I paint with a goal, an intention, a purpose... all result-oriented. I start with a concept first and I title the painting even before I start. It now has a name - and when the painting matches the name or title, it's finished!
Non-Objective painting may be a totally different approach! Starting out with no concept other than to play, splash, experiment with paint and see what happens.
For me, non-objective is not having any concept or idea what to paint - but I still show up and start painting.
I keep my studio ready-to-paint: My art materials are laid out ahead of time and set aside. The canvas lays flat on my table. I begin to draw and paint the mood I am in at that moment.
I begin with graphic design shapes - since I don't have a concept, I choose a color combination and a design composition to give the painting a structure.
Continue painting until an image or an emotion appears that I have never seen or felt before. I love this part of discovery. It's like teaching yourself to paint, without reading a book about painting.
Show Up & Paint! It's the path of least resistance.

[@kathrynburggrafgehling6430]

Bob Blast where have you been all my life? Everything about you and this video gives me such joy!

[@poornimavijayagopalan7674]

Thank you, Bob . You really helped me out with my messy paintings . Honestly , I learnt a lot , watching you paint. Thank you once again ❤️

[@just-anillusion5893]

That was fun! You are a lively soul. And a wonderful artist! Thank you for sharing💙💜💚

[@Symbolicliving]

I have been painting a certain painting for 6 years and never liked it. It was so particular and so much effort. So many hours trying to make it something good it was just dizzying. Then a couple days ago I just went over the whole thing in 10 minuted and created a wonderfully messy vase with flowers and I love it. I feel so liberated!

[@RonnieInOC]

I know the feeling. I'm experiencing something similar myself with my work. I'm tired of painting tight and being obsessive . Happy painting!

[@winnie2222]

Symbolic Living that’s awesome!

[@dianecharest8365]

I love listening to you Bob. You make me laugh. You are comical.

[@suefoulkes2755]

I really love your approach to painting! Very joyous, encourages experimentation, and not being afraid to try something new. You are delightful to listen to, and share your wisdom! Enjoy your programs very much!!!

[@CFinley56]

Dear Bob Blast, you have inspired me to not give up. Thank you!

[@gavinyates9189]

Thank you Bob, keep up the good work please.

[@FishingtonBurpPuzzle]

I really loved the way you attacked painting, so alive and intuitive.

[@johntudisca5]

Right before you add the yellow I see a figure with its head down in the bottom right corner. This video was extremely inspirational, thank you for sharing your wisdom ❤️✌️

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@jennicholson7976]

Have just discovered your videos, Bob. Really enjoying them. You have such a lovely manner and genuine love of art. I love your 'woahs'. Your vids make me smile. I tried your flowers today but I over-fiddled and they ended up in the bin. I'll be trying again though! So much fun. Thank you for making these videos and sharing them with us.

[@CamilleGG451]

What a lovely person you are! So positive and down-to-earth. You have kept your child-like spirit alive and as I get older, the more I realize that is one of the greatest successes one can have! We could sure use more of that in this world. Thank you 😊 💕🖌🎨 (and ps- this painting really appeals to me!)

[@simonmultiverse6349]

If you glued your cat to the wall, would that be conceptual art?

[@CamilleGG451]

@@simonmultiverse6349 lol, well yes, but then you couldn't enjoy it much from your hospital room.....

[@vishveshtikekar9071]

You have changed the definition of abstract painting.. you made the subject so easy, simple... interesting. even those who don't know about modern art.. you are magision..

[@mrmcanus]

"Playing in the Sandbox" Love it!!!

[@MaurElle11]

Ty Bob.... lov how "free" painting like this is...🌸🌴🌸

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you Elle!

[@user-nl7zr1jv6g]

painting is a fun job! thanks for making it...

[@laurelastor5791]

I love it! And you did it so fast! I like how happy you are 😊

[@sunnsag2654]

You are SO FUN!!!...Thank you for all you do for us :)

[@DenaTollefson]

Bob, so wonderful to hear your process. I love that red gesso you begin with. Your "playing in the sandbox' looks fantastic. And what a cute cat!

[@christinachourma]

BobBlast I enjoy each and every video that you share! Casa de la Artist I would love to be with your beautiful team of Artists! Take care and keep on having fun Mr. Robert Burridge! Thank you!

[@jerrigrindle5254]

Thanks Bob! I look forward to each Sunday evening when the link to your newest “Bob Blast” shows up in my email! I so appreciate all of the inspiration you share.

[@paulasadov]

I had so much fun watching you painting! It is so exciting! Thank you for the video!

[@marycorbin3057]

Thank you for sharing! I gain so much inspiration and valuable techniques.

[@texturenshimmer8339]

How fun! Thx for your playful spirit

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@Artbytsh]

Best teacher ever!

[@alaysiakayebutler6299]

really dig this bob, nice piece of art there.. that's my bag, and it's not really a choice. being artistic, yet non-neurotypical, means I have to go for it, without much ability to pre-conceptualize.. so, i do most things intuitively, and love the element of surprise, but i do have an affinity for color and texture, curves, but dont know when to quit, lol

[@lisawilliams9172]

Love your spirit!!!

[@amycummins5423]

yes isn't he just a lovely soul

[@ritabattaglini9274]

I like the colors! Like blue and yellow. From Rita. Australia

[@sonyarasmussen8360]

I watch your videos (and also took a workshop at Art of the Carolinas 2019) and I am always amazed at the out come of your paintings. I will watch and think - what is he doing? And where is this going? But amazingly you always pull out a win! (Side note - I thought it was so cute that you wife smiles at all your silly jokes, even though she has probably heard them hundreds of times! ) You are both awesome 😎

[@velvetbees]

One of my art profs told me that it is important to figure out when to stop so you don't overdo things. Even a little dash of extra paint can change a composition. With this you can go back and remove something more easily than other methods. It is more forgiving as little glitches make it more interesting.

[@elisaamari9262]

I love your energy and vibe.

[@zoegillman6692]

Susie!!! Now I love you even more Bob xoxox

[@Tassycrafty]

Love everything about this channel and you! Subscribed!

[@trinesandns4947]

This is how I like to paint. I paint objects when I'm NOT inspired, lol. Thanks for another great video!

[@MsCharlieBrown78]

love your energy

[@beccogiallo]

That was fun! Thank you

[@mycolouralchemy1259]

Yes! This is my style too. Becoming cerebral isn’t the way for me and if I do my inner critic comes out with a vengeance!

[@sookart]

The colors are fantastic.

[@amandafacundo8492]

I absolutely love his work

[@spoonmadness24]

another great video ur the best bob

[@johntaylor6211]

Thanks I've been struggling with a painting for a few weeks and now I know exactly what to do.

[@RobertBurridgeBobBlast]

What a fantastic comment - thanks!

[@johntaylor6211]

@@RobertBurridgeBobBlast I had a heap load of colours on it and loads of textures mainly tin foil . I still wasn't happy so I white washed the whole darn thing. And Bingo that was what it needed it looks beautiful. All the textures popped and subtle colours under the white can be seen in different lighting conditions. So thanks again.

[@art_julio_lancis]

Great art work 👌 👍 💯

[@RonnieInOC]

I've never used acrylics before. This makes me want to give them a try.

[@marilynbarker8255]

I’m lovin this!!

[@Doppe1ganger]

YES!!! Happy

[@marilynbarker8255]

This is just what I needed!!

[@ellenvd5543]

Thanks so much for sharing…..it inspires me to try out different things!

[@ClaudioVPI]

Me encantó.

[@conniedecarolis3173]

Bob what a great studio. So big! Are you lucky enough to be at your home? I have to share my laundry room with my art room lol. It's not very big.

[@RobertBurridge]

Thanks Connie - my first studio was a picnic table outside... slowly graduated! Studio is a separate building, about 100 feet from my house. Not a bad commute!

[@DaisyJaynne]

@7:26 I love the painting at this stage.

[@ailishniriain787]

I agree - I love the haziness over the harsh black and white stripes. It softens it.

[@gwenritch]

Made me laugh out loud good one thanks

[@kavitadhillon1859]

The Teacher 🙏🕉️

[@MABOart]

Love your work. We should get together and paint :-) I am in Punta de Mita in the Winters.

[@soloporserfelizhoy7357]

Gracias Bob

[@kristawardecker1955]

I love, "Uh oh, It's finger painting time!"

[@mariecaroniaplotkin5268]

fun again!

[@CamilleGG451]

Susie: "Excuse me... I NOT intowupt. I HEWP!"

[@romelmadrayart]

Hi Bob, enjoyed this episode. In your abstracts do you use the dominant color as a ground and the compliment as a figure? Do you use transitions of color for depth? How do the main shape compositions that you showed relate to abstracts from the point of perspective/depth in the painting are some better than others for abstract? When going with non perspective and creating a flat canvas is your emphasis on moving the eye through the painting but with marks that emphasise the flatness of the canvas and do you find that it needs perspective/depth to make the painting appealing?

[@tjputzier]

I going to try non objective style the next time I need to shake things up.

[@soniamurray1185]

“I don’t get all cerebral” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@chesho5274]

Thanks so much, iove your suzy

[@DrummerGrrrl]

Bob, you and I are both drummers...ever tried to use an inexpensive pair of brushes? As in drum brushes? A friend of mine (also a painter) who is a Jazz drummer got me turned on to this technique. His name is Tom Cabrera, if anyone wants to check out his amazing art (both musical and visual).

[@lostinlife7226]

My kind of paint

[@falvillage]

I love your big round brushes. Where do you get them?

[@123gp1833]

What kind of brushes are you using?

[@linemillotte2885]

Hi Suzie ❤

[@RobertBurridge]

LOL!

[@nurani8407]

😍

[@JoojieXD]

That's a very peculiar colour wheel

[@ReviewsAndMore9]

I was surprised that you didn't let the acrylic medium and collage dry before you started to paint.

[@DrummerGrrrl]

He never does. Well, not most of the time.

[@nodiggity8746]

Is this the contemporary version of Bob Ross?

[@lucygray6162]

Hardly. Two very different artists with very different approaches. Burridge encourages people to go original and creative, whereas Bob Ross stuck to the "this is how you paint a happy little tree" for the masses to copy.

[@My_eyes_hurt]

I don't understand you color wheel or how you use it.

[@SpottedBullet]

Tell us what your thinking exactly, when you're painting Mr. Burridge.

[@AnneGoggansQHHT]

Spotted Bullet I think he is 😉

[@SpottedBullet]

@@AnneGoggansQHHT I've never heard him say why he is choosing a particular color for something. Why is that flower blue...why is that background grey...I'm looking for thought process.

[@lostinlife7226]

He is having fun

[@CamilleGG451]

@@SpottedBullet I know what you mean, but I think he's just demoing intuitive choices...for me the intuitive choices happen faster than I could analyze them. That's what's cool about art like this- who knows where the appeal for a choice comes from- could be some tiny little fleeting something from somewhere pleasant you were once....its like getting out of your own way to just create. Just my .02 😁

[@SpottedBullet]

@@CamilleGG451 Yeah but sometimes it's good to know that cool colors recede and warm colors advance. It's also good to know that color theory is just that, a theory, subject to change.

[@caroltownsend2722]

Yep-- daddy better go to work--- Susie likes cat treats-- and not The cheap ones‐-----

[@Eli-ce9vh]

"Look at the size of this..."

[@scrapart2492]

How much $$ for 2 of ThEsE? ? ?

[@60ruudje]

reat painter

[@poudredeperlimpinpin9216]

It's no good for me.

[@escipionpetracca9671]

ma no rompere

[@jaedo71]

Or… your concept is: I’m going to paint a non-representational painting Also, Bob do you have certain elements and principles in mind?

[@RobertBurridge]

Hi Joe, Yes - "I’m going to paint a non-representational painting" is a concept. I establish my concept for the painting before I start. The title (concept) is my intention. My approach may be a loose abstract for the first layer... then I get the 5Cs going: Concept, Composition, Color Combination, Consistency and Continue the Series.

[@jaedo71]

@@RobertBurridge I seriously need to take one of your workshops! I will plan to take one soon!

[@RobertBurridge]

@@jaedo71 Excellent! Looking forward to painting with you.

[@jaedo71]

@@RobertBurridge I am eyeing the June abstract one in Wisconsin

[@RobertBurridge]

@@jaedo71 One of my favorite places to hold a workshop!

[@gregorylent]

do people buy this? nice therapy, but does it turn into cash? .. which it has to do, just to pay for the habit of doing ..

[@CamilleGG451]

Huh? Why can't this be a hobby?

[@ArtHealsTheSoul]

gregorylent he’s a pro yes people buy his work but he’s also a teacher and this painting is a class project Bob teaches workshops all over the world ( makes money from teaching)! And yes some people just love doing it for fun not for money!