BobBlast 418 - "What’s Your Point?"

Weekly BobBlast Issue 418
What's Your Point?
Welcome Back to Another BobBlast!
Call me old fashioned, but I prefer a painting with a focal point of view. This BobBlast helps you determine where to place the focal point in your painting.
For me, the focal point is definitely considered in the overall design composition established at the beginning of the painting. I feel that a painting with no focal point wanders and spins around. My eye doesn't know where it is supposed to go.
The focal point can be designated by the composition, the color and at the point of the most contrast. In today's demo, I use the Golden Section composition (1/3 • 1/3 • 1/3) - it's a great place to start! I divide the painting into thirds… like a tic tac toe grid. Where the lines intersect easily show where to place your focal point. Choose only one focal point, not all four!
Also, before I begin the painting, I choose the color of the focal point area from my Goof-Proof Color Wheel. I follow the four colors for the entire painting from this wheel. I call it "goof-proof" because it works if I follow it! The color combinations are automatically predetermined by the spinner. Besides, the four color combinations are pleasing to me!
In my studio hangs a sign - FOCUS. Nice to be gently reminded for the painting too.
Watch the video - I work on two paintings - establishing the focal point and the color combo at the very beginning. Materials include Kilimanjaro watercolor paper and Holbein Artist Acrylic Paint in these colors to correspond to my Goof-Proof Color Wheel:
•Hansa Yellow
•Marigold
•Luminous Opera
•Primary Magenta
•Compose Blue #2
•Cerulean Blue
•Ultramarine Deep
Enjoy the video - stay FOCUSED!
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[@brucelawson642]

You are a great teacher, Bob😊

[@darlenesassmann9418]

Bob, I am so glad I have found you. I went to art school and I have learned more from you in the past few videos than I did in art school! You are a marvelous teacher and an amazing creator. Thank you from the bottom my heart for your lessons!

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you for your very kind words! I am glad you are enjoying the BobBlasts.

[@denisewhitaker5116]

Thank you for your fantastic videos. I have followed you off and on for quite awhile and truly appreciate your talent and how you teach. You're a 'doll'!:)

[@RobertBurridge]

Awww... thanks Denise!

[@luln5122]

Focal point, Dominant color, color wheel, grids, golden section....Thanks Bob!

[@bobburridge4696]

Thank you!

[@learnbyheart7]

Oh my gosh Bob you are so funny when you said you don't have to worry about one single painting when you have 20 more of the same painting to do!!! I got a good laugh and that's exactly what I need to do.. I freeze over one painting when I should lay out 20 more...! Thanks Bob for the blast of laughs!!!

[@RobertBurridge]

Thanks - keep laughing! I find that really helps me!

[@sidneygage]

Cool video and useful tips. Thanks for sharing 🙌

[@gailierunninglynx7310]

~❤~ 😅😊 Thank You So Much Bob!! Love learning from you!!

[@lisa-gayle9939]

Bob, could you do a video on how to do focal point in landscapes. Thanks in advance! Love your videos!

[@nanciemarie9614]

Yes, please.Thanks

[@RobertBurridge]

Great idea!

[@joannamccraney3148]

Could you do a street scene such as a street in old New Orleans? Or Europe?

[@andreaharley4047]

Thanks Bob, this is really useful advice, it all helps. Kind regards.🙂

[@andreaharley4047]

Just to say also that i love your abstract flowers painting, although not finished i can see how it will look when it is. Just fab. 👍

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@a.r.4416]

Your teaching and language is as juicy as your colours, just delicious. Your description texts below are a great extra help! Wish i would be on the same continent and not in Scandinavia to join your courses!

[@RobertBurridge]

Thanks for your kind remarks!

[@leonormartinez6378]

Would love to hear about your 2023 workshops

[@alisturkericmacnanty159]

My Gods I wish I had discovered your videos sooner...Dude, you're amazing.

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you! All of my BobBlasts are archived on my website - www.RobertBurridge.com

[@djdfr]

i was focusing on your opera pink right thumb and index. :-) Hoping to apply some of this to a plein air painting contest.

[@RobertBurridge]

LOL - yep - doing a little touchup before filming!

[@RobertBurridge]

Sorry - meant this reply for a different comment.

[@RobertBurridge]

LOL - yep - doing a little touchup before filming!

[@victoria-mennaperez2230]

Thank you. This far your good proof color wheel really works.

[@BluntWeiser]

Enjoying your vids.

[@RobertBurridge]

Appreciate it!

[@agassisannie2156]

Merci c est un plaisir de vous avoir et vous entendre .

[@RobertBurridge]

Merci Annie!

[@carolinegodden4364]

Love your videos. Thanks Bob. CJ x Melbourne Victoria Australia STRAYA Southern HEMISPHERE

[@calusanvicente252]

Thank you Bob, excellent lesson!

[@RobertBurridge]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@s.k.1091]

Thanks Bob. That was a valuable lesson and a well-made, solid demonstration. Much appreciated!

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@meszaroseszter155]

Thank you Bob . Your video inspire me to start to learn to paint 🎨 kind regards

[@lindamoe7628]

I did purchase your color wheel app for my phone, its very handy. Your instructions are very useful and do enjoy the lessons. Thanks for that.

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you Linda!

[@marionmolina2225]

Thanks Bob you´re great !!!

[@joburrow9863]

Enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing.

[@RobertBurridge]

Thanks Jo! It was fun to do. It was a suggestion on a KZbin comment.

[@angelinamichelle8474]

Thanks again Bob!

[@belloahmed4219]

Awesome! Thank You

[@nurymo-simf9347]

Thank for this explanation ! It has been very useful. Now I understand better the focus point.

[@coffeedrinker8577]

Thank you so much!

[@freedomvassigh3998]

thank you ❤❤❤

[@bobburridge4696]

Glad you enjoyed the BobBlast!

[@vickyargyraki8366]

Good morning Mr Burridge and thank you very much for your wonderful lessons. I discovered your channel only some days ago and you have opened me another world!! May I ask what kind of protecting cream you use for your hands? Greetings from Italy.

[@bobburridge4696]

Greetings! Thanks for your message! I use different hand barrier creams - Gloves in a Bottle, Skin Safer by Marvelous Marianne and Burt's Bees.

[@bglvaupel]

You are fantadtic. Magic.

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you!

[@s.k.1091]

Quick question. Would you consider placing the camera above your head so the painting is right side up for us viewers? Thanks so much!

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you! Most of the time we catch that - with Kate filming over my shoulder OR I paint upside down, so you see the image correctly. Sometimes we screw up! Thanks.

[@riteasrain]

@s.k.1091 He makes both kinds of vids, some in front, some over his shoulder 👍

[@josephtermeer4595]

Some people have the thumb to grow vegetables, others have a pink thumb to create paintings.

[@Noitsbeckyy13]

Great video Bob, very helpful. Could you please tell me where you got the colour wheel? Or perhaps how one would be able to find the focal point colour, and spice colours on a wheel? Is the focal point colour what is also called the complement colour?

[@RobertBurridge]

Thank you! The color wheel that I used in this BobBlast is one I developed, based on the Munsell Color System. You can order it from my website - robertburridge.com - Cheap Joe's also carries it.

[@Noitsbeckyy13]

@@RobertBurridge Thanks Bob, that’s perfect, will definitely check it out.

[@stevecaldwell5367]

How can I get your color wheel?

[@kristingardner9660]

How do I order your color wheel Bib?

[@redangrybird7564]

What was the kind of hand cream he uses? Thanks. 😁

[@RobertBurridge]

For this particular BobBlast I used Burt's Bees. I also use Gloves in a Bottle and SkinSafer by Marvelous Marianne

[@redangrybird7564]

@@RobertBurridge Thank you Mr. Burridge, I've been following your videos for quite some time. Good job, thanks again.

[@maccar2761]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@chriszablocki2460]

Right? It's like they insist that not using their words is somehow wiser. Call me a dunce. I need you to form an argument with your words. I still don't get the point.