BobBlast 343 - "Consider your Point of View, Part One"

BobBlast issue 343 Consider your Point of View, Part One The viewpoint is you, the artist, looking at what you are about to paint. There's no right or wrong choice of viewpoint, it's one of the first decisions you make, as you design your composition and begin your painting. For instance, take a single subject - a coffee cup. Photograph it from different angles: •Looking straight on •Looking straight down •Looking from underneath •Looking from the side Consider your point of view… Is it ordinary and common? Or unique and memorable? The paintings that get my attention are the ones where the painter twisted the image as if it were painted on taffy. Think Dali and his “melting” paintings. Another one of my favorites is Van Gogh’s bedroom, where his point of view had multiple focal points. Hockney’s Mulholland Drive series are twisting and turning with a 2-dimensional perspective. They appear flattened out with no clear perspective point of view. Part One has featured still life and interior viewpoints. In the next BobBlast, we’ll showcase landscapes with different points of view. Point of view… it doesn’t matter what it is. Have one. Enjoying watching Bob's Demos? We have a NEW Monthly Demo - All on ZOOM Inviting you into Bob’s Studio so you can watch his process at work. •February 22, 2021 9am - 10:30am PT “The Magic Circus - Bob Paints to a Concept & his 5Cs ” •March 24, 2021 9am - 10:30am PT "Ethereal Landscape and Trees" Click here for more info Date Night with Bob! Saturdays in January All Zoom Painting Workshops! Limited to 20 - Click here for more info. This is what we're up to… Come Join the Fun! "Zoomin' with Bob!" Monday & Tuesday, 10-noon PT and 1-3pm PT Online Workshops in January, February and March Click here for more information! •Color Lesson: Making and Using Neutrals in your Painting March 29-30, 2021 •Art Marketing: Make More $$ - The 10 Must-Do's to Sell your Paintings Saturday, February 6, 12:00-3:00 pm PT Something New for You! • Burridge Critiques Your Art Online honest critiques • Private one-on-one Critiques • Comments • Suggestions Click here for more information! • Burridge Available ArtWork - For sale on our website! • Check it out! Announcing Table Setting - our new Virtual Juried Show  $1,500 in awards • Karen Vernon, juror •Table Setting - Table for one, two or a group… Dining In or Dining Out! •Abstract or representational December 30, 2020 • Prospectus available • Entries accepted February 28, 2021 • Final day for entries Click here for the prospectus and app