October 2009 Artsy Fartsy Newsletter Released!

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http://www.robertburridge.com/newsletter/artsyfartsy_oct09/

September 2009 ArtsyFartsy Newsletter!

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We're in Italy!

I am teaching a painting workshop in Certaldo in the Tuscany region. The workshop is sponsored by the Sedona Arts Center. We flew into Florence on the 15th to be tourists and enjoy a few days before the workshop started. Certaldo is beautiful - more photos to come!

"No Full Disclosure": New Show!

My new show and opening reception at Butte College! Join me for the reception on Saturday, August 29th!

August 24 - September 18, 2009
“No Full Disclosure”
Reception - Saturday, August 29, 7-9 pm
Coyote Art Gallery
Butte College
3536 Butte Campus Drive
Chico, CA 95926

http://www.robertburridge.com/no_full_disclosure/index.html

Painting on Glass

I live in California, on the central coast in the middle of fifty-two wineries. Actually there are many more if you take into account the surrounding wine growing areas of Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez, Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles. Because of this, I am asked to take part in fund raisers that feature art and wine. This year, the Paso Robles Art Association is having a fund raiser called “Magnum Masterpieces.” Many artists were asked to paint on bottles that will be auctioned in May. This 3D painting is titled “Hoochie Choochie.”

Painting on glass is not that much different than painting on any other surface. First I primed the glass with acrylic gesso. First coat - a variety of blues acrylic paint, and finally “drew” all over the bottle with Decco oil-based markers. Finishing with a final coat of clear varnish.

Go to the auction page by copying and pasting this link in your web browser: http://pasoroblesart.org/magnum-masterpiece/

Photos from My Workshop in Salinas, CA March 2009

Small Interior Study

I'm a member of the faculty at the Sedona Arts Center - we have a faculty blog and posts nearly everyday. We each contribute weekly. Because we're all instructors, our posts have a teaching bent - what we're working on, why we do certain techniques, experiments and assignments. Here is my latest post. I really like this painting - I've used it on my new Composition Chart. If you want to see all other Sedona Art Center Faculty Blog entries, go to http://www.sedonaartscenter.com and click on Painting a Day Faculty Blog. Enjoy!

I continue with my small warmup series of acrylic paintings. My intention was to make a prominent focal point of color, neutral background and use the "golden section" composition.
My four accent points are: 1) dark blue spot of color on the bottom of the vase, 2) focal point of flowers - violet/pink spots of color, 3) chair back, and 4) dark square that "grounds" the chair.
The white table cloth pushes the table and vase to the forefront, the golden rectangle "doorway" makes the background, along with the chair recede.
Small Interior Study - 10x10 inches acrylic on paper.