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Inspiration:

How to Have More Meaningful Intentions in your Artwork - January 2007

Jurying an Exhibit: No Risk - No Art! - January 2007

The Creative Process... How I Stumble Through it and How I Make it Work for Me - February 2007

If You Have to Ask the Question, the Answer is Yes! - March 2007

The Magic Studio - April 2007

It's It's No Secret - Get Over Yourself! - April 2007

The Big Idea - May 2007

The History of my Permission Slip - June 2007

All Children are Natural Born Artists... and Painters - July 2007

The "Sometimes Fear" in Painting - July 2007

The "All Children are Natural Born Artists... and Painters", Part 2 - August/September 2007

The The "Oops Slip" - August/September 2007

Bob's Birds - February 2008

"To the Crazy Ones" - May/June 2008

Stephanie Lam's "Things I Learned from Bob" - July/August 2008

Doctor Bob's Advice Column - October 2008

Dr. Bob's Advice Column - November 2008

How I Create - September 2009

Ideas to Get You Started in the Studio - September 2009

Book & DVD/VHS Reviews:

The Yellow House - Van Gogh, Gauguin and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles by Martin Gaylord - April 2007

Finding Your Visual Voice: A Painter's Guide to Developing an Artistic Style by Dakota Mitchell and Lee Haroun - May 2007

Pictures of Nothing - Abstract Art Since Pollock by Kirk Varnedoe - June 2007

Powercolor - Master Color Concepts for all Media by Caroline Jasper - July 2007

Conversations in Paint by Charles Dunn - August/September 2007

de Kooning: An American Master by Mark Stevens & Annalyn Swan - October/November 2007

Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland - February 2008

Celebrate your Creative Self by Mary Todd Beam - March 2008

Art Class - A Complete Guide to Painting by Simon Jennings - April 2008

Color by Betty Edwards: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors - May/June 2008

Color - A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay - May/June 2008

A Book of Colors by Shigenobu Kobayashi - May/June 2008

Who Gets to Call it Art? DVD - May/June 2008

Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook: Universal Dimensional Patterns by Bruce Rawles - May/June 2008

Creative Authenticity - 16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen your Artistic Vision by Ian Roberts - July/August 2008

Strokes of Genius: Franz Kline VHS Video - July/August 2008

New American Paintings published by Open Studio Press - September 2008

Baraka, A World Beyond Words DVD - September 2008

The Turning Point: The Abstract Expressionists and the Transformation of American Art by April Kingsley - October 2008

Hockney at the Tate DVD - October 2008

Oil Painter's Solution Book Landscapes: 100 Answers to Your Oil Painting Questions by Elizabeth Tolley - November 2008

Empires - The Medici, Godfathers of the Universe - November 2008

An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art - January 2009

Creative Paint Workshop for Mixed Media Artists by Ann Baldwin - March 2009

The Creative Edge: Exercises to Celebrate your Creative Self by Mary Todd Beam - August 2009

The Journals of Grace Hartigan, 1951-1955 by William T. La Moy & Joseph P. McCaffrey - September 2009

Compositions & Color Combinations:

Cruciform Composition - March 2007

Asymmetrical Composition - April 2007

Horizonal Composition - May 2007

Diagonal Composition - June 2007

Vertical Composition - July 2007

Curves Composition - August/September 2007

Constellation Composition - October/November 2007

Overlapping Frames & Squares Composition - February 2008

Meander Composition - March 2008

Uneasiness Composition - April 2008

Golden Section Composition - May/June 2008

Spiritual/Portrait Composition - July/August 2008

Facing Your Fears of Certain Colors - September 2008

Yellow is Dominant - October 2008

Red is Dominant - November 2008

Violet is the Dominant Color - January 2009

Cad Middle Green is the Dominant Color - March 2009

Katsura Blue is the the Dominant Color - August 2009

Cad Green Light is the the Dominant Color - September 2009

Assignments & How-To's:

Mounting Watercolor Paper on Canvas - February 2007

Bizarre Images on Paper: How to Create Fascinating Organic Images on Paper for Collage Work using Citra-Solv - March 2007

Making Mud and How to Get Out of It - April 2007

25 Landscape Painting Assignments - May 2007

Patterns and Repetition of Shapes - June 2007

Sign Your Artwork - March 2008

Daily Warmups: Getting Started - April 2008

Daily Warmups: Why I Tone my Surface First - May/June 2008

Daily Warmups: Finishing Up - Adding the Wow! and Extended Color -July/August 2008

Rembrandt-Style Lighting Technique - October 2008

Rembrandt Light Technique - in Color - November 2008

What’s so Importants about the Gray Scale? - November 2008

Using Red Acetate Helps with Values - January 2009

Put Life in Your Landscape by Adding Human Images - August 2009

Drip Trees - September 2009

Studio Tips:

Stuck Jar Lids - May 2007

Stuck Caps on Watercolor Tubes - May 2007

Painting with Viva Towels - June 2007

Disposing of your Dirty Water - Pantyhose in a Bucket - July 2007

Studio Tools - Tongue Depressors - August/September 2007

Gesso - October/November 2007

Light Source - October/November 2007

Studio Tools - Reducing Glass - February 2008

Drawing Tools - February 2008

Why Wide Mouth Jars? - March 2008

Use a Discard mat to Help You See - April 2008

Use an Industrial Strength Pump Spray Bottle - May/June 2008

Can with Holes and Plastic Bags - July/August 2008

Tearing Watercolor Paper - October 2008

Laying our Warmup Paintings on a Full Sheet of Watercolor Paper - October 2008

Transparent vs Opaque - November 2008

Isopopyl Alcohol, January 2009

Adhesives: Gel Mediums and Yes Glue - March 2009

More Adhesives: Tape - March 2009

Special Effects: Aquamedia, Water and Alcohol - August 2009

Your Painting, Is it Finished? - September 2009

Exhibitions:

Canyons & Headlands at Kinion - March 2007

Wingland - March 2007

Roadside Attractions - March 2008


No Full Disclosure, Mendocino Art Center - March 2009

New Products:

Holbein Mat Acrylic - January 2007

Burridge's New Goof-Proof Color Wheel - January 2007

Joe Miller Signature Series One Coat Gesso - June 2007

Cheap Joe's Prime Canvas - July 2007

Watersoluble Drawing Pencils - March 2008

Beezolio - April 2008

Fabriano Artistico Watercolor Paper - May/June 2008

Lascaux Aquacryl Hybrid Acrylics - September 2008

Gallery Wrap Canvases and Canvas Panels - October 2008

Artists Need Sketchbooks - November 2008

Soltek Easel - January 2009

Faber-Castell Artist Watercolor Pencil Set - March 2009

Joe's Prime Painting Panels - August 2009

Bob’s Bucket of Holbein Acryla Acrylic Paint - September 2009

Art Marketing:

Sign Your Work - February 2007

Presentation of Artwork - March 2007

Get Involved in Local Events: Exposure Equals Success - April 2007

Limited Edition Sizes - May 2007

Commissioned Artwork - May 2007

Determining Pricing - June 2007

Pricing Limited Edition Prints - June 2007

Setting Up a Website - July 2007

Painting Sizes for an Exhibition - July 2007

Artists' Portfolio - August/September 2007

Painting Pricing Framed Artwork - August/September 2007

Pricing and Commissions - October/November 2007

Who Pays for the Shipping? - October/November 2007

Who Owns the Copyright? - February 2008

Signing Giclée Prints - February 2008

Framing Tips for Juried Shows - March 2008

Determining the Sizes of Canvas - March 2008

What Name Should I Use? April 2008

Marketing During the "Slow Months" - May/June, 2008

Hand-embellishing Giclée Prints - July/August 2008

Pricing Giclée Prints - July/August 2008

Who Makes the Wall Tags and other Exhibit Details - September 2008

Adding to a Body of Work - September 2008

What is the Difference between a Series and a Body of Work? - October 2008

How to Best Prioritize PR Duties - October 2008

Registering your Copyright - Groups, Samples, Submissions - November 2008

Who Makes the Tags? And Other Ways you Pay your Gallery a Big Commission - November 2008

Pricing Your Artwork for Beginners - January 2009

Bios and Artists’ Statements - March 2009

Working in Painting Themes & Series for Galleries - August 2009

Preparing a Prospectus - August 2009

Limited Editions of Giclée prints - September 2009

Art Scams - September 2009

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