Abstract art is different from most art. It is not as much about the subject as about the feeling it invok… More
Introduction to Abstract Painting
Abstract Painting Supplies
Abstract Painting Color Selection
Adding the 1st Color to an Abstract Painting
How to Squeegee 1st Color of an Abstract Painting
Adding 2nd Color to an Abstract Painting
How to Squeegee 2nd Color of an Abstract Painting
Adding 3rd Color to an Abstract Painting
How to Squeegee 3rd Color of an Abstract Painting
Abstract Painting Using a Brush
Creating Texture on Abstract Paintings
Adding Paint to Abstract Paintings
Spreading Paint on Abstract Paintings
How to Finish an Abstract Painting
Abstract Painting Tips & Suggestions
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Summary: How to apply the first color to your birch wood for your large abstract painting by "plopping" the paint; learn this and more in this free online art lesson about abstract painting taught by expert David A. Clemen.
David A. Clemen has a BFA in Fashion Design from Virginia Commonwealth University and a one year Graphic Design degree from the Art Institute of Atlanta. He is qualified in many...read more
"DAVID CLEMEN: Hi. I'm David Clemen on behalf of Expert Village, and today, we're going to do an abstract painting on a larger scale on a piece of birch wood. Alright, the first color that I'm going to plop is red and I'm just going to go randomly and pick my spots. And this will use a lot of paint when you have a large piece like this, but for me, it's really fun thing to do plopping this paint down. And sometimes I'll just plop it and I'll try to avoid that one plop so I can have some texture. And once we do this--these plops are smaller, some are bigger but once I add my squeegee in there and start moving this paint around. It seems like a large area to cover but by plopping the paint in different areas, I'm going to be able to cover a large amount of paint and a large amount of wood, I'll be able to cover in short amount of time. So, I usually start with about that many flops. Plop, Plop, fizz, fizz around the wood, and then once I squeegee in the next segment, I'll see how much paint I have and I need to re-plop. So, that is plopping the first color of paint."
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