Video: Spreading Paint on Abstract Paintings

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Using the squeegee to add a bit more paint and refining the appearance of your abstract painting on wood; learn this and more in this free online art lesson about abstract painting taught by expert David A. Clemen.

- How to Finish an Abstract Painting
- Introduction to Abstract Painting

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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. Okay, now we've got most of our paint on here. I like it. And I think I want to add just little bit more red and I'm going to spread some more paint out and see what comes out of it because I wanted it more red and white. So I'm going to add more red and I'm going to spread this--spread the red. And you can actually just squeeze it like I was saying before into really thin lines and if you like the line, you can just leave it 'cause the height of the paint also gives a texture. So just keep that in mind, I might actually leave that red line there and just spread this red over top of the black and now it's getting really--it's got some heat to it with all this red. Now I'm going to drag this really hard right there. And I'm going to drag it really hard right there and I'm going to drag it really hard right here. Now I'm going to come in here and spread this red paint--ooh, I got a little bark. Spread this, spread this, spread this--ooh, I messed up my wave that I was trying to keep from earlier but it happens when you're spreading paint. Put three big drops right here on my flag symbols or whatever they are. And I'm going to go really slow on these. I'm actually going to use the other side. And then just do, one, two, three. There. Alright, that's spreading the paint.

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Spreading Paint on Abstract Paintings

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