Video: Creating Abstract Art: Trying Out Ideas

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When planning an abstract painting, test out different shapes. Free your mind when making an abstract painting using the techniques in this free art lesson from an art instructor.

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Okay, I am going to keep going with this idea of what can you do with the shapes that you have isolated from your drawing. And, I find it easier to think of and develop more ideas by cutting out shapes and moving them around the piece of paper. So, I have my white shapes and I said well, why don't I play with positive and negative. Again, the idea of opposites. So, I'm going to cut out some more of these sort of vaguely bone like looking shapes. And what happens if I--maybe I am going to echo them like that? Or then I start thinking, well I've got the backside too. So, you know, am I going to echo it that way? Or, you can start to see that you can just start going at it. Now, this is about cages (ribcages, afterall). So, I'm going to go back to my ribcage and see what happens if I cross over. Can I make a cage. Maybe I want this to be under like that.

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Creating Abstract Art: Trying Out Ideas

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