How to Create an  Abstract Painting  Rachel Bray Demonstration Speech

A lot of people think abstract art is just throwing paint at a canvas, or that it has no point. This is not true!!! Abstract art is about emotion .

Five Steps to Creating an Abstract Painting Coming up with an idea Acquiring materials Sketching your idea Painting the background Painting the foreground

Coming up with an idea

Acquiring materials

Sketching your idea

Painting the background

Painting the foreground

Hmmm… What to Paint???

 Get an Idea!  Ideas can come from anywhere ! Consider Getting an Idea from: Personal experiences Feelings about a certain topic The media Politics Emotions you’ve been feeling lately Spiritual/ religious concepts

Ideas can come from anywhere !

Consider Getting an Idea from:

Personal experiences

Feelings about a certain topic

The media

Politics

Emotions you’ve been feeling lately

Spiritual/ religious concepts

Also, dreams that you’ve had can be a great source of ideas for a painting! Explore your mind and use your imagination.

 Acquire Materials  Materials can be found just about anywhere. Hobby Lobby and even Wal-Mart have some good quality materials. Just because they’re good quality, it doesn’t mean your materials have to be expensive! Look for some low-cost goodies at the above stores.

Materials can be found just about anywhere. Hobby Lobby and even Wal-Mart have some good quality materials.

Just because they’re good quality, it doesn’t mean your materials have to be expensive! Look for some low-cost goodies at the above stores.

 Acquire Materials  Paint Brushes of assorted sizes A canvas

Paint

Brushes of assorted sizes

A canvas

Start with Your Blank Canvas

 Sketch out Your Idea  It doesn’t have to be perfect! This is just the part where you get what’s on your mind onto the canvas. This step is important because you can revise your artwork before you actually paint it.

 Painting the Background  Starting your background first keeps you from accidentally painting over your foreground. This step depends on the person! This is just the best way for me to paint. Don’t be afraid to use color!!! Abstract art is about expressing yourself! Outline your painting, then add in the base colors, proper fading, shading and texture.

Starting your background first keeps you from accidentally painting over your foreground.

This step depends on the person! This is just the best way for me to paint.

Don’t be afraid to use color!!! Abstract art is about expressing yourself!

Outline your painting, then add in the base colors, proper fading, shading and texture.

 Painting the Foreground  This step is interchangeable with the one before. The foreground is one of the most important parts of a painting- basically the main idea. Once again, don’t be afraid to use a lot of color!! Outline your foreground, paint the base color, then add fading, shading and texture. Finish artwork by signing it!

This step is interchangeable with the one before.

The foreground is one of the most important parts of a painting- basically the main idea.

Once again, don’t be afraid to use a lot of color!!

Outline your foreground, paint the base color, then add fading, shading and texture.

Finish artwork by signing it!

Never forget to sign your art!!

 Now You Have a Finished Work of Art  What can you do now? Turn it in for an art class Give it to your mom Hang it in your home Donate it to charity Enter into a contest Just display it for yourself

What can you do now?

Turn it in for an art class

Give it to your mom

Hang it in your home

Donate it to charity

Enter into a contest

Just display it for yourself