Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky to give him his full title, was a Russian artist. It is generally acknowledged that Kandinsky was one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. He was born in Moscow but grew up in Odesa, which is part of Ukraine, where he graduated at Grekov Odesa Art School. In Yellow-Red-Blue, shown below, […]
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Jackson Pollock the Action Painter Paul Jackson Pollock 1912 – 1956 was an American abstract expressionist painter. He is known for his “Drip Technique” of splashing and pouring paint onto canvas lying flat on the ground. This method allowed him to view the canvas from all different angles. The technique was often called Action painting
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Piet Mondrian – his path to Abstraction Mondrian’s path to Abstract art followed that of almost all abstract artists. At first he was taught to draw then paint and he was inspired by Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh. Gradually he migrated to Cubism through Picasso. This was the beginning of Mondrian’s use of straight
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When we paint using the Pouring method to produce Abstract art, we like to look for potential possibilities that images may occur. Sometimes we create these images by manipulating the pour. The above painting – “The Visitors” is one of our favourite paintings because of the images within it. In the painting above, “Mystical” we
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When you ask someone what are your Favourite Colours? Most will mention Blue as one of them. Why is that? My reason is that we see the blue sky and are immediately happy. We associate blue sea with a happy time; perhaps when we were on holiday. Blue is everywhere. So obviously it is our
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Recently, as the weather has began to improve with the season of Spring, I thought of the sea. The blue sky and sea seemed to inspire me to start painting sailing boats. Obviously, I still wanted to stick to abstract art but also to add a bit of realism. The above painting had many people
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It is only someone’s opinion as to what makes good abstract art. However, it can be taken for granted that there will be certain aspects of a painting that will appeal to the majority of viewers. Experts who study paintings will have there own opinion concerning whether a painting can be classified as good abstract
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The Beach The colour blue is all around us. Unless you really think about it, you are probably unaware how much blue our eyes see each day. First of all there is the blue sky. It is amazing how much impact looking at a blue sky will make us feel happier than on a grey
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What makes a painting attractive? When one of our paintings has been completed and someone views it for the first time, their reaction is usually the same. Nine out of ten times the first thing said is – I love the colours. Next, they start examining the shapes in the painting – usually for something
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As an artist who paints, whether using watercolours, oils or acrylics, getting to know the colour wheel is exciting! Why exciting? Well there is so much to discover for one reason. Experimenting with the combination of primary colours and secondary or tertiary will excite you as new colours evolve. When I was learning to
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