In this video I share with you my contemporary techniques where I paint one of my abstract paintings "On the Inside" - contemporary abstract cityscape painting. Acrylic paintings and techniques have the advantage over other media in that they are long-lasting, yet less costly than oil paintings. Oil and pastels for paintings have drawbacks, pastels being more ephemeral and possibly giving rise to breathing issues due to their chalk residue, and oils for the length of time needed to dry being quite lengthy, perhaps up to months' worth of drying time, as well as the turpentine fumes being bothersome to many. Acrylic paintings are synthetic paint made from pigments blended with synthetic materials. They are water-soluble and can be used on a large range of surfaces; they can be mixed as can oil paints and they clean up easily. In an indoor studio, their smell is less overwhelming than is an oil-based paint. While many artists choose oils because of their opacity, the translucent quality of arcrylic paintings and techniques lend themselves to underpainting, that is, applying a monotone of sorts as a primer. Some artists prefer umber with a touch of black, or even umber mixed with ultramarine blue, after which primary mixing all are mixed with white. Generally, the underpainting is applied in glazes or very thin brushstrokes; when the artist feels comfortable with the underpainting, then the 'fun part' begins, the detailing of the final look of the painting. Why do underpainting? Because the depth and luminosity of color is increased, bringing an inner glow to the finished product. Any self-respecting artist will want the optimal outcome for his hard work. Painting in this layering process can aid the creative energy also, keeping it going strong as an artist has one layer drying in one painting while working on another. The synergy of creativity feeds on itself. The artist may also use acrylics as a range of techniques, from transparent washes to opaque layers, due to the water-solubility of the acrylic medium. This same water-solubility can prove to be a challenge, as acrylics tend to dry faster than the artist can blend to his satisfaction; however, a stay-wet palette solves this problem, enabling the artist to blend his colors and keep them fresh for days at a time. A number of artists use acrylics solely as underpainting, layering the coats until satisfied with their effect on the canvas, then apply oil paints to this rich layer. As you can see, the abstract artist using acrylics has a number of reasons for using this particular medium, but the basics are these: they last, and they can be worked quickly into a work of art. An artist working on commission can speedily predict exactly how much time a piece will take to dry, after the initial work is completed. This is a special bonus for both the artist and the patron as well, as timeframes can be judged accurately and thus allow for the timely distribution of resources. In the art world, pleasing a patron leads to better business practices all around and referrals for future work from the patron and his friends. Acrylics are the medium of choice for the artist and he will illustrate their use as the best medium to his patrons.
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Monday, May 31, 2010
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Learn How to Paint with Acrylics by Peter Dranitsin abstract cityscape art painting on canvas.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
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What is so Beautiful and Captivating About Floral Abstract Paintings
What is so Beautiful and Captivating About Floral Abstract Paintings? What is one of the first things we dabble in, the first subject that an art instructor at any level assigns? A still life. Fruit blossoms, fruit, or the handiest and prettiest of Nature’s subjects, the flower. A simple daisy, a complex rose, floral paintings touch our souls that cry out for a bit of natural beauty to carry away with us. Each season offers flowers, from dead-of-winter’s crocuses and snowdrops to spring’s cherry blossoms. Summer is a riot of rich hues and textures, giving way to autumn’s palette of gold and bronze. For all things artistic, a flower contains both simple shapes and endlessly complicated spirals. You may cultivate an interest in further nature studies, or devote yourself to the flowers of the entire world. It is up to you.
Floral modern abstract art paintings, such as Monet’s impressionistic water lilies, can be on an enormous canvas, or like a small framed miniature floral from India ’s Deccan School
As an abstract art collector, you may even choose which stage of growth to display: the solemn beginning of a crocus bud’s opening, the completed promise of a full-blown dahlia, the poignancy of the last rose of summer, scattering its spent petals on a parquet floor. Flowers even have their special connotations per the Victorian code of florigraphy, passed down to us by familiar sayings: rosemary for remembrance, roses for passion, coreopsis for cheerfulness.
Now on to abstract flowers. What could be more abstract than a single smidgen of white against a dark green background, one flower plucked out of many to be portrayed in a range – a sliding scale of abstraction – of the artist’s vision, the white flower in exquisite detail, the background a surreal montage of greens, all representing the flower’s foliage? Or in reverse, the leaves limned to perfection, the flower a mass of white, undifferentiated as if it is in soft focus, as if it grows close enough for its fragrance to be sniffed by the viewer? When you collect abstract floral original acrylic paintings, you have the option of living in an ever-blooming garden, unspoiled by drought and free of winter’s desolation. You can wander in and enjoy your flower paintings to your heart’s delight, anytime you wish to escape and wonder at an artist’s talent.
Seascape Original Abstract Art Paintings Bring New Begging to Our Subconscious Minds.
Seascape Original Abstract Art Paintings Bring New Begging to Our Subconscious Minds.The sea calms us, it stirs us to thoughts of adventures, it pervades our imagination with its limitless horizons. Who would refuse the gift of a cruise on a beautiful, sun-flecked ocean? Even if you live inland from the sea or are perhaps a desert dweller, when you stand before a seascape, you are entranced. The endless waves, the spackle of the sun on far-flung foam, you are caught up in the painting. Already you have thought of a home for it, that certain wall where the painting will provide a break from the humdrum routine of life. Seascape paintings can do that for our souls.
From the perfectly-captured fisherman in Winslow Homer’s “The Gulf Stream” to Marek Wlodarski’s abstract seascapes of mid-20th century, the sea captures light in ways that other subjects do not. Light as seen through water, light hitting water and reflecting upon a mysterious seaside cave, what could be more challenging to an artist to portray? When fashioning seascape paintings, the abstract artist pulls from his palette the muted hues of a dawn sea, the full-out tones of the noontime and the shading into nighttime at purple dusk. Whoever purchases an abstract seascape can tell at a glance which of these moods of the sea graces the painting. You will have been glad to have selected such a wide-ranging source of enjoyment.
Why choose a seascape original abstract art painting over other genres of paintings? Much may depend on the personality of the collector and their resources. A vacation home near the seashore, for example, cries out for a local painter’s rendition of the same shore at calm neap or full-bore tide. Different seasons, different times of day, all could render a room into an echo of the natural setting just outside the door of the room. From the viewpoint of a collector in the midsection of the continent, a seascape will be a memory of a treasured childhood trip, a honeymoon, or a desired retirement spot. A seascape in a physician’s waiting room, for example, soothes a restless spirit as he gazes into the blues and greens and forgets the reason why he is here. On the practical side, a seascape may entertain a child as he or she waits upon an appointment.
These descriptions of seascapes would not be complete without its defining feature, the land. Water runs down waterfalls from cliffs to the sea, a quite rare phenomenon that begs to be the subject of a painting. Then there is the more common depiction of wave action upon oceanside
Creative Way to Paint Hearts and Angels Reflecting Warms of Love and Devotion.
Creative Way to Paint Hearts and Angels Reflecting Warms of Love and Devotion.Where would we be without it? It ennobles the simplest lives and when you want to find a unique piece of art that embodies this sentiment, you will not go wrong with abstract art, because the sheer generosity of love can be best expressed in the wide expanses of shape and color that abstract love art does best. Red, of course, in the shape of a heart, means love, but how about the tinkering that the artist can do with the iconic heart shape. A warp of the shape and love becomes unstable, a mutable thing that changes with each day’s encounter with the loved one. A realistic touch, you might say, because love isn’t a solid thing to touch but an emotion to feel, and how often do our emotions stay steady throughout the course of a day? In regards to mood and color, a pink heart shows a more tender emotion than the fiery red, in that pink is delicate and reminiscent of springtime with its tentative flowerings and the growth of new plants. If we continue the use of color as metaphor, then a gold heart symbolizes the love that is tried-and-true, the one that has lasted in value just as does gold. All these symbols for love show up dramatically in an abstract treatment of the subject.
But moving on to the particular object of our love, a portrait done by an abstract artist from a photograph or from an actual sitting could bring joy to a room. Personal portraits can be done in closeup, a family type studio setting, or even in plain air, using the great outdoors as a backdrop. The abstract element of love art would be in the artist’s choice of what to emphasize – will it be the glossy hair of the beloved, the grace of a certain well-loved posture, the ghost of a smile? The elements of a natural background can be used by a canny artist, as well. Perhaps the mist of a distant waterfall is echoed in the coronet of baby’s breath flowers in a bride’s coiffure. There is no end to what the artist’s eye can pick up and use as a theme. So it seems that whether an individual portrait is the aim, or a family portrait, or the portrayal of a beloved pet, the abstract artist will find just the right touch to imbue his work with his personal stamp, a stamp that his commissioner will agree with.
The placement of a piece of love art need not be problematical. The bedroom is the obvious choice for a piece depicting one’s love, and the individual portrait or the more generalized picture of the ideal of love will enhance one’s bedroom to maximum effect if the hearts and angels original abstract painting painting is placed out of range of ultraviolet rays streaming in from a window, which could damage the finished work over time. A painting needs to be softly lit and on a wall where it dominates the flat surface. Sconces containing lighting features are a fascinating way to light a painting, but track lighting will do just as well. More and more, the use of love art will seem to you to be the ultimate expression of the love of your life.
Monday, May 17, 2010
The Creative Process of Painting Original Acrylic Contemporary Painting on Canvas.
The Creative Process of Painting Original Acrylic Contemporary Painting on Canvas. You’re an unusual type of budding artist: you want to do everything hands-on! So you’ve researched on how to make the canvases themselves and are ready to begin. Making canvas paintings will achieve your goal of creating a piece of art from absolute start to finished work. Start by thinking of the dimensions you want for this particular painting, and cut the stretcher boards from 1x2 inch boards, utilizing a miter box to get the perfect 45-degree angles for the corners. Staple the boards together both inside and outside to give it that extra-firm feel that will make painting on it a delight. To use an expert’s secret, use quarter-round trim to apply a raised lip to the outside edge of the completed stretcher bar, as this will lift the canvas off the stretcher bars and eliminate that awkward line of uneven paint that comes from using cheap canvases which do not use this extra step. You’ve seen it on paintings that are otherwise lovely; it’s a mark put into the paint by the width of the wood underneath. Using the trim is a step well worth taking.
Now that you’ve completed your stretcher bars, time to stretch something over them. You want unprimed canvas, because you’ll later prime it yourself. Using a staple gun, staple the canvas which has been measured to overlap the dimensions of your bars by an inch or two, and work your way from the middle of one side of canvas to each end of that side. Pulling firmly, staple the other side in the same way. Then do the ends, and voila! You have nearly completed making a canvas for your artwork. Tuck down each corner, staple and trim the excess and you’re done. Now onto the priming --- it’s easy with gesso watered down to a thin consistency. Working under a bright light to show up any uncovered spots, with a housepaint brush cover the canvas evenly, not forgetting the sides. You’ll want a smooth basis for your work, after all! Let it dry, give it a second coat to make sure it’s truly smooth, dry and get right to painting.
What should you use to hold your acrylic paints? An inexpensive palette is a sheet of glass, safely protected at its edges. Each time you finish using it, let the acrylic paint dry, and then scrape it off with a glass scraper. It will be set for the next time you are inspired to paint. Then there is the big question, acrylics or oils, but honestly, the advantages are for the acrylics at this stage of the beginning artist game. Acrylics dry faster and are cheaper to use and thus experimenting will not make you look worriedly at your checkbook. So go for the acrylics and make your vision come true.
Acrylics dry quicker than oil paints, require only soap and water cleanup, and if you begin by using acrylics, your technique will grow solidly and surely into becoming part of your repertoire as an artist. You may or may not move onto oils, but for sure your painting will be one that you personally have constructed from stretcher bar to the last layer of paint. You can be proud of your expertise in making canvas paintings.
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Perfecting Your Techniques Painting Original Modern Cityscape Abstract Art Paintings
Modern Cityscape Abstract Painting called "Tell Me More" painted in 2010 on 36x18 inch professionally stretched canvas signed by me. This painting is a cityscape reflecting in the water.
What should you use to hold your acrylic paints? An inexpensive palette is a sheet of glass, safely protected at its edges. Each time you finish using it, let the acrylic paint dry, and then scrape it off with a glass scraper. It will be set for the next time you are inspired to paint. Then there is the big question, acrylics or oils, but honestly, the advantages are for the acrylics at this stage of the beginning artist game. Acrylics dry faster and are cheaper to use and thus experimenting will not make you look worriedly at your checkbook. So go for the acrylics and make your vision come true.
Acrylics dry quicker than oil paints, require only soap and water cleanup, and if you begin by using acrylics, your technique will grow solidly and surely into becoming part of your repertoire as an artist. You may or may not move onto oils, but for sure your painting will be one that you personally have constructed from stretcher bar to the last layer of paint. You can be proud of your expertise in making canvas paintings.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Today We Paint Original Acrylic Modern Cityscape Abstract Art Painting On Canvas
In this video I painted original acrylic painting of a cityscape. I share with you what materials I personally used in this art video lesson presentation and how I used those materials. I hope you enjoy!
Describing the Beauty of Original Landscape Abstract Art Modern Painting
Describing the Beauty of Original Landscape Abstract Art Modern Painting. A landscape brings us to the great outdoors even if we are busy indoors, working or relaxing, chatting with friends or reviewing an important business deal. How inspiring it is to see the panorama of all that nature can offer, whether it is a stormy patch of weather which overhangs a mountaintop or the broad vista of cultivated fields that shows how much that mankind is dependent upon the land for our very existence. Now and again an outstanding element comes to the fore, but in the main the emphasis in landscape paintings is the land itself, unending around us as our vision takes in the horizon stretching all around us. From the ancient Minoans, Greeks and Romans come the first inklings that landscapes formed part of their culture, and even though the more sophisticated means of portraying scale and proportion regarding distance would not come until the Renaissance, these extremely early landscapes do show an attempt to recreate the feel of standing still and really noticing the land around us. Working our way through history to the Dutch Masters, we see that landscape painting in the West has come to fruition with the complete understanding of the ideas of distance and perception and how to portray them in paintings.
Landscape paintings in Chinese traditional art focus upon mountains and generally show only the minimal presence of people, for instance the lone traveler leaning on his staff or perhaps even more simply, the indication of human beings represented by the hermit’s hut far atop a mountain. For the problems of how to show intervening land between the distant mountain and the figure in the foreground, these Chinese scrolls emphasized the vertical canvas as the painters used the devices of fog obscuring the details of the landscape, or implying the intervening land as a simple ground line. What the Chinese landscapes lacked in formal knowledge of vanishing points and horizon depictions, they made up for in the exquisite detail of each pine tree and even each pine needle. The two schools of landscape paintings each fill a niche, as they both demonstrate traditions going back well over one thousand years.
What of imaginary landscapes? Why should we be limited to the scenes that we or others have seen with their own eyes? The works of the engraver Dore are a case in point. Fantastic scenes from the works of Poe, Milton, Ariosto and other romantic writers come to light as nearly realistic, since the attention to detail that Dore infuses into each engraving and painting transcends our sense as a viewer that what we are seeing cannot possibly be real. The sea monster of Orlando Furioso or the outer space scene of a chariot carrying characters from the earth to the moon could not have been imagined more thoroughly as they have in Dore’s works. All painters of imaginary landscapes after Dore owe him a great deal.
Landscape paintings take us where we have been and might go. If you include one in your home or office, you will give your visitors and yourself a flight into fancy as the painting takes you to the great outdoors, either real life-based or springing from the imagination of a fabulous artist.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Impressionists and Its Connection to the Abstract Art Paintings.
From the first week of the debut of the Impressionists in the spring of 1874, the term ‘impressionism’ gained favor and spread quickly throughout the art world. Impressionism has a sensual immediacy to the viewer, far from the static nature of a portrait or even the lush tones of a still life of red apples. Impressionism became so important to the world of art that a prominent patron and a fine Impressionist himself, Gustave Caillebotte, subsidized his more financially-stressed colleagues and provided generously for exhibitions of this new artistic mode. And why should Impressionism gain such high regard? In the beginning, Impressionism was criticized as ‘brutal’ and ‘lacking in skill.’ As time passed, however, the themes of high romance and fantasy in the earlier part of the 19th century subsided and the everyday scenes of Impressionism prevailed. These scenes of bathers on the beach, picnickers at ease on a Sunday greensward and workers toiling in a railroad yard provided an almost photographic record of the lives of the people in the latter quarter of the century. Impressionism can also be said to be a political movement away from the sensibilities of the upper classes with their emphasis on historic nobility and fanciful subjects. Moving strongly towards the working class’ emphasis on light and ephemeral pastimes in the midst of lifelong toil, the politics of the art world turned towards collectivism and a celebration of the greater majority of human existence.
We’ve all thought about artists in studios, but Impressionism emphasized the advantages of working in plain air, that is, the outdoors: the flesh tints of a model keep their true qualities because they are nearly equally lit on all sides, while artificial light in a studio may force that feature which the light strikes into undue relief and thus be untrue to its subject. Open air painting also has the advantage of exposing artists to a more social environment and enabling them to expound on their techniques to any onlookers, which may even aid artists in clearing their own heads about their goals. Conversely, open air painters may inspire onlookers to take up painting themselves. Certainly art is removed from the mystery of the studio and shown to be attainable even by the humblest of students.
Impressionism remains in a vaunted place in art history, replacing the art schools’ highly disciplined techniques with sketchlike brushwork, a lack of conventional drawing as well as modeling and composition and, especially, unconventionally bright, juxtaposed hues. The emphasis is placed, therefore, not on the photographic depiction of a sunrise but of the artist’s sensation of nature, the way that the sun gradually reveals the world it left behind with the previous dusk. Subjectively, the artist paints his impression of the sunrise and if you wish to include this impressionistic painting in your home or office, you are paying homage to a uniquely individual artistic view of the world. Your impressionistic painting will show to your guests or clients that you value individualism in the conformist world of today. You will be proven right in your choice of art.
Where to Find the Best Modern Abstract Art Original Online Gallery.
Where to Find the Best Modern Abstract Art Original Online Gallery. Perhaps as a child, your parents took you to an art gallery as an outing. You were amazed and a little bit awed by the range of the art depicted. So much of it seemed unintelligible to you and the parts that didn’t delighted you, but the experience was overwhelming. As an adult with the option of buying a piece of art yourself, this awe of the artistic world will stand you in good stead. But now, since you reached adulthood, the responsibilities of adulthood are not those of a child. Now, you have to work and provide for your family and time spent as a child in reading or simply inviting your soul to enjoy art is extremely limited. That is where an online modern art gallery comes in. With the ease of the internet, a website is more than an art gallery: it is a design school, a chance to interact via email or comments with the artist himself, and a website changes the more onerous aspects of making a purchase of art, such as arranging for packing and shipping and actually paying for the purchase, a mere click away. How different than it seemed to you as a child! Nowadays, you can choose the painting you like, place it in a setting similar to your own living room or kitchen or bedroom, and see for yourself how the effect looks. Some people even like to go further, and choose not from a finished painting, but commission a piece of art themselves, perhaps sending a photograph of the setting that they want to enhance. The artist, using these guidelines, constructs a painting scheme and confers with you, you approve and the work begins. The artist considers your color scheme, the subject and the size of the desired painting and using all these criteria, within a week or two he has brought your idea to vivid life. What a marvelous way to do business!
Should you be overwhelmed with the sheer variety of art, a search engine will prune your choices to a manageable list. Do you like nature art, those pieces bringing a bit of our natural world into your home or office? Then there are the subcategories of animal art, floral art, seascapes and the like. All you need do is cruise the internet, circle in on which subjects meet your fancy, and go from there. It could be that you enjoy the famous touches of a Picasso or the surreal quality of a Dali. Then what you need to do is start a list of your favorite artists, and a commissioned piece will be yours to hang in your environment sooner than you think. The online modern art gallery can fill your every artistic need, and the artist will be more than happy to guide you in the unfamiliar pathways of obtaining a piece of art of which you can be proud.
The online modern art gallery has an extra added attraction: it is convenient! You do not need to struggle into a vehicle, find a place to park and worry about the parking meter’s timing out. You may shop from the comfort of your own home and suit the painting to your immediate environment, perhaps thinking out loud as you do so, coming up with ideas as your mind floats freely. It is up to you to choose your shopping methods, but for my money, an online modern art gallery can’t be beat.
Looking for an Animal Abstract Art Painting Original Acrylic Work on Canvas.
Looking for an Animal Abstract Art Painting Original Acrylic Work on Canvas. From our first picture books in babyhood, we learn about animals. How many times have we visited the zoo, observing our similarities and differences with our animal cousins? Learning about animals is a lifelong study for some, and a hobby or source of income for others. For many of us, animal paintings bring a living, breathing source of life into our homes. Moving from Asia to Africa , acrylic paintings in the abstract style can capture a tiger’s striped majesty or a shy gazelle’s wide-eyed gaze. Nor are we limited to our far-flung lands, for the birds of our skies and fish in our seas sport colors in all shades of the spectrum. Any color that would complement your wall’s decorating scheme can be found in nature and transferred to a ready-to-hang canvas by an abstract artist. Why don’t you stroll through your home after you have thought about your favorite members of the animal kingdom? The perfect mood of your favorite creature will spring to mind, and you will have taken the first step to procuring a new piece of art to decorate your home. Now, on to making your dream a reality.
You need to get a feel for your favorite subject, so you shop online through many galleries, at last selecting your animal subject in the pose and background that you desire. Is it a lion in muted tans and beiges, golden against the backdrop of the savannah? Then your room will acquire a sense of anticipation, the waiting for something exciting to happen as the lion decides which creature to stalk. Or is your favorite a fish, twisting in the unfamiliar air as it leaps free of the water to pursue its dinner or to escape from an underwater predator? Then the mood is action-filled, thriving with life and the drama that nature brings. A bird subject with a backdrop of blue sky will lift your spirits as the wind lifts the bird to wing.
So, your painting is ready in your mind, it’s in your hand, it’s ready to hang. Look around you; does the mood and color of the piece match your room’s décor? Perfect! The abstract technique of painting fur may provide a pleasant surprise to your room’s colors as fur has copious amounts of various hues, blended to realism by a masterly hand: red, yellow, brown, white and black, and each of these colors you may pick up in furnishings or small decorative elements such as pillows and draperies. You may switch out these touches of color to suit your mood or the season, as at Christmastime the red accent pillows may follow your holiday decorating theme. At Easter, the white of the Eastertime lilies may bring that season to life in your home. So many varied color schemes to choose from when you decorate with animal paintings! A final note on the decorating suggestion of animal paintings: an artist may reproduce that faithful childhood pet’s portrait on a commission for you and then you will remember the warm feelings you experienced as a child when your animal friend greeted you after each schoolday. Simply another good reason to choose original abstract art animal paintings for your home!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Take a Journey through Modern Cityscape Abstract Art Paintings Gallery.
Take a Journey through Modern Cityscape Abstract Art Paintings Gallery. It is a fact of life that cities attract people. The bright lights of the nighttime cityscape, the hustle and bustle of the daytime activities, the sheer multiplicity of things to do and enjoy make even the most rural and suburban dwellers drive the long distance to revel in their nearest big city. Even if you life inside the city, you will cherish cityscape paintings, because they paint a picture of your daily life. Someday you will want to have a legacy of your life, when the time comes to relax after the labors of a career and look around at the culture you have displayed in your home. Wouldn’t you want a cityscape to visit in your imagination?
Cityscape paintings come in varied modes. By the nature of the geometric shapes that stand out so well in cityscapes, a piece of geometrical art would go nicely in mood and theme with your choice of subject. An odd shape such as the Sutro Tower in San Francisco could be the focal point of a cityscape, as could the Coit Tower profile, in that most of the apartment buildings and business edifices are rectangular. Anything dissimilar distinguishes itself and thus the cityscape artist would wisely choose an obtrusive shape to form a painting around. Of course, the cityscape contains plant life, too, and some city parks are green enough to qualify as an oasis in the midst of asphalt and concrete structures. Cityscapes take on a shining quality in a light rainfall or snowfall, and the nighttime city in the rain manages to look deeply mysterious, as if the alleys hide all sorts of attractions. There are other climate depictions that an artist will use in his artistic vision, such as fog, but a rainy cityscape is a classic.
Would you prefer your cityscape to be of an ancient city, such as Rome? There is no need to limit yourself to present-day cityscapes, since historical findings indicate a great deal of detail about the way that people lived in cities going all the way back to when there were first congregates of people living in what could be termed a city, most likely in ancient Mesopotamia. A unique quality of cities is that they resemble an enormous home in macrostructure: garbage collection, a system of government, a plan for growth and a means of transportation all exist in a city, the same as they do for an individual’s home. Any one of these criteria could be the subject of a cityscape, for instance a colorful city bus, decorated with advertising banners on its side as it makes its way downtown would make for a lively cityscape. Or how about where the sidewalk ends and the city loses its character even as the rural landscape takes over? That theme would be remarkable and the artist who painted it would surely be acclaimed for his sensitivity for the poignancy depicted.
From ancient cities such as Damascus to modern-day ones such as Abu Dhabi, the remarkable thing about cities is the way that they command respect and a large number of return visits. No one, it seems, is immune to the lure of the bright city lights.
Abstract Paintings That Speak of Love and Emotions.
Abstract Paintings That Speak of Love and Emotions. It ennobles the simplest lives and when you want to find a unique piece of art that embodies this sentiment, you will not go wrong with abstract art, because the sheer generosity of love can be best expressed in the wide expanses of shape and color that abstract love art does best. Red, of course, in the shape of a heart, means love, but how about the tinkering that the artist can do with the iconic heart shape. A warp of the shape and love becomes unstable, a mutable thing that changes with each day’s encounter with the loved one. A realistic touch, you might say, because love isn’t a solid thing to touch but an emotion to feel, and how often do our emotions stay steady throughout the course of a day? In regards to mood and color, a pink heart shows a more tender emotion than the fiery red, in that pink is delicate and reminiscent of springtime with its tentative flowerings and the growth of new plants. If we continue the use of color as metaphor, then a gold heart symbolizes the love that is tried-and-true, the one that has lasted in value just as does gold. All these symbols for love show up dramatically in an abstract treatment of the subject.
But moving on to the particular object of our love, a portrait done by an abstract artist from a photograph or from an actual sitting could bring joy to a room. Personal portraits can be done in closeup, a family type studio setting, or even in plain air, using the great outdoors as a backdrop. The abstract element of love art would be in the artist’s choice of what to emphasize – will it be the glossy hair of the beloved, the grace of a certain well-loved posture, the ghost of a smile? The elements of a natural background can be used by a canny artist, as well. Perhaps the mist of a distant waterfall is echoed in the coronet of baby’s breath flowers in a bride’s coiffure. There is no end to what the artist’s eye can pick up and use as a theme. So it seems that whether an individual portrait is the aim, or a family portrait, or the portrayal of a beloved pet, the abstract artist will find just the right touch to imbue his work with his personal stamp, a stamp that his commissioner will agree with.
The placement of a piece of love art need not be problematical. The bedroom is the obvious choice for a piece depicting one’s love, and the individual portrait or the more generalized picture of the ideal of love will enhance one’s bedroom to maximum effect if the painting is placed out of range of ultraviolet rays streaming in from a window, which could damage the finished work over time. A painting needs to be softly lit and on a wall where it dominates the flat surface. Sconces containing lighting features are a fascinating way to light a painting, but track lighting will do just as well. More and more, the use of love art will seem to you to be the ultimate expression of the love of your life.
Exploring New Ideas for Abstract Art Paintings.
Exploring New Ideas for Abstract Art Paintings. Ideas for abstract paintings are as numerous as clouds in a winter sky, skittering across the landscape of our mind’s eye. In fact, they may even get away if you do not write them down! So far, there is no immediate way of painting what our mind holds directly onto the canvas, so we must use the middle man of the artist’s skills. The artist may even be ourselves, but whoever winds up doing the final version of someone’s artistic vision, that person will have had a grounding education in abstract painting. Form and color, texture and execution, the painting that is abstract may speak more easily to the viewer than a representational painting, because these elements touch our emotions more directly than with the intervening persona of the mind, which must interpret each figure in a representational piece in a time-consuming way. An abstract painting goes right for the inner core of the viewer.
Do you have a favorite color? Then the general wisdom is to discard that favorite in lieu of another color. You may use your absolute favorite in small doses on the painting or as a trim color in the room in which your painting resides, because to overwhelm your scheme for your painting with your favorite color runs the very real risk of making you bored with that color, and you don’t want that. By keeping it to a minimum, you preserve the favorite as sort of a surprise treat, which is an old trick used by experienced interior decorators. Rest assured, you will have the expert advice of an artist and will not make any wrong steps in choosing the form of your color scheme. Ideas for abstract paintings will spring forth from both of you, creating a synergy that is most productive.
The search for shapes to use in an abstract painting can be as simple as searching the internet for a set of photos of the natural world. Rather than identifying what the object is, look for shapes that speak to you as you simplify the elements in the photograph, alternate colors or focus on a small part of the image. It’s easier to begin with something ‘real’ as the basis for an abstract painting than it is to start from scratch. Consider the spiral of a seashell and work from there, perhaps thinking of it as a tiny maze, a way into the very core of the shell. Who knows what we’ll find there?
It’s done, you have the idea. Now how to implement it? Do you commission a painting from a reputable artist or take on the delightful task of recreating your vision yourself? After making the decision and gathering your strength to firm your resolve, start out boldly. Do you see it as a large piece, a small piece or a framed or un-framed piece? If you take on this aspect a little bit at a time, it will not overwhelm you and you will feel more in control. And the finished art will have gotten all the attention it deserved from when it first sparked in your artistic mind.
Looking to an Open Sky in Search for Ideas of Outerspace Abstract Art Paintings.
Looking to an Open Sky in Search for Ideas of Outerspace Abstract Art Paintings. Outer space captures our imaginations as do few other subjects. Just what is ‘out there’ and will we voyage beyond the moon to other planets in solar systems far beyond ours? The future holds the hope of mankind and in our sincere wish to explore all the possibilities that life brings, we find ourselves dreaming of outer space paintings. Perhaps they formed a part of our infant strivings towards art, when we learned of differing shapes: the crescent moon, the five-pointed star, the sunburst. Certainly when we discerned enough about our immediate environment, outer space formed the environment that was not immediate, the one that we yearned to visit. Only in our imaginations could we do this, save for the fortunate few who have escaped the bounds of gravity and have drifted in extra-vehicular activity while orbiting our earth. Those people have brought back tales of the clarity of their surroundings, the utter peace of quiet and the inspiring view of earth from thousands of miles up. The men who have walked on the moon have our utmost admiration, as they have seen and done things we only dream about.
Outer space paintings allow us to indulge our fantasy lives, as well as our budding scientific inquiries. How often does the iconic painting of Bonestell’s “Saturn As Seen From Titan” spring to mind, as we go about our daily tasks and look for inspiration among the chores? If only we could go there, we think, fly there somehow and stand upon Titan as we gaze in awe at the rings of Saturn. If we owned a giclee print of his groundbreaking work, we would hang it in a place of honor in our home. How much more distinguished would be an abstract painting based upon Bonestell’s image, fashioned with brush and paint and spread out widely upon a canvas that we can brush with our fingers to feel the texture of the work. More precious than a print, it would be, and we know we would sacrifice a great deal to own such a piece.
Should you be an amateur artist, you may commission an outer space painting. Don’t be shy! Take your sketch or simple idea to a reputable artist and let him see the idea through to fruition. He may even have some input of his own and when you look upon the finished result, you will see the advantages of the synergy created between the two of you. The painting will satisfy your every urge to own a piece of original art and when you hang it in the place of honor, you will point it out with pride to your guests, because you had the impetus and dream within you and needed only the helping hand of the professional artist.
Outer space paintings are varied enough to suit anyone interested in the genre. For the technological enthusiast, there are the detailed works showing the space shuttles, Mir space station, lunar landing modules, and these exist as a sub-group. Another sub-group is the exotic planet paintings, those depicting wildly luxuriant jungles on named but unexplored planets, as well as barren moons where the only way that human beings could live there would be in biodomes. For the truly adventurous, an outer space painting couldn’t feel more natural on the wall of your home or office. Choose one style for each area of your home and feed your impulse to daydream about space flight. Surely there is an artist whose work will complement your décor.
A Gift of Nature is Reflected on Canvas as an Floral Abstract Art Painting.
A Gift of Nature is Reflected on Canvas as an Floral Abstract Art Painting. How indicative of nature is a floral painting. The cheer and symbolism of flowers can be expressed very easily with a red rose for love, a yellow daffodil to symbolize the rebirth of spring and the waterlily to make one reminiscent of the floral paintings of Monet at Giverny. It could be a hillside of wildflowers, it could be the cultured gardens of Versailles
Floral paintings can come in all shades that are found in nature, or, if one follows a fairy-tale or fantastic theme, the colors can be supernatural, such as a pure blue rose. Something of this nature will even be a conversation starter, so perhaps you should choose wisely your subject: a supernatural flower in a kitchen painting, for instance, may distract visitors from the good food that you are providing! Along with a floral painting in a foyer, for example, can stand a vase of real flowers on a pedestal, perhaps as a means to show admiration for the artist’s technique in capturing the essence of the flower. In abstract paintings, floral subjects may be suggested by a swirl of petal or a hint of rippling fern leaf, and the mind of the viewer supplies the rest. Even a blaze of color in an expressionistic work of art may indicate a field of poppies, nodding in the spring breeze as they decorate a green hillside. Many are the uses of an abstract floral painting.
Why not paint a floral work yourself? Since flowers are by their very nature here today and gone tomorrow, you may have a favorite bloom that you nurtured to maturity yourself in your garden and be reluctant to give it back to the ravages of time. So, drag out your easel and paints or watercolors and get down to it! Your flower can stay in the ground, you can pluck it or you can photograph it, any way that is easiest for you to capture its beauty. If you like its hue and shadings at dawn, get up earlier than usual and see how it looks when the first rays of the sun tint it. Snap its picture then and go from there as you use the photo for a model. Floral paintings make us cheery and that is worth some effort to bring their beauty into your home or office.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Abstract Art Paintings that has been Signed by Fire.
Abstract Art Paintings that has been Signed by Fire. Fire heats our passions to a white-hot flame and fire art seeks to share that feeling in its depiction of the phenomenon of fire. Fire art may be on a canvas as an abstract work, it may be pubic work in the form of fire festivals such as the Burning Man Festival held Labor Day Weekend annually, or in lesser-known venues such as the Art and Fire Project in Wisconsin
Finding a public display of fire art means searching for like-minded souls who also don’t mind traveling a bit, because by its very nature, outdoor fire art needs air and plenty of space around, for safety’s sake. So be prepared to journey to a farm or expanse of wilderness, because a festival will enable many of your fellow enthusiasts to join you as you enjoy a rousing display of fire art.
Fire art also includes such magnificent displays as the lantern displays of the Art and Fire Lantern Festival in Wisconsin, due to be spectacular from the efforts of the sponsoring artists, but also from the plain ordinary citizens who construct paper lanterns in various workshops in the several hours’ worth of effort that it takes to produce a lantern. Far from arduous, the only limits on the lantern-making process are those of design, as a small one-square-foot lantern made of wet-strength tissue paper and glue with a framework of rattan will take perhaps an hour or two to construct, while a more ambitious project of a nearly full-size elephant will take six or more hours. As your lantern takes shape and the day wanes, your excitement will build! Then the evening arrives and all the lanterns that your fire art comrades have built will flicker to glow with quiet beauty. It will be a magical evening and when it is over, you have the choice of bringing your lantern back home with you or joining in the communal burn as you watch your lantern burn with all the others to ash and consider the ephemeral quality of life’s efforts. This will not make you sad, but will enliven your creative processes and make you plant the next display of fire art, because it answers a primal need, that of driving away darkness and joining in a community drive for excellence.
How Many Hearts and Faces Can you See In this Abstract Art Painting.
In this Abstract Art Video Lesson I will share with you the process of creating an amazing acrylic effect using multiple colors shapes and tones. The idea was to create hearts and faces and make it abstract where a viewer would have to search and see how many hearts and faces they can find in this painting called "How Many Hears and Faces".
How Does Floral Abstract Art Influence our Conceptual View on Original Art.
What is one of the first things we dabble in, the first subject that an art instructor at any level assigns? A still life. Fruit blossoms, fruit, or the handiest and prettiest of Nature’s subjects, the flower. A simple daisy, a complex rose, floral paintings touch our souls that cry out for a bit of natural beauty to carry away with us. Each season offers flowers, from dead-of-winter’s crocuses and snowdrops to spring’s cherry blossoms. Summer is a riot of rich hues and textures, giving way to autumn’s palette of gold and bronze. For all things artistic, a flower contains both simple shapes and endlessly complicated spirals. You may cultivate an interest in further nature studies, or devote yourself to the flowers of the entire world. It is up to you.
Floral art, such as Monet’s impressionistic water lilies, can be on an enormous canvas, or like a small framed miniature floral from India ’s Deccan School
As an abstract art collector, you may even choose which stage of growth to display: the solemn beginning of a crocus bud’s opening, the completed promise of a full-blown dahlia, the poignancy of the last rose of summer, scattering its spent petals on a parquet floor. Flowers even have their special connotations per the Victorian code of florigraphy, passed down to us by familiar sayings: rosemary for remembrance, roses for passion, coreopsis for cheerfulness.
Now on to abstract flowers. What could be more abstract than a single smidgen of white against a dark green background, one flower plucked out of many to be portrayed in a range – a sliding scale of abstraction – of the artist’s vision, the white flower in exquisite detail, the background a surreal montage of greens, all representing the flower’s foliage? Or in reverse, the leaves limned to perfection, the flower a mass of white, undifferentiated as if it is in soft focus, as if it grows close enough for its fragrance to be sniffed by the viewer? When you collect abstract floral paintings, you have the option of living in an ever-blooming garden, unspoiled by drought and free of winter’s desolation. You can wander in and enjoy your flower paintings to your heart’s delight, anytime you wish to escape and wonder at an artist’s talent.
Observing Animals and Using Observation Ideas for your Next Original Acrylic Abstract Art Painting.
From our first picture books in babyhood, we learn about animals. How many times have we visited the zoo, observing our similarities and differences with our animal cousins? Learning about animals is a lifelong study for some, and a hobby or source of income for others. For many of us, animal abstract art paintings bring a living, breathing source of life into our homes. Moving from Asia to Africa , acrylic paintings in the abstract style can capture a tiger’s striped majesty or a shy gazelle’s wide-eyed gaze. Nor are we limited to our far-flung lands, for the birds of our skies and fish in our seas sport colors in all shades of the spectrum. Any color that would complement your wall’s decorating scheme can be found in nature and transferred to a ready-to-hang canvas by an abstract artist. Why don’t you stroll through your home after you have thought about your favorite members of the animal kingdom? The perfect mood of your favorite creature will spring to mind, and you will have taken the first step to procuring a new piece of art to decorate your home. Now, on to making your dream a reality.
You need to get a feel for your favorite subject, so you shop online through many galleries, at last selecting your animal subject in the pose and background that you desire. Is it a lion in muted tans and beiges, golden against the backdrop of the savannah? Then your room will acquire a sense of anticipation, the waiting for something exciting to happen as the lion decides which creature to stalk. Or is your favorite a fish, twisting in the unfamiliar air as it leaps free of the water to pursue its dinner or to escape from an underwater predator? Then the mood is action-filled, thriving with life and the drama that nature brings. A bird subject with a backdrop of blue sky will lift your spirits as the wind lifts the bird to wing.
So, your painting is ready in your mind, it’s in your hand, it’s ready to hang. Look around you; does the mood and color of the piece match your room’s décor? Perfect! The abstract technique of painting fur may provide a pleasant surprise to your room’s colors as fur has copious amounts of various hues, blended to realism by a masterly hand: red, yellow, brown, white and black, and each of these colors you may pick up in furnishings or small decorative elements such as pillows and draperies. You may switch out these touches of color to suit your mood or the season, as at Christmastime the red accent pillows may follow your holiday decorating theme. At Easter, the white of the Eastertime lilies may bring that season to life in your home. So many varied color schemes to choose from when you decorate with animal paintings! A final note on the decorating suggestion of animal paintings: an artist may reproduce that faithful childhood pet’s portrait on a commission for you and then you will remember the warm feelings you experienced as a child when your animal friend greeted you after each schoolday. Simply another good reason to choose animal paintings for your home!
Creating Contemporary Style with Original Abstract Art Paintings Tips, Ideas, Decoration Advice.
This is the day you decide to redecorate your personal space with original abstract art paintings. It could be a study, the communal living room, or the most private place of all, the bedroom. Even the bathroom could do with a piece of art, you say to yourself. Now on to the decisions spurred on by your prodigious reading of so many decoration tips. Perhaps you have an outsized living room with a grand view of the ocean, but if you’re like the rest of us, your windows show an ordinary view of your neighborhood. Not that you’d have it any other way, of course; you like living in your neighborhood. But you want to frame your private living space a bit better with an eye to your personality, though also with an eye to the ambience of your neighborhood. If you live in the artists’ quarter of a city, it would be easy to get informed opinions about what to hang on your walls, but most of us do not have the option of such knowledgeable sources. So we tweak our minds and come up with our basic desires: Is it to be an informal mood, with paintings of intimate gatherings or happy splashes of color? Is it to be a more formal setting, with magnificent vistas in the paintings, or an historical event flung upon a large canvas? Abstract art can address these issues, for abstract art conveys in a manner universal to us and to unborn generations the pure quality of form and color to influence a person’s mood. If it’s a seascape with sweeps of azure and turquoise and spiraling waves coming right at the viewer from the canvas, then that mood will reflect an admiration for nature and its grand scheme of life. If it’s a portrait of an individual with vivacious red hair, then that brightness will bring out the liveliness inside the viewer’s own character.
You’ve decided on the mood you want for your space. You’ve reread your decoration tips list. Now onwards to the specifics. For a small area such as a bathroom, a petite canvas of perhaps eighteen inches square will produce a window effect, letting in the distraction of a piece of art to look at while we attend to the necessary bits of life. For the larger area of the master bedroom, perhaps you have room for a large four by three feet canvas, and want to direct all the attention to this work of art; in that case, you will want to limit your artwork to this single piece in order not to overwhelm the senses with too many things to view. Lighting is key here, as the overhead lighting is perfect to enhance the artist’s handiwork and allows the piece to stand away from any damaging ultraviolet rays of the sun. Besides, the wrong kind of glare will obscure the depth of the artwork’s colors and render it flat with a dull sheen, not its optimal presentation. No, you want the artwork to speak to you as you contemplate going out into the world from your bedroom in the morning or as you head back into the bedroom for a soothing and renewing repose. A few small knickknacks would not be out of place in this most intimate setting of all, but the important thing to remember is ‘few’, as too much clutter confuses the mind and spirit.
As for the common areas such as living rooms or dining areas, what you are needing is not repose but a related subject to the function of the room, such as happy picnickers from the style of Manet for the kitchen area. And how about a conversation piece for the more chatty living room, such as a piece inspired by the geometric expressionism of Diebenkorn? Abstract art, because of its emotional resonance, can add a great deal to the culture of your home by influencing discourse on the nature of the artistic piece.
There, you’re done. Each personal space resonates with your personality and the desired mood for the room. Time to relax and enjoy life!
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Exploring Color Harmony: Elevate Your Abstract Art
Color is a powerful element in abstract art, capable of evoking emotions and creating visual impact. Here are some tips to help you explore color harmony and enhance your abstract artworks: 1. Color Wheel: Familiarize yourself with the color wheel and its relationships. Understand primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, as well as complementary and analogous color schemes. This knowledge will guide you in creating harmonious color palettes that enhance the overall composition of your abstract art. 2. Contrasting Colors: Experiment with the juxtaposition of contrasting colors. Pairing complementary colors (those opposite each other on the color wheel) creates visual vibrancy and adds energy to your artwork. Explore the interplay between warm and cool colors to create dynamic contrasts and enhance visual interest. 3. Harmonious Color Schemes: Explore analogous color schemes, which involve using colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. These schemes create a sense of harmony, unity, and subtlety. Choose colors that flow naturally and seamlessly into each other, creating a serene and cohesive visual experience. 4. Color Temperature: Consider the temperature of your colors—whether they are warm, cool, or neutral. Warm colors, such as reds, oranges, and yellows, evoke energy and intensity, while cool colors like blues and greens create a calming or soothing effect. Experiment with temperature to evoke specific moods and emotions within your abstract artwork. 5. Color Gradation and Blending: Explore the beauty of color gradation and blending techniques. Transition seamlessly from one color to another by gradually mixing and blending them. This technique adds depth, dimension, and a sense of movement to your abstract art. 6. Limited Color Palettes: Challenge yourself by working with limited color palettes. Restricting your color choices can lead to focused and harmonious compositions. It also encourages experimentation with various shades, tints, and tones of a select few colors, fostering a deeper understanding of color relationships. To further enhance your exploration of color in abstract art, visit our website at https://urartstudio.com. We offer free painting tips, step-by-step instructions, and video tutorials that dive into the nuances of color theory and application in abstract painting. Remember, color is a powerful tool that can elevate your abstract art to new heights. Embrace the world of colors, experiment fearlessly, and watch as your artwork becomes an expression of emotion, energy, and personal vision.
Finding Your Focus: Creating Strong Composition in Painting
A crucial aspect of creating impactful paintings is establishing a strong composition. A well-planned composition guides the viewer's eye, emphasizes your main subject, and brings balance and harmony to your artwork. Here are some tips to help you develop a strong composition as a beginner artist: 1. Rule of Thirds: Imagine your canvas divided into a 3x3 grid using two horizontal and two vertical lines. Place your focal point or main subject near one of the intersecting points on this grid. This technique, known as the rule of thirds, creates a visually pleasing and balanced composition. 2. Leading Lines: Utilize elements such as roads, paths, or other prominent lines within your painting to guide the viewer's eye towards the main subject. Leading lines add a sense of direction, depth, and movement to your composition, enhancing its visual impact. 3. Positive and Negative Space: Pay attention to both the positive space (objects, subjects) and negative space (background, empty areas) within your painting. Achieving a well-balanced distribution of positive and negative space creates a harmonious composition that draws the viewer's attention to your desired focal point. 4. Consider Scale and Proportion: Be mindful of the size and placement of objects within your painting. Experiment with varying sizes to create visual interest, emphasizing the importance of your main subject while maintaining a sense of proportion and balance within the composition. 5. Atmospheric Perspective: Explore the use of atmospheric perspective to create depth and dimension in your painting. Objects that are farther away from the viewer appear lighter in value, cooler in color, and less detailed. This technique helps establish a sense of distance and adds realism to your composition. 6. Simplify and Remove Clutter: Avoid overcrowding your canvas with too many details or unnecessary elements. Simplify your composition by removing distractions and focusing only on the essential elements that contribute to your intended message or mood. Remember, creating a strong composition requires practice and experimentation. Don't be afraid to sketch out different compositions before starting your painting or to make adjustments as you go along. Trust your instincts and take the time to analyze and refine your composition for a balanced and impactful final result. For more painting tips and guidance, feel free to visit our website at https://urartstudio.com. We offer a range of resources, including tutorials and step-by-step instructions, specifically designed to assist beginner artists in mastering composition and other key aspects of painting. Embrace the power of composition, and let it bring focus, harmony, and visual strength to your paintings, captivating viewers and conveying your artistic vision effectively.
The Power of Patience: Take Your Time and Enjoy the Process
As a beginner artist, it's important to remember the power of patience when it comes to your artistic journey. Here's some helpful advice to keep in mind: 1. Embrace the Learning Curve: Recognize that art is a continuous learning experience. Don't be too hard on yourself if your initial attempts don't meet your expectations. Instead, view each artwork as an opportunity to learn and grow. Embrace the learning curve, celebrate small successes, and use any perceived "failures" as stepping stones to improvement. 2. Practice Consistently: Consistency is key to progress. Set aside dedicated time for regular practice, even if it's just a few minutes each day. Consistent practice helps develop your skills, enhances your creativity, and builds confidence in your artistic abilities. 3. Learn from a Variety of Sources: Expand your artistic horizons by seeking inspiration and knowledge from a variety of sources. Explore different art styles, study the works of masters, take online courses, read books, and follow tutorials. Exposing yourself to diverse influences helps you develop your own unique artistic voice. 4. Experiment and Take Risks: Don't be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and try new techniques or subject matters. Experimentation fosters creativity and allows you to discover your artistic preferences. Embrace the unknown, take risks, and let your curiosity guide you towards new artistic possibilities. 5. Practice Observation Skills: Train your observation skills by studying objects, nature, and people with mindful attention to detail. Observe how light falls on different surfaces, notice color variations, and study the intricacies of form and texture. Sharpening your observation skills enhances your ability to capture realism in your art and develop a discerning eye. 6. Celebrate the Process: Enjoy the process of creating art, rather than solely focusing on the end result. Embrace the moments of inspiration, the tactile experience of working with your chosen medium, and the relaxation that art can bring. Embrace the joys of self-expression and allow yourself to celebrate every step of your artistic journey. Remember, art is a personal and subjective expression of your unique perspective. Don't compare your progress or style to others. Instead, revel in the joy of creating, trust your instincts, and let your passion for art guide you. Enjoy the process, and you'll find that with patience and dedication, your artistic skills will blossom.
Embrace Your Creative Intuition: Trust Your Artistic Instincts
As an artist, one of the most valuable pieces of advice is to trust your artistic instincts and embrace your creative intuition. Here's why: 1. Authentic Expression: Your artistic instincts are a reflection of your unique perspective and inner voice. Embracing them allows you to communicate authentically through your art. Don't be afraid to explore unconventional ideas or challenge traditional norms. Let your intuition guide you towards creating artwork that truly reflects who you are as an artist. 2. Experimentation and Growth: Trusting your instincts opens doors to experimentation and personal growth. It encourages you to break free from creative boundaries and venture into new artistic territories. By following your intuition, you'll be more likely to take risks, explore different techniques, and discover new artistic possibilities. 3. Personal Satisfaction: Creating art is a deeply personal experience. When you trust your instincts, you'll find greater satisfaction in the creative process. Your artwork becomes a true reflection of your innermost thoughts, emotions, and visions. Following your instincts allows you to stay true to yourself and find fulfillment in your artistic endeavors. 4. Unique Artistic Voice: Each artist has their unique artistic voice and vision. Trusting your instincts helps you develop and refine that voice. By listening to your inner artistic compass, you'll embark on a journey of self-discovery, uncovering the elements and subjects that resonate with you the most. Ultimately, it is this authentic expression that sets your art apart and makes it truly memorable. 5. Pushing Boundaries: Great innovations in art often come from artists who trust their instincts and dare to push boundaries. Your intuition may guide you to experiment with unconventional techniques, explore new mediums, or challenge conventional ideas. Embracing your instincts opens up a world of possibilities and allows you to create art that is bold, unique, and thought-provoking. Remember, your artistic instincts are a powerful tool and a guiding compass on your creative path. Embrace them with confidence, let them be your source of inspiration, and watch as your artistry flourishes in unexpected and fulfilling ways. Trust yourself, and your artistic journey will become an exciting adventure filled with self-expression and creative fulfillment.
Invest Time in Practicing Fundamentals
As a beginner artist, it's crucial to focus on building a strong foundation for your artistic skills. By mastering the basics, you can establish a solid framework upon which you can further develop your artistic style and technique. Invest time in practicing fundamental techniques such as understanding and applying principles of composition, exploring color theory, practicing brush control, and honing your observation skills. Visiting our website at https://urartstudio.com by UrArtStudio can provide you with a wealth of free painting tips, step-by-step instructions, art video tutorials, unconventional paint brushes, and additional resources. Our platform aims to support and inspire beginner artists like you, offering a comprehensive range of educational materials to enhance your artistic growth. Embrace the learning process, be open to experimentation, and nurture your passion for art. With dedication and perseverance, you will undoubtedly progress and create works that reflect your unique artistic voice. Explore the vast world of artistry, and let your creativity bloom!
Unleash the Versatility: Fascinating Facts About Acrylic Painting
Acrylic painting is a dynamic and captivating medium that offers numerous possibilities for artistic expression. Here's an interesting fact about acrylic painting to deepen your appreciation for its versatility: Did you know? Acrylic paint dries incredibly fast, allowing artists to work at a rapid pace and achieve layering effects that would otherwise be challenging with other mediums. Because acrylic paint is water-based, it dries very quickly when exposed to air. This characteristic offers a unique advantage to artists by allowing them to build layers of paint more efficiently. Unlike oil paints that can take days or even weeks to dry, acrylic paint dries within minutes to hours, depending on the thickness of the application and environmental conditions. This fast drying time allows artists to quickly add subsequent layers or make modifications to their artwork without having to wait for extended periods. It enables the creation of intricate details, textured effects, and vibrant color combinations, all within relatively short time frames. Artists can explore various techniques like glazing, impasto, and wet-on-wet applications more easily due to the quick-drying nature of acrylic paints. Moreover, the fast drying time of acrylics is especially beneficial for artists who prefer to work spontaneously, allowing them to capture their creative ideas on canvas in a swift and responsive manner. It encourages experimentation and provides more flexibility for artistic exploration. In addition to its rapid drying properties, acrylic paint also offers the advantage of being water-soluble when wet. This allows for easier clean-up and the ability to achieve translucent or transparent washes by diluting the paint with water. Yet, once dry, acrylic paint forms a durable, water-resistant, and permanent layer on the surface, ensuring long-lasting and archival-quality artwork. Discover the fascinating world of acrylic painting, explore its versatility, and unleash your creativity. For more interesting facts, painting tips, step-by-step instructions, art video tutorials, unconventional paint brushes, and additional art resources, visit our website at https://urartstudio.com by UrArtStudio. Our platform is designed to inspire and support artists at every skill level. Paint with the expressive power of acrylics and watch your artistic vision come to life!
Unleash Your Brushstrokes: Embrace the Power of Texture
Texture is a powerful element in painting that can add depth, dimension, and visual interest to your artwork. Here's a valuable piece of advice to help you explore and harness the power of texture: Experiment with Different Tools and Techniques: Don't limit yourself to just using brushes. Explore unconventional tools and techniques to create captivating textures. Try using palette knives, sponges, cloth, or even your fingers to apply paint and add texture to your canvas. Each tool will produce a unique effect, allowing you to express your artistic vision in exciting and unexpected ways. Play with Thickness and Layering: Varying the thickness of your paint can also contribute to the overall texture of your artwork. Apply paint in thick impasto style for pronounced texture, or dilute your paint for smooth and fluid textures. Experiment with layering techniques, allowing each layer to partially show through, creating a sense of depth and complexity. Add Mix-ins and Collage Materials: Expand your artistic repertoire by incorporating mix-ins and collage materials into your paintings. Try adding sand, beads, fabric, or other textured elements to your artwork. These additions can create intriguing tactile sensations and visually enhance the overall texture of your piece. Explore Different Textured Surfaces: Consider using textured surfaces, such as canvas boards with a rougher grain or specialized textured canvases. These surfaces provide a foundation for your brushstrokes to interact with, resulting in enhanced texture and visual impact. Study and Learn from Master Artists: Look to the works of renowned artists who have mastered the use of texture in their paintings. Study their techniques and observe how they employ texture to evoke emotions or create focal points. Gain inspiration from their mastery and incorporate those insights into your own artistic style. Don't be afraid to push the boundaries and experiment with texture in your paintings. Texture adds depth and stimulates sensory experiences, inviting viewers to engage with your artwork on a more immersive level. For further guidance, painting tips, step-by-step instructions, art video tutorials, unconventional paint brushes, and additional resources, visit our website at https://urartstudio.com by UrArtStudio. Let texture become your ally in expressing the essence and complexity of your artistic vision. Unleash the power of texture and watch your artwork come alive in new and exciting ways!
Did you know?
In 1917, a urinal turned upside down became a famous work of art. Marcel Duchamp, a French artist, shocked the art world with his creation titled "Fountain." This artwork consisted of a standard urinal, which Duchamp signed with the pseudonym "R. Mutt" and submitted for an art exhibition organized by the Society of Independent Artists in New York City. Duchamp's bold act was an early example of what became known as "readymades" – ordinary, manufactured objects presented as works of art. By presenting an everyday object in a new context, Duchamp challenged traditional notions of art and forced viewers to question the definition and boundaries of artistic expression. Although initially controversial and rejected from the exhibition, "Fountain" went on to become one of the most influential artworks of the 20th century. It paved the way for conceptual art and transformed the understanding of what can be considered art. This fascinating art fact demonstrates the power of artistic provocation, the capacity of art to challenge conventions, and the endless possibilities for creativity and expression. It reminds us that art has the ability to transcend ordinary objects and spark thought-provoking conversations that shape the evolution of artistic movements.
Tip: Embrace the Power of Observation and Study Your Subjects
One of the most valuable skills for any artist, regardless of their level of expertise, is the ability to observe and study their subjects closely. Here's a helpful tip to guide you in honing your observational skills: Practice Active Observation: Take the time to really look at your subjects—whether it's a still life arrangement, a landscape, or a figure. Focus on capturing the details, the play of light and shadow, the textures, and the overall form. Train your eye to see beyond the surface and delve into the intricacies that make your subject unique. Develop Patience: Observation requires patience. Take your time to study your subject from different angles, in various lighting conditions, and at different times of the day. Allow yourself to truly absorb the essence of what you're observing. The more patient and attentive you are in your observation, the greater your understanding of your subject will be, and the more accurately you can represent it in your artwork. Engage Your Senses: Observation is not just about seeing; it's about engaging all your senses. As you study your subject, consider its scent, texture, and even the sounds associated with it. By involving all your senses, you'll create a deeper connection with your subject, resulting in more authentic and evocative artwork. Sketch and Take Notes: While observing, make quick sketches and take notes on what you're seeing. These visual and written records will capture important details that you might miss or forget later. They serve as valuable references when you're back in your studio, allowing you to recreate the essence of what you observed with accuracy and authenticity. Constantly Challenge Yourself: As you progress, challenge yourself to observe and depict subjects outside of your comfort zone. Explore a wide range of subjects, from everyday items to complex scenes, and push yourself to capture their unique characteristics. Embracing new challenges in your observation will broaden your artistic skills and expand your versatility as an artist. By honing your observational skills, you can bring a heightened level of detail, depth, and authenticity to your artwork. Embrace the power of observation, practice active looking, engage all your senses, and continuously challenge yourself. For further inspiration and guidance, visit our website at https://urartstudio.com by UrArtStudio, where you'll find more painting tips, step-by-step instructions, art video tutorials, unconventional paint brushes, and additional resources to enhance your artistic journey. So, keep observing, keep sketching, and let your keen eye for detail weave magic onto your canvas.
Abstract Expressions: Discover the Power of Texture in Mixed Media Art
Ignite your artistic soul and dive into the world of abstract expressions through the captivating realm of mixed media art. Explore the astounding potential of textures in your artwork, where layers, materials, and techniques converge to create stunning visual and tactile experiences. Blend acrylic paints with elements like sand, fabric, or paper to achieve captivating textures that add depth and dimension to your composition. Experiment with different tools and methods, from palette knives to sponges, to create intriguing patterns and unique effects on your canvas. Let your imagination run wild as you explore the interplay of color, shape, and texture, unlocking endless possibilities for self-expression. Whether it's bold and energetic strokes or subtle and intricate details, mixed media art allows you to push boundaries and break free from conventional limitations. Visit our website, https://urartstudio.com, to discover a wealth of inspiration, guidance, and tutorials on mixed media art. Learn from experienced instructors who will share their techniques and insights, helping you unlock the true potential of texture in your artistic creations. Immerse yourself in the world of abstract expressions through mixed media art and let your creativity flow. Unleash your inner artist and express your unique perspective in a tactile and visually stunning manner. The captivating realm of texture awaits—embrace it at UrArtStudio.com.