Abstract Art

Wikipedia, sums up abstract art really well... "Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world."

A little exersize i like to do, is ill look around me and find a series of objects. Then i select areas of the object, as if you "zoom-in" on them, and draw it on the page and keep adding different shapes and textures. Eventually, you will come up with somewhere very abstract that doesn't look like the objects you started with but gives you a sort of, template, to work with!

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Here are two websites where it takes you through some easy steps to painting or drawing abstract art:

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Random-Abstract-Drawing

http://painting.about.com/od/stepbysteppaintingdemos/ss/KarenDayVath_7.htm

http://www.art-is-fun.com/how-to-paint-abstract-art.html