Painting and Understanding Abstract Art

di John Lowry (Autore)

The Crowood Press Ltd, 2010

Painting and Understanding Abstract Art is a practical book on how to paint abstracts but it also explains how to approach and understand abstract art. It moves the teaching of art from a doing level of painting a certain subject in a particular medium to a thinking level of 'what am I doing when I paint?' and 'what am I trying to say in this painting?' Using practical exercises with explanatory text, John Lowry develops the thinking and doing processes together and leads the reader to a greater understanding and appreciation of this most exciting art genre. Advice on moving from figurative painting towards abstraction Tools to abstraction explained - simplifying and exaggerating; eliminating curves and straights; changing colours, lines and items ; emphasising positive and negative shapes; and using contrast Practical exercises to help develop your own style and understand the techniques of the masters Overview of the lives and times of artists involved in the stage-by-stage evolution from realism to abstraction

• Autore: John Lowry
• Editore: The Crowood Press Ltd
• Anno: 2010
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 160 p.
• Dimensioni: 280 x 220 mm
• Peso: 596 gr.
• EAN: 9781847971715

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