Abstract Art & Why You Should Be Interested
 

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Art Lessons by Captain Watercolor

Abstract Watercolor Painting

When I started painting I read a book about watercolour. It said, "If you paint long enough you will become an abstract artist. No way I thought.

 

 

You know what happened? Yup, it was true.

 

 

Check out this 2-1/2 minute lesson. You will be surprised.

 

 

Watercolor is perfectly suited for abstract painting. Technically, abstract art is a representation of the essence of the thing, and not necessarily the appearance of it. An example is this painting of a stone bridge. Clearly, the bridge does not look like that, yet I think it expresses the nature of the bridge,

Watercolor palette showing a warm and cool paint for each of the primary colorsThis is a map of the captains color
palette.
See materials list below.

PAINTS

........( sedimentary )

0 - Red

1 - Yellow

2 - Green

3 - Blue

.......( non sedimentary )

4 - Cool Blue

5 - Warm Blue

6 - Warm Red

7 - Cool Red

8 - Warm Yellow

9 - Cool Yellow


PAPER
BRUSHES


For an explanation of the properties of the paints, ( Like warm and cool ) see the lesson on paints in the materials section.

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