Abstract Art

Learn to express your emotions and perspectives through the powerful use of color, rhythm, and shape. Create vibrant abstract art pieces while improving your composition and color mixing skills.

Course Learning Objectives:

• Color mixing techniques and theory
• Working with and developing color palettes
• Expressing emotions and moods through color choices
• Intuitive painting approaches and methods
• Abstract composition principles

Detailed Course Curriculum

• Day 1: Abstraction Foundations. An overview of the history and application of abstract art. Exploration of how color, value, shape, line, texture, and movement combine in pleasing ways in both abstract and realistic art. Students will work on abstracting a realistic masterpiece of their choice.
• Day 2: Color Exploration. Learn to mix your own colors from a limited number of premade pigments. Discover techniques for creating an infinite range of colors. Students will create palettes featuring warm-only, cool-only, and complementary color schemes.
• Day 3: Spontaneity and Structured Composition. Instructors will demonstrate a complete creative process for developing an abstract painting: how to start, develop, and finish a work effectively. Students will create quick thumbnail studies to explore composition ideas.
• Days 4 through 6. Students work independently on their abstract artwork, applying techniques learned throughout the course to create pieces of their own choosing.