Intro to Abstract Painting

Exercise:Abstract Number Painting

Objective:To learn how to compose an abstract imageTo explore and develop hard-edge paintingTo implement 3 colour harmonies

Hard edge painting:is the application of paint with abrupt or sharp transitions between colours. This approach to

abstract painting became popular in the 1960s.

Hard-edge Artists& Examples of their Work

Frank Stella

Victor Vasarely(also known for op art)

Robert Indiana

Al Held

Ellsworth Kelly

Brice Marden

Kenneth Noland

Ad Reinhardt

Jack Youngerman

Activity: Abstract Number Painting

Step 1: Divide the compositional space into three spaces vertically and eight spaces horizontally.

Step 2: Select a favourite number and create a list of symbols or words to express the number you chose.

Step 3: Select a three colour harmony.

Triadic: This scheme uses three colors. They are evenly spaced from each other. (example: red, yellow, and blue)

Step 3: Select a three colour harmony (cont’d).

Anagalous: This scheme uses adjacent hues. (example: red, red-orange, and red-violet)

Step 3: Select a three colour harmony.

Split-complementary: any hue and the two adjacent to its complement. (example: red, yellow-green, and blue-green)

Step 3: Begin applying your colour scheme.

Anagalous? Triadic?OR

or split-complementary?

Special thanks to Joy for the lesson idea via: http://arted20.ning.com/

Frank Curkovic