What is abstract style in art?

Abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect. Wassily Kandinsky. Cossacks (1910–1) Tate. Strictly speaking, the word abstract means to separate or withdraw something from something else.

What should I look for in abstract art?

Abstract paintings can also be appreciated in terms of the individual elements of art: color, shape, line, texture, space, value, etc. An abstract artist’s skills lie in his or her ability to use colors and textures to their best visual strength and to create a sound composition from these elements.

What are the two types of abstract art?

There were two types of Abstract Expressionists: Action Painting as exemplified by Jackson Pollock, and Colorfield Painting represented by Mark Rothko.

Where do I start abstract painting?

6 Abstract Art Prompts to Jump Start Your Creativity

Connect 7 dots. Literally, dot your surface seven times and get started connecting them with pattern and texture, color and any kind of mark that comes out of you.
Use your non-dominant hand to start.
Alter your surface.
Only one color.
Only one tool.
Close your eyes.

What is an abstract picture?

Abstract photography, sometimes called non-objective, experimental or conceptual photography, is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes or materials.

What are some famous abstract paintings?

Wassily Kandinsky (1866 – 1944)

Piet Mondrian (1872 – 1944)

Kazimir Malevich (1878 – 1935)

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887 – 1986)

Mark Rothko (1903 – 1966)

Clyfford Still (1904 – 1980)

Willem de Kooning (1904 – 1997)

Franz Kline (1910 – 1962)

Jackson Pollock (1912 – 1956)

Helen Frankenthaler (1928 – 2011)

What are some examples of abstract art?

Carlo Carrà. Over his career,he worked in Cubism as well and many of his paintings were abstractions of reality.

Umberto Boccioni. His work often depicts physical motion as is seen in “States of Mind” (1911).

Kazimir Malevich. One of his best-known works is “Black Square” (1915).

Jackson Pollock.

What is an example of an abstract painting?

line.

color.

texture.

shape.

form.

value.

How to create your own abstract artwork?

Craft paint in your color choice (or use any paint you already have on hand for free!)

Blank Paper (grab it from your printer!)

Paint Brush

Pair of frames (I pick them up at the Goodwill whenever I see some that I like- these used to have random Italian coast pictures in them!)