Learning to Abstract
LOVE this book! So as the title of my blog states, I am learning to do (and understand) Abstract Art . I am working my way through a FABULOUS book (which I borrowed from my local library) titled A Practical Guide To Freeing The Artist Within - Expressive Drawing by Steven Amoine. LOVE IT!!!!! I am only about 1/3 of the way through the book, but I have learned sooooo much already!! I highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning (or making) abstract art!! I'm doing most of the work in one of my many Art Journals, but some of the work I'm doing on typing paper (such as the Lines Tryptic) and on blank newsprint (such as the Dithering Echos). Dithering Echos One of the first things I did was an automatic drawing I called Dithering Echos. The book starts you out with the basics of getting lines down on paper without intention (in other words... let the lines flow from you without a preconceived idea of how or what they will be like). My
