Uncover Abstract Painting Treasures in Your Sketchbook with this Easy Technique
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- In this video, we’ll go over one way to uncover abstract painting treasures in your sketchbooks and art journals. In this fun and spontaneous art demo, I'll show you one of my favorite and easy techniques for finding those hidden gems within your artwork.
I start off with a quick 8x10 inch intuitive and expressive warm-up painting in my sketchbook. Using a mix of vibrant lime green, rich Winsor blue, striking magenta, bright cadmium yellow light hue, and titanium white acrylic paint, I let my creativity flow freely. I begin by creating random marks with alcohol markers and a fine-tip applicator filled with Mars black acrylic paint.
➡️This abstract painting on Etsy - www.etsy.com/listing/17297860...
Once the warm-up painting is complete, the real magic begins. I grab a 5x7 inch white mat and start to analyze sections of the painting, looking for those hidden abstract treasures and opportunities to bring harmony to the artwork. This matting technique is fantastic for focusing on different parts of your artwork and uncovering surprising details that you might have overlooked.
Throughout this art demo, I emphasize the importance of using your sketchbook and art journal as playgrounds for experimentation. They are perfect spaces for discovering new techniques and letting your creativity run wild. As I move the mat around the painting, you'll see how small, framed sections can reveal incredible abstract treasures and inspire new pieces of art.
By the end of this video, you'll have a fresh perspective on how to uncover hidden gems in your sketchbooks and art journals. So, grab your supplies, get comfortable, and join me in this art demo to explore the fascinating world of abstract painting. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more creative inspiration!
And remember, keep on painting!
➡️50 Abstract Warm-up Painting Prompts www.etsy.com/listing/16615441...
-Links to some of my favorite painting tools-
➡️ Fine Tip Applicator Bottle - amzn.to/3S8C39I
➡️ 2.5 Inch Rubber Roller, Paint Brayer - amzn.to/3Hshgcq
➡️ Golden State Art Pack of 25 White Pre-Cut 8x10 Picture Mat for 5x7 - amzn.to/3Yqvged
➡️ Canson XL Series Watercolor Pad, Heavyweight White Paper - amzn.to/3R7kAim
➡️ Canson XL Series Mixed Media Pad - amzn.to/49dSlou
➡️ Silicone painting brushes (Color shapers) amzn.to/3oMpd6w
➡️ Royal & Langnickel Azure, 13pc Dual-Tip, Alcohol Based Marker Set - amzn.to/3J0PhBs
➡️ Matte Gel Medium - amzn.to/3U4XQAl
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Thanks!
Wow! Thank you so much, Kelly! I'm working on a new recording set up so it's easier to create some videos where I paint on larger canvases. This will help with that! I appreciate all of your support ❤️❤️❤️
@@chrisloudart that’s my goal - wanted to throw a little your way for that
I have to admit
I am a selfish person - have to keep the Chris Loud videos rolling :)
Well, it's truly appreciated!❤️
I love it with some of the orange ball showing for sure. Chris, your videos are so creative and fresh, there is something very delightful about watching yours - always makes me say 'oh good' when I see one pop up. Thanks!
Hey Kathy! Thank you much-I'm so happy you like these! For me the orange area just needed to be in the final painting. 😊
I love the use of the mesh as a stencil, gives a grunge feel. I’m going to use this! Thanks Chris.🇨🇦
Thanks, Helene! That was the first time I'd used that particular mesh as a stencil and I really liked the raw, scratchy look it gave me. I want to try a much bigger piece next time. Cheers!😊
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this 😊
Hey Maggie! My pleasure-thanks for watching!😊
Like the final project. Great job on it all.
Thank you, Debbie!
I really like this one, the little bit of pinky orange looks like a goldfish face coming to the surface of a pond and the tadpoles fit right in there. As always another great demo, thank you Chris. Cheers!
Thanks so much, Howling! I love that view of this one. People are seeing quite a different animals in this painting-so far a guinea pig, sea lion (me), bumble bee and now goldfish and tadpoles. That's why I love abstract so much. Cheers!
@@chrisloudart I'll have to watch it again to see what else I can see! Cheers!
That’s what I saw, too! 😀
Love the colors and your final version!
Thank you, Peggy! I appreciate it 😊
Another inspiring session Chris! I thought it was cool how you tried out sections diagonally too.
Thanks so much, Yolande! I'm so glad you like this!😊
Love this process
Thanks, Roxann! ❤️
I was sad when you painted over the bumble bee but you sure saved it in the end. Beautiful!
Thanks, Susie! I hadn't even noticed a bumble bee, but looking back I think I see it. Well, there are plenty more bumble bees to be painted. I used to paint honeybees quite a bit. Might have to paint a few today!🐝
@@chrisloudart well well well! It’s awfully nice that my comment is an inspiration for you! Can’t wait to see it! Did you go back and see how cool your bee was before you made your first vertical swipe of green?
Oh, yeah! I went back to look at what you were referring to and totally see it. Thanks for the inspiration!!!
@@chrisloudart in the end, it’s a beautiful painting!
@@user-hx5gk2fj3h Thank you!
J'aime celui que vous avez choisit mais j'aimais bien aussi le vertical du milieu haut 😍...merci pour vos videos toujours sympas Chris 🙏🌸💛🧡💚
Merci beaucoup Sonia! ❤️
Hi Chris! Im at about 9:24 into rhe gideo. I LOVE what you call the disjointed part! It looks like a boat in the water with. Kind of chunky madt sticking up. It reminds me of a book im reading right now - meaning thie pic makes me feel like im in the book. Its fabulous! Ok back to the video ❤
Thanks, Susan! Now I have to know what book you're reading🙂📚
Hallo Chris, wieder ein großes Danke für das teilen der Gedanken. Ich bin mal wieder ziemlich schnell an meine Grenzen gestoßen und hätte ziemlich schnell aufgegeben, es war so viel los auf dem Bild. Danke für die Ordnung die entstanden ist.
Mein Favorit ist die rechte Seite mit dem Netz oben rechts.
Lieber Gruß
Sabine
Hallo Sabine! Normalerweise beginne ich mit dem Malen, indem ich Chaos und ein bisschen Unordnung schaffe, und suche dann nach einer Möglichkeit, das wieder in Ordnung zu bringen. Vielen Dank fürs Zuschauen und für Ihr Feedback!
This is amazing! Thank you for sharing this, it’s very inspiring ❤️
Hey LM! I really appreciate your kind words ❤️ Thank you so much!
I've been doing this a lot recently. But, only using 1 colour to play around with values. I had some great little pieces to translate onto a larger canvas. It was just an experiment that worked out well. I think you have to experiment. I simply adore your colour scheme.
Thanks, Morgan! I totally agree with you about experimenting. I'm a big "what if...?" person.😊
Love that you tried the diagonal! Most artists don’t seem to think of that when using a viewer. Imo, muting the large black mark was a significant improvement. Didn’t mind the dots, really liked the orange.
Thanks, Kay! I appreciate your feedback. I agree with you, the muted black actually grew on me. The orange area was one of my favorite parts of this painting.
I am impressed by the whole process, Chris... you go through so many phases, and initially I thought some of the dots were okay. But as you started selecting areas, it elt like little creatures under a microscope! Big fan of the vertical version with the "orange" glow on the left.
Ah... and indeed, now you decided to follow my advice and go for the orange. So good of you.😊😊😊
Haha...I was thinking to myself, which orientation would Emmanuel like.😊 Looks like I guessed correctly. Yeah, the dots kind of worked sometimes, but overall I wasn't a fan. I felt liked the couple that ended up in the final piece worked, so I Ieft them in.
Love the result and thank you so much for sharing information about selling, I agree with you about being able to afford original art. I´d love if you could make a video showing your studio and your setup for filming. I use my cellphone but it´s hard to do a lot with it. Greetings from Mexico ❤
Thanks, Priscilla! I have a tiny, messy studio, but would be happy to do a quick video showing it and my filming set up. I still use my mobile phone to film. I gave myself a goal of filming with my phone for the first year and now after a year and a half of using it, I'm getting ready to buy a camera to film with. The phone does have its limitations, but overall it gets the job done. Greetings from Colorado.❤️
Admirável talento ao misturar cores, formas e linhas e resolvê-las em várias posições. Obrigada por compartilhar! ❤
Olá Fernanda! Muito obrigado 😊
Hi Chris! I came by again to visit the now buried bumble bee! I love this one so much. Anyway, hope you don't mind but I'm going to post a couple questions for you on Instagram in DM. I still love this one, Chris! Buzz Buzz Buzz!
Hey, Susie! I was just thinking of painting bees this morning. I don't mind at all. I'll try to get to your questions as soon as I can.
That is so intuitive of us! WOW!
Thanks Chris, appreciate that and there’s no hurry.
Always a delightful treat.
Thanks so much, Frank!
What a great video! You taught so much - love the selling tips and looking at the painting diagonal, for some reason I never went there
I love the section you ended up
With
Great painting ❤❤❤
Thanks, Kelly! I was a little worried that I went a little off course talking about selling, so I'm glad to hear that was beneficial. 😊❤️
@@chrisloudart noooooo we love to hear your thoughts on that :)
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Was so hoping for a 180 turn to C from that perspective. Vertical/horizontal... art has to B saying something. The framed work was me looking at a sunset without my glasses 😅, Ann,Florida fan
Hey Ann! Haha...funny enough I titled this one "lying down in the green summer shimmer with squinted eyes". I thought the same thing, it looked like a sunset with blurred vision. We think alike! 😊
Thanks for the reminder to look at your art in different ways.
When you create a piece do you tend to start and finish with the same orientation? Or are there times you plan a certain direction but then when you turn it you see a better angle?
Loved those white splashes. I do love splashes.
When doing the viewfinder, the one you discounted in the bottom left with the dots showing to the side and bottom, I actually liked. The dots, to me, flowed and gave the impression of movement.
Thank you!❤️ I'm always open to finishing in a different orientation. If it is a more representational abstract, I tend to finish in the orientation I began with, but I love to turn the painting and work on it with a different point of view.
I sometimes get a little splash happy, but they usually add such energy and interest in my opinion.
Because I was creating this video, I didn't give the painting time to sit and then look at it with fresh eyes. Watching the video now I see many versions that I initially didn't like, that I am now a fan. The bottom left is one of those. It's always good to walk away and come back with fresh eyes, but not always easy to do. 😕
@chrisloudart I left a comment on your turn ordinary objects into abstract art video. Not sure if it fell through the cracks.
I just looked through all of the comments for that video, but I'm not seeing one from you. Do you see it?
@chrisloudart weird, yes I see it. Here’s the comment copied over...
Hi Chris, I have colour shapers, I also have a thin, more solid plastic tool, more used for applying texture paste through stencils etc. I am considering investing in a catalyst wedge. Would it be a good addition and does its use differ from the colour shapers for instance?
When you recreate these pieces onto a larger scale, how much are you trying to replicate and keep true to the original? Or are you starting with this piece as your reference but letting intuition lead the direction?
I've only really got fully into art and mixed media over the past couple of years, as a wonderful yet unexpected outcome of using art in my counselling to access emotional trauma. Isn't it amazing what art can do?!
I'm very much an experimenter, I love to try everything. I'm still working my way through the ways to play with paint and other things.
I do art just for myself in my art room called The Shinery. I'm on Facebook if you would like to have a look...
facebook.com/PSRShinery
I would like a square which excludes the orange form. I daresay that might make it a less common frame shape.
The orange form distracts me because I keep seeing the head of a guinea pig wearing a white sweatband peering over something and he looks as if he shouldn't be in the picture - he's crew not cast.
Enjoyed the video - thanks
Thanks, noname! This is by far my favorite comment in a while.🤣🤣🤣 I totally see the guinea pig with the sweatband! Funny enough I saw a sea lion-the orange is its eye, mouth and whiskers above the yellow with dots. But the guinea pig...lol...love it!❤️
@@chrisloudart Yes, I can't believe I didn't see the whiskers.
I feel like the dots didn't work either -- was wondering if you have any ideas about *why* -- what is it about their -- I dunno, color, organization, size, pattern, other -- that didn't work?
Hey Jenny! I wasn't as bothered by the dots in the yellow, but my initial thoughts as to why the dots in general didn't work were 1) I felt the orange was the main draw for the eye and they were too close to the orange, therefore, creating more of a distraction from the focal point and 2) even thought they were small their more rectangular shape didn't fit the style of the rest of the painting. What are your thoughts as to why they didn't work?
@@chrisloudart Hi - I don't know why those pesky dots don't work. Every time I try to put dots or pattern it fails . . . . If I use something, like a bit of stuff that serves as a stencil or whatever, that will work better -- anyway -- just interersting -- love your vids j
Thanks so much! Yeah, sometimes they work for me and sometimes they really pull away from the painting. Eventually we'll figure it out 😊👍