The Beginners Guide to Abstract Art is an inspirational but practical book that will help artists to paint in a less figurative way. Laura Reiter demonstrates different ways to approach an abstract painting from just a little bit abstract to completely abstract. She does this by focussing on ideas and themes as starting points; looking at the creative processes involved and more unusual techniques. Laura Reiter also covers how to use materials creatively - watercolour; acrylics; mixed media and collage - and how to experiment with colour and composition. There is also details on texture; simple printing; mark making; colour and its meaning; and sources of inspiration. Several projects are included; and; in addition to Lauras vibrant; colourful paintings; the work of several other contemporary abstract artists is featured. Previously published in hardback as Painting Accessible Abstracts.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Pennicks Paen to his beloved Chapel; an arcane treasure troveBy Daniel ShawThe Chapel at Kings College; Cambridge; London; is a treasure trove of history; with a large helping of arcane symbolism; revealed in minute detail by master of Earth Mysteries; Nigel Pennick. Unfortunately; like so many geomantic constructions in history and "pre-history" the (originally unfinished) masterwork Chapel has weathered many assaults by later hands ignorant of the significance of the original plan. Pennick shows the Chapel as part of a beautifully symmetric patter of three overlapping circles. Cambridge has numerous colleges and chapels in a very small area of several blocks and Pennicks analyis of the geometric pattern of buildings astounds.
