Painting and Understanding Abstract Art_John Lowry_9781847971715_The Crowood Press Ltd

Author: John Lowry

Format: Paperback | 160 pages

Dimensions: 220 x 280 x 12mm | 596g

Publication date: 31 Jul 2010

Painting and Understanding Abstract Art is a practical book on how to paint abstracts but it also explains how to approach and understand abstract art. It moves the teaching of art from a doing level of painting a certain subject in a particular medium to a thinking level of 'what am I doing when I paint?' and 'what am I trying to say in this painting?' Using practical exercises with explanatory text, John Lowry develops the thinking and doing processes together and leads the reader to a greater understanding and appreciation of this most exciting art genre.

Advice on moving from figurative painting towards abstraction

Tools to abstraction explained - simplifying and exaggerating; eliminating curves and straights; changing colours, lines and items ; emphasising positive and negative shapes; and using contrast

Practical exercises to help develop your own style and understand the techniques of the masters

Overview of the lives and times of artists involved in the stage-by-stage evolution from realism to abstraction