Composition Design for Abstract Art

Overview

“There are always materials and techniques that are better suited to the style we have. During this lesson, I will share with you the techniques that have served me the best over the years.”

In this video lesson Hola Lou addresses the topic: Painting technique, which is part of the Domestika online course: Composition Design for Abstract Art. Learn to conceptualize ideas by combining art and design to create unique pieces with markers, acrylic paint, and digital tools.

Partial transcription of the video

“Painting Techniques In this lesson, we'll start applying paint on our paper. I already have the white here, and I'll teach you some techniques I use to make the painting look really smooth. As I mentioned, the brushes we use for this will have straight or diagonal bristles. What we're going to do is try to keep the brush as steep as possible for super smooth brushstrokes. Something else you should keep in mind is that painting requires practice, just like anything else. I would tremble a lot when painting, but now it's really easy for me. There are no shortcuts here; you just have to practi...”

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Course summary for: Composition Design for Abstract Art

• Level: Beginner
• 95% positive reviews (189)
• 5940 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (1h 50m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Areas

  Design, Digital Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Traditional illustration