Defining Expansion #3
©2010 Wendy Froshay

Abstracts are Easy - Anyone Can Do an Abstract!

Many people mistakenly believe that abstract painting is the easiest type of painting to create. Just slap some paint on the canvas and you’re good to go, right?

Wrong.

It’s ALL About the Composition. . .
The Elements of Design
For an abstract to be successful, or any piece of art, whether it’s contemporary, photo realism, abstract or sculpture - it must utilize good elements of design.

Do You Know These Basic Components of Design?

• Center of Interest
• Emphasis
• Color Harmony
• Value
• Rhythm
• Unity
• Balance
• Repetition
• Variety
• Movement
• Format
• Texture

And Then There are Those Darn Rules!

• Rule of Odds
• Rule of Space
• Rule of Thirds
• Rule of Opposites
• The Interval Rule
• The Eye Path Rule

Do you know how to use these elements and rules? Do you know how and when to break the rules? Do you understand sweetspots, leads, pointers, blocks and exits? If not, then yup, you are just throwing paint on the canvas.