Abstract Painting from Lesson #2
Teacher gave us a sheet of paper with 12 design types of abstract paintings and our assignment was to create a painting using one of those designs. I decided to use Circles because I just think they are fun. I found some lids, plates and cups usable for templates and drew a variety of overlapping circles. The next step was to erase the pencil marks. A previous time I had used pen and was unable to cover the pen marks. This time I not only erased the not needed pencil marks, I covered those areas with gesso. Gesso works as well as white paint and is less expensive. I seem to have a lot of trouble with lines showing through.
The attached photo showed my creation, but the dark green was too dark after applying many layers to get the paint uniform. I decided to use a lighter green, but rather than apply it directly onto the dark green, I covered the dark green with gesso and then painted with a lighter green and changed one circle to yellow. There is still one more question: Should I leave the outside white? I’ll get that answered tomorrow in class and keep you posted on the final painting.