Painting: Colorful Abstraction

Overview:

This painting practice focuses on how to choose and mix vibrant colors while playfully express your own voice and style.

Materials:

• 30x30" stretched canvas
• Heavy body and liquid acrylic paints
• Brushes
• Palette
• Optional: spray bottle with water, rags, household items for stamping, marking, and scratching

Process:

• Light a candle or incense, and play some hypnotic music, nature sounds, or a meditation.
• Have your sketchbook nearby for doodle inspiration.
• On your palette, squeeze out some white and black paint, plus a few colors you're feeling drawn to.
• With movement and emotion, let your paint spread across the canvas.
• Use the Painting Prompts pdf below to keep moving if you get stuck.

Sketchbook Reflection:

• Write any thoughts before, during, and after the painting about your experience. Highlight any key revelations.

Resources:

• Painting Prompts II (pdf)
• Meghan Oona's Color Inspo Board (pinterest)
• Color Wheel (dick blick)
• Color Theory (wiki)