How to paint abstracts
Martín i Roig, Gabriel, 1970-2012
Book
Books in Barron's Pocket Art Guides series offer practical advice and instruction to art students and amateur painters. Each of these books focuses on a specific aspect of painting or drawing, and includes many tips that even experienced professionals will find new and helpful. All titles have many captioned color illustrations, as well as enlightening notes on how famous artists solved specific problems. This book describes different approaches to creating an abstract painting, ranging from simplification and distortion of identifiable subjects to the rendering of pure abstract forms. It also explains that artists who abandon figurative references must nevertheless demonstrate command of composition and color theory. Examples of abstract canvases by artists including Paul Klee and Robert Delaunay are shown and analyzed.
Main title:
How to paint abstracts / [text, Gabriel Martin Roig ; exercises, Gabriel Martin ... [et al.] ; photography, Nos & Soto ; translated from the Spanish by Michael Brunelle and Beatriz Cortabarria].
Work:
Edition:
1st English ed.
Imprint:
Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, 2012.
Collation:
95 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translated from the Spanish.Originally published as: Como pintar abstracto. Barcelona, Spain : Parramon Ediciones, 2010.
Contents:
Abstracting reality -- Abstract techniques -- Styles and interpretations.
ISBN:
07641645549780764164552
Dewey class:
759.0652
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1895
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Art and Culture | ARTS 759.0652 MART | On loan - Due: 07 Jul 2026 |