December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
Art can elicit a powerful emotional response from the viewer by using abstract rather than figurative means. Abstract Expressionism, a 1950s American-based art movement, was the first to explore the possibilities of this approach.
• Mark-making through gesture. Energetic and dynamic brush marks can record and dramatize the physical gestures used to make them.
• Scale. Size and scope can have physical and psychological impact.
• Texture. Heavy impasto or the addition of textural materials increases the physical presence of a painting.
• Color and tone. Tone and color can be manipulated to achieve disturbing, mysterious, or disquieting effects.
• Surface tension. Expressive elements can be composed across a surface ...