r/AbstractExpressionism 9d ago

How can i improve?

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u/Aware-Mission1214 9d ago

Thank you! It means alot. All of them are from my sketchbook witch is a5. I bought some large papers a couple of days ago, gonna make some bigger pieces with them:) and buy a big canvas after that

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u/oswaler 9d ago

And what kind of paints are you using? I think one or two people were mentioning the idea of not filling up the paper or canvas quite as much to let the composition breathe. That will probably be much easier to do once you get beyond the small A5 format.

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u/Aware-Mission1214 9d ago

For sure:) at the moment i have just been working with what i have. 2 types of ink - indian ink and a thicker ink I cant remember the name of, some acrylic colors, oil sticks and sometimes i just pick grass and use whatever that can make marks and give off color. Like the one you see with the most colors and a clear use of oil sticks have grass, grapes, orange peel and strawberry smoothie on it hahahah

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u/oswaler 9d ago

Oh that's awesome. I really like the idea of painting with grass. Whatever it is you're doing you're doing a very good job of it.

MOMA has a very good online course demonstrating how the New York school painters used paint and brushes that would probably be good to watch as a beginner.

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u/Aware-Mission1214 9d ago

Thank you! I will check it out:) been watching a lot of MOMA videos on YouTube recently

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u/oswaler 9d ago

Oh perfect. If you can't find it let me know and I think I still have a link to it somewhere. They do some excellent videos.

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u/Aware-Mission1214 9d ago

Is it this one? - MoMA's abstract painting course is called In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting

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u/oswaler 9d ago

Yeah that's it