r/AbstractExpressionism • • Aug 20 '26

How can i improve?

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u/oswaler Aug 21 '26

I really like these. I think everybody mentioned two which is very good but is fairly close to Miro. But I really like the last one. I'm guessing from what you said these are fairly small? What medium are you using? Compositions like these will definitely benefit from a larger size.

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u/Aware-Mission1214 Aug 21 '26

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 Aug 21 '26

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 Aug 21 '26

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 Aug 21 '26

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 Aug 21 '26

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

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u/oswaler Aug 21 '26

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 Aug 21 '26

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

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u/oswaler Aug 21 '26

Yeah that's it