抽象艺术的艺术不是那种凯伦Day-Vath(查看个人网站)已经预见自己创建,但她的绘画发展的方向和结果一直好评。这里凯伦提供了解她的抽象艺术,创建一个名为普遍关系。用她自己的话说:
“我是一个自学成才的艺术家和自2002年以来一直画油画现在。我从没想过我会做任何与抽象绘画。我画的是印花风景,我猜你会称之为自我表现主义。我在画,使用明亮的颜色,不同的形式和旋转的形状和他们出来的我觉得很好。他们也收到我的同行。
“当我开始一个抽象的我永远都不知道它会在哪里带我。这很大程度上取决于当时的心情我在。我爱玩颜色和形式,它似乎显示出我内心的自我和我出生的创造力,永远不会知道,直到我开始绘画。我喜欢它给我的自由,创造一些从没有高。一步一步写这篇文章是一个挑战,因为我从来没有想过在一幅画的步骤,我只是画。但这是一个很好的学习经验。”
跟着凯伦的解释通过创建这张抽象艺术所涉及的各个步骤,称为普遍关系。
开始的抽象绘画的颜色
“我的第一步是把颜色弄下来。在我的画我有点反传统;我遵循任何规则,但我自己的。我和水溶性漆油。我不混合的颜色。我刚挤出的颜色我想上我的调色板和我刷浸入我沿着然后如果我必须把我通常做在画布上。我偏爱蓝色,紫色,红色,黄色,日落的颜色,颜色的宇宙。
“我现在没有方向,我穿上古典电台和我刷成水浸,吸干它,开始画淡黄色和白色的触摸一个对角线的中心,然后添加只是外面的淡黄色。我把黄色与红色橙色,就黑我。
”然后我添加一些深蓝色连同暗红填写其余的画布。我用我的胳膊,用宽阔的中风足以让帆布覆盖。我添加了一些波浪线在普鲁士蓝看在哪个方向,我想要这个…现在没有多少形式或存在只是颜色。”
抽象绘画开始发展
事情开始发生。我开始感觉能量和激情,真正开始玩我的颜色我开始使用只是一个触摸的亚麻籽油可用于水溶性涂料。我刷浸到水里,吸干抹布,加一点点油,然后吸干纸巾。我把我刷成白色的油漆调色板,混合成油漆得到我想要的一致性,同时还试图保持层薄。我添加更多的白色到黄色的中心。
“我有点普鲁士蓝和深蓝色使周边地区更深。我混合一些暗红正确在画布上到蓝色区域获得紫色色调,然后我添加一个触摸白色的。我决定删除蓝色波浪线和做其他事情而大红。油画很宽容,颜色总是可以改变或消失。
“我决定做一些直线曲线通过黄橙色区域与周围的深红色和蓝色的周边地区。我还想要一些柔软,所以我开始添加一些白色的蓝色。我曲线笔画,这样我就可以得到一个旋转的形式。我还没有决定在哪里我想去,但是我开始喜欢我所看到的。
“我通常一天离开我的画布,以便层之前,我就画可以干一些穿上一层。如果我开始画又太早我可以完成前面的漆层,同时将新的。”
定义抽象的中心
“这个时候我觉得我需要定义中心这将成为我的焦点。我把柠檬和白色和继续在这层,直到几乎所有的蓝色波浪线不见了。我把红色和淡黄色橙色,开始形成中心的外面。
“我需要清洁刷,并试图在蓝色区域时要小心我的橘子。我可以得到绿色的muddy-looking颜色和/或橙,我不想。我知道我将错过但小斑点总是可以结束后晚些时候。
“我移动我的画笔与宽阔的中风和轻微的曲线。我继续在画布上蓝色区域,我添加更多的普鲁士蓝和深蓝色,看看颜色我最喜欢的。然后我添加一些暗红和触摸白色的紫色。我看到我喜欢的深蓝色和深红色的紫色比普鲁士蓝。但是我也喜欢普鲁士蓝的黑暗,将它在特定的时间点。
“我喜欢黑暗的背景和颜色了。我使用更多的暗红,决定增加更多的直线与曲线。我用白色的做同样的事情。白色与蓝色混合和给出了曲线的透明度和发光颜色。底部的画我带大轮刷,蘸一点白,轻拍或点画结构看如何看。我喜欢添加一些纹理。”
退一步探讨抽象的
“我退一步,看看目前为止,我所做的。我的画也开始发展,我看到一波又一波的情感。我看到灵魂的纯洁包围可采取不同的道路。我看到精神起来的宇宙。
“我决定我有太多波浪白线。我想要深一点。我去这些地区一些普鲁士蓝。我继续层中心用柠檬,白色和橙色的蓝色线条和光明。我知道我想让中心“发光”。我继续玩,尝试的颜色。
“我的画布可以改变很多次当我绘画。有时,我已经开始在一个方向上,最终在一个完全不同的方向。
“我试着将一些黄白色的中心,看看效果。我得到一个黑暗的蓝绿色我不确定是否我想要的。我添加了一些紫色,橙色区域的下半部分,因为它进入蓝色。我继续填写背景与中风的普鲁士蓝,白色和深蓝色。
“我现在没有决定下一步我要做什么。我尝试一些纹理在蓝色区域内。我认为也许这可能太黑了。我喜欢,但有一些缺失,它还没有“有”。我最后决定,我应该休息一下,停止一段时间。”
回到油漆以新鲜的眼光
“我回到绘画以新鲜的眼光和准备做出改变。我决定太黑了。我需要一些深色,在右上角手部和删除紫色紫色。我使用宽曲线中风,然后添加一个触摸白色的蓝色带出来。然后我把它到左手边底部。
“我拿出粉红色的暗红和黑暗。我决定我想要的紫色在我的画,但是在哪里?我画下一条宽,弯曲的中间紫色;是的,我这样看。我继续去并添加一个触摸白色的紫色。我添加一个曲线的暗红。
“我现在感到的兴奋,完全知道我去的地方。我不能解释它,但是我能感觉到它。开始上升我的内心,就像一个海浪上来的水或一颗跳起来的宇宙。
“我继续,我和大纹理之间的黑暗地区圆刷,洒在普鲁士蓝,紫色,和一些白色软化的颜色和给它影响我找的。我刷一些淡黄色的底部中心看看如何看。颜色开始pPop,形状和曲线被拿出更多。”
增加抽象
“我觉得我与宇宙的广大地区的虚无在我身后,我上面漂浮起来。看到,是一个美丽的一部分。我们都是它的一部分,我们都绑在一起。我觉得我内心情感上升。我用我的画笔继续定义区域,添加更多的色彩,更有口感。现在我真的感到兴奋。
“我继续刷白色的紫色区域添加一个触摸我。我把定义的中期白色/黄色橙色区域。我决定给我带来更多的白色蓝色。我继续把暗红和添加更多的黄色区域,使之更红橙色,炽热的激情的颜色我现在感觉流淌过我。然后我线与一些柠檬的颜色和我正在寻找流动。
“我做一些更多的纹理和添加另一个紫色的丝带。我继续添加白色不同区域来减轻一些蓝色和紫色和大纲。我也添加更多的普鲁士蓝为蓝色区域只是一个触摸更蒙上一层阴影。我真的很喜欢我所看到的,丝带的颜色来自广阔的未知,最重要的是我感觉我深处。自由自在的感觉,精神上和情感上能够创建通过我的画,我们所有人连接到宇宙的关系。我生下我的情绪,我的灵魂。”
完成的抽象画
我的项目完成。我退后,让颜色带我走。我感觉精神在某种意义上与世界浑然一体。我的劳动和普遍联系刚刚出生。我喜欢这个名字。它描述了我所有的一切感受。如何我们都普遍以某种方式连接。
“当我刚开始我不知道会来的。通常与抽象对我来说它是如何工作的,它的发展开始呈现的形状和形式,,我开始感觉它。我能感觉到它当它击中我。它可能会马上或几乎接近尾声时的绘画几乎像一道闪电,它是。
“创造的感觉给了我巨大的喜悦和满足感。其次是“失望”或创建部分结束后给你的感觉。但幸运的是这并不长久,我走出一个新的帆布和接我刷,继续下一个。”
原文如下：
Getting Into Abstract Art
Abstract Art
Abstract art is not the kind of art Karen Day-Vath (view personal website) had foreseen herself creating, but her painting has developed in that direction and the results have been well received. Here Karen provides insight into how she creates one of her pieces of abstract art, entitled Universal Ties. In her own words:
"I am a self-taught artist and have been painting with oil on canvas now since 2002. I never thought I would do anything in conjunction with abstract painting. I painted mostly florals, landscapes, and I guess you would call it self expressionism. I played around with a couple of paintings, using bright colors, different forms and swirling shapes and I thought that they came out quite well. They were also well received by my peers.
"When I start an abstract I never know where it will take me. It depends a lot on the mood I am in at the time. I love to play with color and forms, it seems to bring out my inner self and the creativity which I was born with and never knew about until I started painting. I love the freedom it gives me; to create something from nothing is a total high. Writing this step-by-step article was a challenge because I'd never thought at the steps in a painting, I just painted. But it's been a great learning experience."
Follow Karen's explanations through the various steps involved in creating this piece of abstract art, called Universal Ties.
Starting the Abstract Painting with the Colors
Abstract Art
"My first step is to get the colors down. I am somewhat untraditional in my painting; I follow no rules but my own. I paint with water-soluble oils. I do not mix my colors ahead of time. I just squeeze out the colors I want onto my palette and dip my brush into them as I go along and then if I have to mix I usually do it on the canvas. I am partial to the blues, purples, reds, yellows, sunset colors, and colors of the universe.
"I have no direction right now, I put on my classical radio station and I dip my brush into water, blot it and start painting with light yellow mixed with a touch of white on a diagonal in the center, then adding just the light yellow on the outsides. I mix the yellow with red to get orange so that it gets darker as I go along.
"I then add some ultramarine blue along with alizarin crimson to fill in the rest of the canvas. I use my arm and paint with wide strokes enough to get the canvas covered. I add some wavy lines in Prussian blue to see in what direction I want to take this... Not much form or presence right now just color."
The Abstract Painting Begins to Develop
Abstract Art
Something is beginning to happen. I start to feel energy and emotion, and really start to play with my colors. I begin to use just a touch of the linseed oil that can be used with water-soluble paints. I dip my brush into the water, blot it on a rag, add just a touch of oil, then blot that on a paper towel. I put my brush into the white paint on my palette, mix it into the paint to get the consistency I want while still trying to keep the layer thin. I add more of the white to the center of the yellow.
"I mix a little Prussian blue in with the ultramarine blue to make the surrounding areas darker. I mix some alizarin crimson right on the canvas into the blue areas to get a purple hue here and there, then I add a touch of white to that. I decide to remove the blue wavy lines and do something else instead with alizarin crimson. Oil painting is very forgiving; colors can always be changed or gone over.
"I decide to make some lines and curves with the crimson around and through the yellow–orange area and over the blue surrounding areas. I also want some softness, so I start to add some white to the blue. I curve my brush strokes so that I can get a swirling form. I am still undecided on where I want this to go, but I am beginning to like what I see.
"I usually leave my canvas for a day, so that the layer I just painted can dry somewhat before I put on another layer. If I start painting again on it too soon I can pull off the previous layer of paint while putting on the new one."
Defining the Center of the Abstract
Abstract Art
"At this time I feel I need to define the center as this will become my focal point. I take lemon and white and continue to go over it in layers until almost all of the blue wavy lines are gone. I mix red and light yellow to make orange and start forming the outside of the center.
"I need to clean my brush quite a bit, and try to be careful when going over the blue areas with my oranges. I can get green and/or a muddy-looking color with the orange which I do not want. I know I will miss here and there but the little spots can always be gone over later.
"I move my brush with wide strokes and slight curves. I continue around the canvas in the blue areas, I add more Prussian Blue along with ultramarine blue to see what hue I like the best. I then add in some alizarin crimson and a touch of white for my purple. I see that I like the mix of the ultramarine blue and the crimson better for the purple than the Prussian blue. But I also like the Prussian blue for its darkness and will leave it in certain spots for now.
"I like the dark background with the colors coming up and out of it. I use more alizarin crimson and decide to add more lines with curves. I do the same with the white. The white mixes with the blue and gives the curves a bit of transparency along with lightening the colors. At the bottom of the painting I take a large round brush and dip it in a touch of white and dab or stipple to texture it to see how it will look. I like to add some texture here and there."
Stepping Back to Evaluate the Abstract
Abstract Art
"I step back and look at what I have done so far. My painting is beginning to evolve, I see waves of emotion. I see the purity of the soul surrounded by the different roads it can take. I see the spirit rising up and out of the universe.
"I decide I have too many wavy white lines. I want it a little darker. I go over those areas with some Prussian blue. I continue to layer my center with lemon, white and orange to cover the blue lines and to make it brighter. I know I want the center to "shine". I continue playing and experimenting with the colors.
"My canvas can change many times while I am painting. At times I have started in one direction and have ended up in a totally different direction.
"I try bringing some of the yellow-white out of the center to see what that effect will be. I get a dark blue-green color I am not sure whether I want or not. I add some purple to line the orange areas on the lower half as it goes into the blue. I continue to fill in the background with strokes of Prussian blue, white, and ultramarine blue.
"I am now undecided as to what I want to do next. I try some texturing here and there within the blue areas. I think perhaps it may be too dark now. I like it but there is something missing, it is not 'there' yet. I finally decide that I should take a break and stop for awhile."
Returning to Paint With a Fresh Eye
Abstract Art
"I come back to my painting with a fresh eye and ready to make changes. I decide it is too dark. I take some ultramarine blue and go over the upper right hand area and remove the violet purple. I use wide curvy strokes and then I add a touch of white to the blue to bring it out more. I then bring it through to the bottom left hand side.
"I take out the pink lining the alizarin crimson and make that darker. I decide I do want purple in my painting, but where? I paint a wide and curvy line down the middle with the purple; yes I like that look. I keep on going and add a touch of white to the purple. I add a curve of alizarin crimson to the top.
"I now feel the excitement of knowing exactly where I am going. I cannot explain it, but I can feel it. It’s starting to rise inside of me, like an ocean wave coming up and out of the water or a star jumping up and out of the universe.
"I continue on and I texture in between the darker areas with my large round brush, dabbing in Prussian blue, purple, and some white to soften the colors and to give it the effect I am looking for. I brush in some light yellow to bring out the bottom part of the center to see how it will look. The colors are beginning to 'pPop' and the shapes and curves are being brought out more."
Adding to the Abstract
Abstract Art
"I feel as though I am 'tied to the universe' that vast area of nothingness behind me, I am floating up and above from it. Seeing and being a part of the beauty of it. How we are all a part of it, how we are all tied together by it. I feel the emotion rising inside me. I use my brush to continue on defining areas, adding more color, more texture. I am really feeling the excitement now.
"I keep moving my brush over the purple area adding a touch of white as I go along. I keep defining my mid point of the white/yellow orange area. I decide to bring more white into my blue. As I continue on I remove the alizarin crimson and add more yellow to that area to make it more of a red orange, the fiery color of the passion I now feel coursing through me. I then line it with some lemon to bring out the color and that flow I am looking for.
"I do some more texturing and I add another ribbon of the purple. I continue to add white to different areas to lighten some of the blue and purple and also to outline them. I also add more Prussian blue to darken the blue areas just a touch more. I really like what I see, ribbons of color coming from the vast unknown, and most of all how I feel deep within my being. That feeling of being free, spiritually and emotionally, to be able to create through my painting, the ties that connect us all to the universe. I am giving birth to my emotions and my soul."
The Completed Abstract Painting
Abstract Art
My project is completed. I stand back and let the colors take me away. I am feeling spiritual in a sense of being one with the world. My labor is over and Universal Ties has just been born. I like the name. It describes exactly how I feel about it. How we are all universally connected in some way.
"When I first started I had no idea what would come out of it. That is usually how it works for me with abstracts, as it evolves it starts to take on shape and form, and I start to feel it. I can feel it when it hits me. It could come right away or almost towards the end of the painting almost like a bolt of lightening and there it is.
"The feeling of having created something gives me a great sense of joy and satisfaction. Then there is the “letdown” or the feeling you get when the creation part is over. But fortunately that doesn’t last very long as I get out a new canvas and pick up my brush and go on to the next one."
