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Talking about art is almost as much fun as doing art and few things are as much fun as making art! Here are some thoughts I have on the subject of painting.
Posted on 12/1/2021 10:14:19 AM
By Nina Allen Freeman
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Untethered by Nina Allen Freeman
“How do I start an abstract?” “I'm a realist painter, I don't know how to paint abstract.” These are comments I hear from my students frequently. One thing is true for me, abstract painting is difficult. With realism, you draw out objects, people or landscape and and work from there. These, of course, have their own challenges, but the forms are there already. Abstraction comes from within. The artist creates all the same things; shapes, color, line, contrast, texture, and more, but without a base in reality. [...]
