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By Marion Boddy-Evans, About.com Guide to Painting since 2002

Abstract Painting Step by Step: Heat 1

Saturday May 10, 2008
Follow the development of an abstraction painting called Heat 1 from the initial blocking in of the base color to the finished painting. It was done in acrylics using a limited palette of oranges and yellows, plus titanium buff and titanium white, on an unusually tall and narrow canvas.

I set out knowing it was going to be an abstraction, rather than a realistic painting, with colors that reflected the intense heat and dryness of the area where these trees grow. I did a few thumbnail sketches with the shape of my canvas in mind, then picked my favorite and got painting. Go to Step 1...

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July 1, 2006 at 3:24 pm
(1) iveson says:

you`re phenomenal.

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