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Abstract Art Painting Idea: Orange Daisies

From Marion Boddy-Evans, About.com

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This photo is of the underside of two daisies, a less common view of flowers. For an abstract, study the negative spaces, and the interplay of shadow and color. Experiment with textures, such as making what's flower in the photo smooth and the background rough impasto.

Paint the shapes as areas of flat color, either complementary colors or adjacent. Experiment with tone, seeing how it turns out if you use a wide tonal range (very dark and very light) or a narrow tonal range (all tones are similar).

For a step-by-step demo of various ways to approach turning this photo into an abstract, read: How to Paint Abstracts from a Photo.
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