November Abstract Challenge

JennieJo

JennieJo

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Hope I've come up with enough thoughts to be your stimulus.

1. Artists - paint in the style of an artist. This is a short list of artists that appealed to me the first time I saw one of their works:
Miro, Rickter, Helen Frankenthaler, Chu Teh-Chun , Brett Whitely
Or, choose your personal fravourites

My latest "find", Peter Griffin, https://petergriffen.com/abstract

2. Geometric themes: landscapes in layers, boxes or cubes,
3. Animals: -
- birds in flight, dancing
-humans :) ... wearing hats, flying, celebrating

4. AbEx, Abstract Expressionism: night, shadows, poles, rivers
5. Facial features
6. Doorways
7. Sounds of ... bush, a single flower, train
, freeway

Please add your media, processes, and stories if you feel so motivated :)

Post whenever you have something to share. Any media. Any perspective. I would prefer noAI, but only if it doesn't breach group rules.

Jennie

Admin, could you pin this so it won't get lost over the month
 
One to start us off.
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I've been looking at Ed Paschke’s work thanks to a post from St. Luke's guild on another post. This is version 2 of Once Was A Coke Bottle. It is 35 X 24 cm board, with a couple of thin layers of oil paint-had other plans for it. Pastel marks were to be prep for next later of oil but I'm not sure what I'll di next.
 
Had a small canvas, 10 X 8 ", that was a plan for a green frog. Another granddaughter project. So this title is" Once Was A Frog and A Coke Bottle.

It was just sitting there. I had no choice. Acrylic bsse, thin oil layer over that and grated pastel over that. As I was working on it, I flipped it. Now there are 2.

The first one reminds me of my favourite coffee percolator.
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Jennie, I would love to know more about your method to get that marvellous effect with grated pastel. So that I can steal it. 😄
 
Thank you JennieJo for this challenge and wonderful prompts! Very cool.👏🏻👏🏻
Very cool evolving pieces too. I am intrigued with your mixed media. Oil paint and grated pastel… how interesting! I like your experimental approach and mark making in unusual ways. In your last piece I see a female form and face.
So glad people are interested keeping up interest in the abstract forum! 🙂🙂🙂
 
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PaintBoss said:
Thank you Donna for this challenge and wonderful prompts! Very cool.👏🏻👏🏻
Very cool evolving pieces too. I am intrigued with your mixed media. Oil paint and grated pastel… how interesting! I like your experimental approach and mark making in unusual ways. In your last piece I see a female form and face.
So glad people are interested keeping up interest in the abstract forum! 🙂🙂🙂
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Thanks Christine, I like the way they evolved too. When I jumped into art as something more than just something to do, I called myself an experimental adventurist ... mainly because I had no idea what I was doing.
 
Hermes2020 said:
Jennie, I would love to know more about your method to get that marvellous effect with grated pastel. So that I can steal it. 😄
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Hey Hermes. Steal away. Ockams Razor is my guide, felt I should warn you in advance. I put a thin layer of an oil paint medium I use over the whole thing. Just to make sure I had no too dry spots. Then used a bit of sand paper, that I am using to sand down an old church bench. It was there, and I just couldn't find the scraping tool I'd purchased when I did a pastel workshop. Then I sandpapered the pastel and let chalk drop along the lines I thought could be interesting.
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Oh, and Jennie, sorry for confusing your name again. I caught myself when I returned here, when you were likely posting. My brain some days, I tell you!
Very interesting process!
 
PaintBoss said:
Oh, and Jennie, sorry for confusing your name again. I caught myself when I returned here, when you were likely posting. My brain some days, I tell you!
Very interesting process!
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Not a problem at all. I understand your process very well. I see it as a special talent.
 
Number 3, created after browsing Andre Kano, who was mentioned in another post. "Sounds of the Bush" is a fluid acrylic on thjn A4 paper. It is an image from the front steps of my home. In summer.
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