Abstract Painting Workshop with Howie Doyle
This stress-free workshop is aimed at helping artists enrich their personal work by incorporating abstraction in useful ways. Artist Francis Bacon famously said, "The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery." As artists we do this by reaching beyond what we know, into the realm of intuition and expression. For many this can be either intimidating, or they feel it is difficult to get “outside the box.” By freeing your creative self, each artist can confidently produce finished work that has far-reaching impact.
This workshop will encourage loose, creative experimentation, a fearless approach to the canvas, and working with a specific, focused intent to help guide the painting to a meaningful finish. Attendees will work with acrylic paints on canvas, but the methods and concepts work with any visual art or other creative endeavor, and can enhance future realistic and subjective works in addition to opening new doors of perception for the right brain to exploit in visual art.
Participants will take home printed notes recalling and summarizing the information presented in the workshop.
The workshop will cover:
• Design elements (shape, line, texture)
• Structural concepts (mechanical, geological, ethereal, minimal, morphological)
• Meta-concepts - depth, rhythm (stroke), harmony (color), linkage (relationships)
• Tools and materials
• Color
• Courage, intensity, mystery
Contact: hdoyle@doylepublishing.com or 281-924-1096.
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