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create an abstract "spring" painting

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To create an abstract painting, I find it helpful to have two things in mind: a color scheme that I want the finished item to look like and an idea of the shapes I will use or in other words the tools or brushes I will use.

This time I wanted to create a painting that used some spring acrylic colours, yellows and bright greens. As for the shapes, I did the following:

I painted the canvas with a ground of violet at the bottom graduating to lemon yellow at the top.

I then used cerulean blue in random fingers spreading out from the bottom to the top, like a hand shape, mixing it about with a small sponge at the edges, which creates the bright spring green colours and adding some white accents for cream highlights. The mixture results in some of the colours found in bluebells and primroses. Finally, I like to use an orange accent colour to liven it up.

Have a go yourselves ....

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This reminds me of a painting I did a few months ago last year. I have it hanging up on a wall near the kitchen area of my house.πŸ˜€πŸ‘πŸŒˆ

You did a great job!πŸ˜€πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Many thanks, any chance of seeing the one you did?

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I will have to take a picture of it.πŸ˜€πŸ‘πŸŒˆ

I love this 😁 great work 🌻

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Narwhal10

Hi Danner,

It’s beautiful, thank you 😊

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orange33

Oh wow! Thanks for info,I'm very new to abstract. I am in my 70s my condition has stopped me doing other active things. I love colour. You have encouraged me to carry on.

Keep well.x love the painting

This is beautiful. It reminded me of monet and vangoh. The spirit of it. that the feeling i get what do you think?

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Thank you, I suppose it does have a sort of impressionistic look, which may be because of the colours and using smaller brush marks.

That's a really pretty colour scheme Danner.

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This painting is beautiful πŸ™‚

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Hb2003

So beautiful 😊❀️

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Danner

Thank you very much

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Hb2003β€’ in reply toDanner

Your welcome 😊

It's wonderful painting!

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Glad you like it, can you do one yourself?

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I'm very beginner - do drawings for my nonverbal autistic son who likes to colour in - he loves it - I did Diwali drawing this time - very rough but yours is talented

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Very fresh and inviting painting Danner! Si pretty! Very cherry! You could loose yourself in it! Good for the mind πŸ‘πŸ€—

The background looks like grass! Out of the grass all these little flowers are popping out! ❀️

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Many thanks

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Pray you have a blessed Sunday Danner πŸ™β€οΈ

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