7 STEPS TO ABSTRACTION
1 ESTABLISH AN ETHOS
When making abstract art, the most important thing to remember is that you can’t go “wrong”.
My students are often concerned that when they are drawing from the figure, the whole history of formal life drawing is weighing upon them and the right or wrong way to do this can haunt them. They will often have a fixed idea about what makes a good or bad drawing and arrived at a point where they feel their work has become too rigid. If this sounds like you and you also wish to loosen up, it’s important to establish the right mindset, one that takes the pressure off having to produce a perfect, exhibition-ready piece.
In order to do this, I like to give myself some tenets to work by –
