Abstract Painting Tutorials
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED
Canvas Building Guide
Pair large text with an image to tell a story, explain a detail about your product, or describe a new promotion.
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED
Get to Know Your Tools
In this tutorial, we walk you through the different tools in your kit and how best to use them (spoiler alert - there's no wrong way to use them!)
EXERCISE 01
Let's Get Loose
Learn how to paint expressively with help from one of our featured abstract artists - Marcus Aitken.
EXERCISE 02
Make Your Mark
A live demonstration of artist Marcus Aitken painting our Make Your Mark exercises Pull, Sweep, Blend, Swipe, Scratch and Scribble in his studies book.
EXERCISE 03
Colour Mixing
Your chosen palette contains five carefully selected colours, however with a little colour-mixing practice you can create many, many more.
EXERCISE 04
Abstract Compositions
Your composition is how all the artistic elements of your piece - your marks, layers and colour - fit together. This is one of the most important steps in understanding abstract art.
EXERCISE 05
Layering Up
Learn from artist Marcus Aitken how to layer your paint colours to create different marks and effects in your abstract painting.
A LITTLE EXTRA
Painting Demo
A Day at the Gallery
Artist Q&A
Gift this kit to someone special
Share the experience of creating your own wall art with someone special.
