WALL ART
Abstract Painting Tutorials
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED
Canvas Building Guide
By Sculpd
Follow our simple video tutorial and build, stretch and prepare your canvas ready for painting. No need to dig out any tools, just bring your hands!
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BEFORE YOU GET STARTED
Get to Know Your Tools
By Sculpd
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!)
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EXERCISE 01
Let's Get Loose
With Marcus Aitken
Learn how to paint expressively with help from one of our featured abstract artists - Marcus Aitken.
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EXERCISE 02
Make Your Mark
With Marcus Aitken
A live demonstration of artist Marcus Aitken painting our Make Your Mark exercises Pull, Sweep, Blend, Swipe, Scratch and Scribble in his studies book.
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EXERCISE 03
Colour Mixing
By Sculpd
Your chosen palette contains five carefully selected colours, however with a little colour-mixing practice you can create many, many more.
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EXERCISE 04
Abstract Compositions
With Emma Howell
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.
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EXERCISE 05
Layering Up
With Marcus Aitken
Learn from artist Marcus Aitken how to layer your paint colours to create different marks and effects in your abstract painting.
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A LITTLE EXTRA
Bonus Content
BONUS 01
Painting Demo
With Marcus Aitken
Watch the full video of Marcus painting a feature piece for Sculpd from his home studio. Includes insights into his thought process and tips for approaching your piece with the correct mindset.
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A Day at the Gallery
With Emma Howell
We spent a day with Emma at her gallery show in Gloucestershire. Watch her mark-making and layering as she builds a piece using our new abstract canvas painting kit.
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Artist Q&A
With Marcus Aitken & Emma Howell
We visited both of our featured abstract artists - Marcus and Emma - in their studio and gallery spaces to chat about inspiration, working in their home studios, the importance of daylight...and knowing when to put the paintbrush down!
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