Let's Get Loose
With Abstract Artist Marcus Aitken
In this Video
Learn how to paint expressively with help from one of our featured abstract artists - Marcus Aitken.
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Marcus Aitken
@marcusaitken_
Marcus is a London-based artist with a gestural style and distinctive colour palette of swooping teals and bold pinks. He combines layers of distressing and blending to create cutting-edge abstract works.
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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.
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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.
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EXERCISE 04
Abstract Compositions
Your composition is how all the artistic elements of your piece - your marks, layers and colour - fit together.
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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.
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BONUS 01
Painting Demo
Watch the full video of Marcus painting a feature piece for Sculpd from his home studio.
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BONUS 02
Artist Q&A
Q&A includes how they got started, finding inspiration, and knowing when to put the paintbrush down!
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Marcus Aitken
@marcusaitken_
Marcus is a London-based artist with a gestural style and distinctive colour palette of swooping teals and bold pinks. He combines layers of distressing and blending to create cutting-edge abstract works.
Learn how to paint expressively with help from one of our featured abstract artists - Marcus Aitken.
Marcus is a London-based artist with a gestural style and distinctive colour palette of swooping teals and bold pinks. He combines layers of distressing and blending to create cutting-edge abstract works.