'm working on a large abstract piece for my Dad. The substrate is a square piece of birch plywood he was going to use for a project at his house, but then decided to ask me to paint something on it.
Abstracts are becoming a favorite way for me to paint. Merging that with my fascination with drawing and painting faces, and figurative abstract becomes a natural avenue for me to explore. I just wasn't too sure about a consistent way to create to silhouette-like shapes I so admired in other artists' work.
On Pinterest I came across this video from artist, Robert Burridge who has an extensive video library of tutorials on YouTube he calls, BobBlast(s).
This video was just the thing to help me step forward into creating simple, but expressive figures.
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