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How to Paint an Abstract Painting with Acrylic

Learn how to paint an abstract painting with Simply Acrylic Paint and other products by using this step-by-step guide created by Daler-Rowney artist Amylee Paris, and is easy for beginners to follow and explore abstract themes and acrylic paint!

How to Paint an Abstract Painting with Acrylic

Learn how to paint an abstract painting with Simply Acrylic Paint and other products by using this step-by-step guide created by Daler-Rowney artist Amylee Paris, and is easy for beginners to follow and explore abstract themes and acrylic paint!

The materials in your kit

1 x Simply A4 Stretched Canvas
1 x Simply Plastic Palette
1 x Simply Acrylic Black Paint Marker
2 x Simply Acrylic Brushes in different sizes
4 x Simply Acrylic Paint - Black, White, Gold and Neon Orange

Please add
1 x Glass of Water
1 x Kitchen Roll

Your step by step guide

Step 1
The first step

Use the palette to mix neon orange with white to make a light orange, creating a very petty pale apricot shade.

With this new colour, paint 4 rectangular shapes on the canvas as in the demonstration then leave it to dry.
Next step
Step 2
The black shapes
Using the flat tip brush, apply the black paint straight out of the tube.
Draw black rectangular shapes against the orange shapes then leave it to dry.

Tip: wash the brush well with each colour change.

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Step 3
The golden shapes
Apply the gold paint to the black rectangles. The gold paint is semi-transparent, so you will need 3 coats of paint to get a very dark gold.
Let the paint dry.
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Step 4
The lines
Using the black marker, hand draw horizontal or vertical lines in the blank spaces on the canvas.
Vary the thickness of the lines to give the composition more dynamism.
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Step 5
The dots
Using the marker, make black dots on the pale orange parts.
And now, you are done over!
All that's left is to find a place to showcase your painting. It can easily be integrated into a modern and uncluttered interior.
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Your step by step guide

What you'll need

About the artist

The painter Amylee Paris tirelessly finds her inspiration in colour and nature. Her abstract blooms and portraits shine in several art galleries in the UK.