Let The Abstract Paintings Flow Thanks To The Daily Painters Of Pennsylvania Challenge Blog by Mary Beth Brath

 For The Love Of Color by Mary Beth Brath

5x5" Acrylic on Canvas Paper

Dream Big by Mary Beth Brath

5x5" Acrylic on Canvas Paper

Brush to canvas. That was the only plan. I know nothing about abstracts. While on vacation at our family cabin in Northwestern PA, I worked everyday on plein air landscapes. Near the end of the week, I stayed up until 2am playing with color...and thinking. As I finished a brush stroke, I would pause and let the next part come to me. The paintings "are what they are". Creative freedom.

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Daily Painters of Pennsylvania Challenge Painting for June/July 2013 "Abstracts Puzzle Me" by Mary Beth Brath

Abstracts Puzzle Me by Mary Beth Brath

5x7" Holbein Aqua Oils

 

 

Ahhh Yes - another wonderful DPP Challenge.  I have created a few abstracts that I have not shown to the public.  When I was about 3/4 of the way through this painting, I realised I have a very cohesive group of work coming together. Flips me out!  It was not forced. It was not planned.  Incredible.  When the body of work is ready to show, I will have an exhibit.

 

The background on this painting was applied with a brush.  The rest of the paint was thickly dabbed and laid on with a brush much like a little tiny sponge and toothpicks...keep in mind it is only 5x7".

 

Work in Progress Photo

 

I hope to try another abstract before the challenge ends.

 

MB

 

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JUNE/JULY 2013 CHALLENGE ABSTRACT!

Thank you to Tatiana Myers for hosting the 

previous April/May DPP Challenge

  The Blue Mountain (Der blaue Berg), 1908-09 
 Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944)

I am a representational painter, but have always had

a fascination with abstraction.  We have some excellent DPP Artists

(e.g., Linda McCloskey, Pat Koscienski and Sue Marrazzo)

who have fired that interest with their incredible work.

I am hoping that they will join us in this challenge!

"Complexity"

Acrylic on Paper

30 x 22

Linda Benton McCloskey

The challenge for June/July is going to be to create an

abstract work.  I am going to post my journey step-by-step,

and encourage you to do this as well - or you can just post

your work once you have finished

If you are not sure where to start, here is a very 

good link that should provide some insight.  

http://drawsketch.about.com/od/drawinglessonsandtips/a/abstract.htm

Rules of the Challenge:

1. This monthly Challenge is for DPP members only,
but anyone is welcome and encouraged to make comments on the posts.

2. Submit your Challenge entry just as you would a regular post - with
a picture of your entry and anything you would like to write about
your experience with this particular challenge. You are welcome to
submit more than one entry.

3. All entries must be posted no later than midnight July 31, 2013.

4. To get a larger, high-resolution version of the monthly Challenge photo,
just click on the photo in this post.

5. Please put only your name in the label section of your post - thanks!
(Your name should appear exactly as it does on the DPP blog)

6. Please follow the spirit of this challenge - all submissions should be created
after the Challenge has been posted.

7. Have fun!