Creating abstract paintings is much easier than you would think. Creating abstract art can be easy. It is you subconscious self that produces this art, that’s why abstract paintings are always very interesting and appeals to different people in unique ways.

If you use paper, the type of paper you should use will depend on what kind of paint you are using. For starters I recommend acrylic paint. Acrylic paint is easier to use because it dries faster. Using oil paint can get messy because it won’t dry at all during one session and when beginners use oils they end up mixing all paint he/she has into a grey-brown abstract art blur.

You have 2 options when purchasing paper to paint on, it can either be primed or unprimed. If it’s not primed, just apply a thin layer of paint(don’t dilute it) and let it dry, but I recommend purchasing the paper already primed.

When your first starting out you want to buy the cheapest acrylic paint available because we’re assuming you’re only trying to amuse yourself at this point and with cheap paint you can splash it around freely not worrying about making your money back in profit.

One of the keywords in our approach to abstract art is spontaneity. This means letting your brush take control, allowing yourself to be like a shaman in a trance. The other side of abstract art – and of any other kind of art – is using your intelligence to guide your animal instincts.

Now, intelligence is a very nasty word, evoking images of geeks, nerds and other professors, but let me tell you this: You possess intelligence. And you’re going to use it to paint abstract art, or else you’ll end up an abstract expressionist with loads of talent but with helpless paintings. What we need is a plan.

What would you like to paint? If you were a famous artist who would you like to be? Kandinski, Dali, Bosch, Michelangelo, Klee, Chagall? When starting are copying what others have done can be an aid in your success. This has been seen throughout history, where many historians attributed the success of many great French artists to their studies at the Louvre where they studied the techniques of great artists of the past. This is an accepted practice as long as you are aware of what forgery means and you don’t attempt to do it. Copying is too harsh of a word to use for these purposes I think it would be more appropriate to call it study.

There is another way that you can go about painting your paintings. Another way to start is to just do everything completely at random with no plan whatsoever. That is, you paint random forms by instinct, without a preconceived plan. With this approach it’s important to know when to stop and start thinking about what you’ve done. Be careful not ro over paint as a beginner. Try not to paint layer over layer in a random, uncontrolled fashion. You know that is time to stop when you are feeling tired or uninspired. Don’t assume you can get your paintings done in one go, you have to be disciplined in order to know when to stop and wait for new ideas to come.

So suppose you have started a painting that looks really good. One possible way to elaborate on it is to take a small sized brush and try to accentuate the most relevant elements of your painting. You don’t do this by thinking about it in a conscious sort of way, but try to imagine what it would feel like if you applied this brush stroke in that color to that location. If this sounds esoteric, it’s because painting is about the most implicit form of intelligence: intuition. Although you may not understand everything that has been said on this page, you’ll recognize many things as you get more experience Make sure to think about your paintings and not just paint.

Find more information about how to create abstract art paintings at my website Hawtin Arts. Also see Popular Art for local popular artists.