ABSTRACT ART; Negative Paint a Figure on a Messy Background

Рет қаралды 18,242

Жыл бұрын

Paint an Abstract Figure using the reductive technique, or negative painting on a messy background. In this video, I demonstrate my process of how I turn a messy background into a figure painting of a trombone player.
About Me:
Patt Scrivener AFCA is an abstract artist working in several mediums. She is dedicated to helping artists learn and grow. Learn more about Patt Scrivener pattscrivener.com/
FREE 7 Tips to Paint Looser app.flodesk.com/form/62a4cd2e...
FREE Make Your Own Cold Wax Medium Ebook view.flodesk.com/pages/610f2d...
JOIN the INNER CIRCLE view.flodesk.com/pages/6004c7...
Follow me on Instagram / pattscrivenerartist
Join my Free Facebook Creative Community / 731060980313309
Subscribe to my KZfaq channel for more videos about Cold Wax and Oil Painting / @pattscrivenerartist BUY ME A COFFEE (or art supplies!). www.buymeacoffee.com/Pattscri...

Пікірлер: 62

@shirleymcdonald7008 11 ай бұрын

I prefer the orange-gold glaze background....It really made the turquoise/light blues pop! Thanks for sharing your technique; you've inspired me!

@pattscrivenerartist 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much 😊I think will change the background back to the gold colour!

@laurae545 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I really appreciated your commentary, especially the comments at the end for those of us who are less experienced painters!

@pattscrivenerartist 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@shellypayne8402 11 ай бұрын

I absolutely am addicted to your videos

@pattscrivenerartist 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@joykalt7551 9 ай бұрын

This is so attractive to me! Your style is so appealing and you make it look easy but I know there’s so much knowledge that goes into your finishing it up! Thank you for sharing! Very inspiring!

@pattscrivenerartist 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! It becomes easier with practice.

@junemaguire5053 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your time teaching negative painting, I love this.

@pattscrivenerartist 11 ай бұрын

Welcome 😊

@gerirussell7180 9 ай бұрын

Preferred the light background. Thanks. Love your art.

@pattscrivenerartist 9 ай бұрын

Good to know!

@kristiinasakai9957 9 ай бұрын

Interesting; I very much prefer the dark background. I’m glad to have stumbled onto your videos. For many years I have painted abstracts but need to try something different, and ,I have wanted for years to work figuratively so you have given me a happy medium as a possibility. Thanks for your lovely videos with clear, calm explanations, which I’m very much enjoying. ❤

@pattscrivenerartist 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Happy to have inspired you!

@susanfield2444 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful. Loved it.

@pattscrivenerartist 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

@thaismurcemendesdasilva6725 11 ай бұрын

I love your art! Thanks for sharing your tecnichs with us!

@pattscrivenerartist 11 ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊

@joykalt7551 7 ай бұрын

I love the dark background!

@joykalt7551 7 ай бұрын

Will you be doing any landscape zoom classes?

@pattscrivenerartist 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@debbiesheridan3334 Жыл бұрын

Love this. Very inspirational ❤🎉

@pattscrivenerartist Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!

@doradrexler2792 10 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for sharing your internal discussion, it helps a lot to hear what happens before all comes together... I loved the first golden wash background, but the dark work much better.

@pattscrivenerartist 10 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

@barbarawalsh9135 11 ай бұрын

Love it ... Thank you ❤

@pattscrivenerartist 11 ай бұрын

You're welcome 😊

@norahreese-xp4cd Жыл бұрын

I liked the gold glazed background over the darker one but either one was great

@pattscrivenerartist Жыл бұрын

Yes- it is all about preferences! I am still undecided! A painting is never finished until it sells!😉

@norahreese-xp4cd Жыл бұрын

@@pattscrivenerartist Very true. I've had paintings sell that I thought weren't quite done. 😂

@pattscrivenerartist Жыл бұрын

@Norah Reese Me too! Proves that we may be overworking things!

@norahreese-xp4cd Жыл бұрын

@@pattscrivenerartist Yes knowing when to stop is important

@dulcieogilvie5786 8 ай бұрын

I’ve just painted two ladies in a cafe…..using a messy background.So far I haven’t been able to paint out the messy background because I liked it too much! So, I have messy ladies and a messy background. Might eventually be too much. Time will tell.

@pattscrivenerartist 8 ай бұрын

Sometimes it works! Ponder for a while!

@jigger358 11 ай бұрын

I liked the more reddish glaze that you were toying with just below the more gold glaze. Or even the darker version with some transparency. I have done watercolors with a multicolored underpainting, but never really thought about it for acrylics. Great video. Thank you.

@pattscrivenerartist 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@suefonseca9034 10 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this, the black background would have worked with red hair and pants 😊

@pattscrivenerartist 10 ай бұрын

Next time!

@AylaZA 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely love your style. I enjoyed the washed out yellow, which was enhanced by the white. But it may have popped more with reference to the lights and darks. The pants were perfect before the dark colour swamped it. But even so, I love your style. I am inspired ❤❤

@pattscrivenerartist 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback. Sometimes we are too close to our work to see what we are doing.

@michaeloliphant2073 7 ай бұрын

I would try to vary background. Depending on light source have background from light to dark opposite of light on figure.

@pattscrivenerartist 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion.

@bonniebohn5998 11 ай бұрын

I very much preferred the gold glazed background. I thought the dark one flattened the painting too much. Just my opinion.

@pattscrivenerartist 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback. I am going to revisit it!

@fotolookconde Жыл бұрын

@Patt Scrivener AFCA to avoid your panel swinging you could maybe try to screw one or two screws in a 45 degree angle on the wall where the panel ends at the bottom just to hold it.

@pattscrivenerartist Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that idea. I will give it a try.

@77rayo 4 ай бұрын

Lighter with the gold tone

@pattscrivenerartist 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback!

@dferrantiJfr 2 ай бұрын

I expected more imagery over the dark background. I liked the face before you added the glasses. Maybe the lenses are larger than I would have done them. I liked the lighter background but I'm not sure about blocking the entire subject.. I liked your Process very much.. Thank You

@pattscrivenerartist 2 ай бұрын

It has taken a few twists and turns since the video but thanks for you opinion.

@karinawolf 11 ай бұрын

I think that you could have made the background from the waist down a darker (but blended) colour and slightly lightened the pants a little to give it a bit more contrast and left the upper area mostly, but not completely, light as if he was under a light. Just a thought to make it pop a bit more. Thank you for being brave and letting us watch you.

@pattscrivenerartist 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback!

@willeminadejager3238 9 ай бұрын

Very inspired by your videos. I do have a Q about the brush you use in the beginning, to mark the figure. I like to use knives for applying paint and have the feeling this kind of brush would suit me as well. Searching on the net I cannot find the correct term or name for it. Can you help? TY

@pattscrivenerartist 9 ай бұрын

I am using a Liquitex paddle brush . You can find it here. amzn.to/46dZUKv. (Full disclosure -this is an affiliate link and I may make a bit of money from your purchase)

@sandrageensburg308 10 ай бұрын

what brushes do you prefer?

@pattscrivenerartist 10 ай бұрын

I use the Liquitex paddle brush a lot and Crayola brushes for kids. For big work I use Purdy’s paint brushes from the hardware store. I also use foam brushes and rollers.