Finished painting with more layers, drips, shading and blending

Abstract a la Michael Lang

abstract, acrylic, art

I love Michael Lang’s large abstract paintings and decided to have a go following one of his you tube videos and I enjoyed learning his blending techniques although I didn’t exactly master it.  I found it difficult to keep my circles round and my straight lines straight but it looks ok from a distance.  I also couldn’t get the drippy technique – partly due to the buckle of the paper (he used a flat board) and I just couldn’t quite get the right consistency.  I used mainly acryics and acrylic medium, but also pens and finished with gel pastels to brighten a few areas.  The camera didn’t pick up the aqua colours and made them look a bit blue.

Here are a few photos of some of my layers:

the 1st layer of the abstract - mainly blacks and browns, circles and lines.
1st layer abstract
2nd layer abstract adding colour and shading.
2nd layer abstract
More layers abstract adding more circles and lines and blending.
More layers abstract
Finished painting with more layers, drips, shading and blending
The finished painting.

Well I think I am finished the painting.  It will probably sit in my folder and I will pull it out every now and then to see if I  want to add anything else to it.