I had a corporate job in a commercial real estate company downtown in Chicago, creating brochures, fliers and proposals for the brokers.īut I started dreaming of painting in an abstract style. And what was interesting to me was way back when after college, I had sensibly declared myself a graphic design major so that it would be practical and useful. AMAZING.īUT, I started the exact same way with painting. Like my son's teacher confiding to me that she loves baking cakes and in fact, last weekend, she completed a wedding cake for her niece. but I could never do that!' 'I'm not creative,' or 'I tried art but was so bad at it.' Or I could 'never do what you do,' or even 'I love art and painting and drawing, but I could never do abstract.' It took me almost a decade out of college to declare myself an artist, let alone an 'abstract painter.' I've been there and thought many of the same self-limiting beliefs as most people when they are faced with any other creative person in their life.

If they are familiar with art or artists themselves, they might ask 'What medium do you work with?' And they may follow up with a question if they are interested in what abstract style but for the better majority, they nod and exclaim how 'cool' or 'interesting' that is. Some folks are intrigued while others are intimidated. Whenever I introduce myself as an artist, an abstract painter, most people's eyebrows go up. Here is Tip 1 out of 10 for 'How to Jump Start Abstract Paintings Practice.' I started to think back to my art experience and found that I have 10 tips to help jump start any 2D creative abstract project.

Friends often ask me how they might start painting abstract because it feels so intimidating to them.

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