Abstract Art and Surrealism Courses
3yr
Marc Spagnuolo
First off, well done on this very awesome and useful platform! I'm super excited to see where it goes and how it grows. It should be interesting to see how this helps the online art community and artists like myself who are learning everything through online content and hard work.
I do hope that in time there will be instructors and courses on abstract art and surrealism as well. I realize this is just the beginning but I just wanted to throw that out there.
I can definitely see a boatload of ways this can grow and tons of courses that can be developed and added over time.
Hey there! I share your enthusiasm for what this community could be. From what I know, many of the artists in the Proko 2.0 team are representational rather than abstract, so I have no idea when if at all those types of courses will be available on Proko, but if you're interested, I recommend checking out Art Prof: Create & Critique. It's a smaller youtube channel with a team of dedicated teachers and artists, and I've seen several instructional videos about abstract and surreal art. Many are critique videos, but those are valuable as well because they speak about what makes an abstract/surreal piece successful.
Here's a few to check out:
Abstract Acrylic Painting Techniques
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0nI9jroKX8
How to Critique Art: Abstract Paintings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVF4tdweSY0
Abstract Acrylic Painting Prompts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl9mpBdQYD0
How to Critique Art: Surreal Oil Paintings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP39tKR6OVk
How to Critique Art: Surreal Paintings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2A2wPGkd0g
They are also releasing a video titled: "Bad" Abstract Art Compositions in about a week, so stay tuned!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0_kLbv4WgQ
Welcome to the community!
Marc Spagnuolo
3yr
Oohh nice! I'm definitely going to go through these! Thanks for the share! I like to think I'm actually relatively decent at abstract art. I've only done one surrealist piece so far but I just figured as a creative, educational art community that I'm very excited to be a part of and see grow that we shouldn't neglect these artforms.
They have a relevant place in art studies and art history.
Especially since abstract painting can be an entry-level way to get started with art leading into the study of color theory and color harmony. It was really where I started and was nice low-hanging fruit that lead me from one principle to the next to the point where I'm now ready to start studying the human figure and anatomy.
I feel like in the abstract world and abstract communities online there is too much of an attitude that anything goes and that there is no difference between good abstract art and bad. This is not a notion that I subscribe to at all. Good pieces of abstract definitely have many of the principles of art embodied within them as well as a very clear understanding of color harmonies.
Anyway, Thanks for the awesome shares @Aiden Graham Cole! Much appreciated.
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