ABSTRACT+PAINTING+TECHNIQUE

PLEASE WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO ON CREATING AN ABSTRACT PAINTING.
Australian Abstract Artist Glenn Farquhar painting an abstract painting. Please watch the video as this week's assignment, due to the inclement weather. Leave a comment by email (pzeitz@kingsridgecs.org) about what you think about the technique and the painting, and I will post it on this page. @http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2000678

_STUDENT COMMENTS BELOW

-"I thought that it was cool how he didn't really have to follow any sort of pattern. He could just make whatever he wanted, and that to me, is the cool part about an abstract piece of art. There are no rules, and there is no limit to what you can make, and to how far your imagination goes." Olivia Penkowski ​-"I thought that was a very cool video and it displayed the technique of abstract painting very well. I liked how he used the tape to differentiate the colors and lines." Oliver Vettoretti -"I thought that the video all together was amazing! I loved how he used the tape to make the different colors overlap and such. I also enjoyed watching him blend a main color with white to make a really pretty new color. The end result looked fabulous and looks like I have a new painting to try out!" Sydney DeFelice -"I observed that he did all of the long rectangle shapes from light to dark and dark to light. I also noticed that one side of the rectangle is over lapping the other rectangles and the other is going under the other rectangles." Claire Chojnacki -"I think that this abstract painting is a beautiful yet simple work of art. The technique is flawless and the texture makes the paint pop right of the canvas." Ashley Schwerzler -"That style of painting is really cool! I love how he uses painters tape on a painting! I hope I might be able to try this when I grow up." Wyatt Moss - "​I think that the painting is very pretty. It would look perfect in a modern styled house." Isabella Beach -"I think it is cool, especially how it looks so simple even though he got all that texture." Elise pelletier -"Wow that's awesome cant wait for art class next Thursday!" William Briesemeister -"I thought the abstract art was super cool. I honestly wouldn't have thought that it would take a long time to make. I think the technique is easy except you have to be careful. I think the art turned put to be amazing." Ella Reid -"Hi! Hope you are enjoying the days off! Megan is at my house and we watched the video together. We both thought that it was very interesting and so unique. It was awesome how he did it all with just tape and paint!" Cambri and Megan -"Cool video."- Braxton Chadwick - "I found the video very interesting, the technique was different and unique. I also liked the abstract style that was used." - Jake Vettoretti -"I found that abstract art was a very interesting simple and fun way to paint. abstract art would be the most fun way to paint in my opinion." Pierce Longo -"I like that technique for making straight lines and I think it's very creative. it is very helpful!" Daniella Johansson <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 1.5;">-"I think that this abstract painting is a beautiful yet simple work of art. The technique is flawless and the texture makes the paint pop right of the canvas."Ashley Schwerzler <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">-"I thought the painting was very cool. I liked how he put tape down to make the lines and made them cross over each other in some places. And also how he made it look a little faded by using white paint." Tristen Ozor -"I think thats very cool and something i would do if i were an artist. the painting is cool and is very unique." Alec <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">-"I think it is cool, especially how it looks so simple even though he got all that texture." Elise pelletier <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">-"I thought that it was cool how he used the duck tape to make it look like the lines overlapped." Annabelle Rogers <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">-" I like the way he paints with the tape.. It looks really hard with the tape and the painting. It turns out to be a really cool piece." Vivian Longo -<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;">"I thought that how he used different shades and overlapped the lines was cool, but I also liked how he had texture on his painting. ​<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Olivia Maschino <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">-"​That technique is really cool!" Liam Scott -"I found the video fairly interesting and liked how the man used the tape to make the overlapping structures." Jason Nguyen <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">"I think he is very detailed in his work and it is cool how he uses painters tape in his artwork." Will Eales <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">-"I like how he uses the tape efficiently and he probably has a very industrious business! I think he needs a better song though... Haha!" Jack Haile -"I really liked the technique, you really don't think about using duct tape for a painting. The painting was very interesting. I really liked all of the color he used. I didn't realize there were so many steps in painting something like this." Grant Oglesby <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">-"It's a lot harder than I thought..." John Ward <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">-"I like that technique for making straight lines and I think it's very creative. it is very helpful!" Daniella <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">-" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">The art in the video was very cool it kind of looked 3d." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; line-height: 1.5;">Caroline Schiltz

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">-"I think that the tape technique was very affective and I liked the design of the lines and the texture of the painting." Luke Garabadian <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">-" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 1.5;">It is much harder, takes much more time, and takes much more patience than I expected it to." Ellie Ackerman <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">-"It looks a lot harder than just putting tape down and painting it. In the end it look really cool," AG <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">-"I like how he used the tape to create different lines and I like that you could see the texture in the canvas. I like that the painting has so many different and bright colors." Taylor Connelly <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">-"First of all I loved the music in the video, and the art work was pretty cool because of the unique way he made the lines with the blue duck-tape." Joe Calino -" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">"I thought that it was really neat how he made them all overlap. And I liked how he used the tape to make the lines straight and even. I thought the painting really popped and looked really good when he finished it." Emily Lay <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">"I think that it's interesting how he made the overlap where it looked like some were further back than others." Brandon Venti <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 1.5;">-"I found the video very interesting, the technique was different and unique. I also liked the abstract style that was used.* Jake Vettoretti <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">-"I thought that this video was very interesting by the way he used the scotch tape to do such a beautiful piece." Brelin Wakefield <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">​-"That technique is really cool!" Liam Scott <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 1.5;">-"I watched the video and the art looks amazing. My grandmother does work very similar to that. It seems to take lot of patience,though." Robbie Witt <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 1.5;">-"The abstract art was one of the coolest things. I thought it was very interesting because he could make lines that straight using tape!" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">Lauren Eales <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">-"<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 1.5;">I thought it was cool that he used tape to get the lines straight. I really liked how the colors on the painting popped out!" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"> Abigail Brannon <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; display: block; font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"> -"With abstract art it is not one thing that everyone sees it is where everyone sees there one thing." Christian DeNormandie  <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">-"That is really interesting and cool I like all of the layers and designs." Michael Barker  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"> "-" <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 1.5;">This painting shows how much you can do with duck tape! The technique is very simple to do and still looks professional. Although most people only see lines, I saw something else. Every line intersected with another making many crosses." Millie Warner  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #282828; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 1.5;">-" <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC','Segoe UI',Tahoma,'Microsoft Sans Serif',Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">I think abstract artwork is a preferred taste definitely. In my opinion abstract art is weird and useless. But some abstract art has a story behind it that I like." Carson Kendrick