Basic Designs in Abstract Art

An educational video on how to utilise composition designs to improve your abstract art.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Composition & Colour
1:33 Horizontal
1:44 Vertical
1:52 Diagonal
2:05 Cruciform or "L" Shape
2:14 Symmetry
2:21 Asymmetrical
2:30 Radial
2:38 Circular
2:48 Grid
2:57 Overlapping Frames
3:08 Constellation
3:17 Meandering
3:26 Spirituality
3:40 Tension
3:50 Rule Of Thirds
4:13 S or Z Curve
4:24 Interactions
4:37 Brushwork Approach
5:09 Conclusion
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[@kerryklaassen]

Excellent overview! Thank you!

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this was SUPER informative but also super concise! Great job!!!!!!!! It really helped!!!!

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Absolutely brillant Thank you Frank😊

[@FrankCurkovic]

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[@hyacinthrose458]

Thank you! Great information for me a beginner to be aware of. I saved your video and will refer to it again and again to glean those principles. I appreciate your sharing your knowledge with us.

[@FrankCurkovic]

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[@daylematthews]

Want to give this 20 thumbs up. I feel as though in 5 minutes I have had a years worth of art appreciation classes.

[@FrankCurkovic]

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I agree with John Rouse: "What? No comments?" This video is great!

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Awesome.!Thanks for the information.

[@FrankCurkovic]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@addaptinginthedark]

Thanks for this video. I'm new to painting, and blind, and I really want to get into abstract. Knowing the techniques that work well is super helpful, because as you said you have to use technique even in the abstract. I'm only an artist in the sense that I find painting really fun, but I still want to try to produce something cool. So thanks for the clear tips and descriptions.

[@FrankCurkovic]

Glad it was helpful! I wish you luck!

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Loved this explained so well so helpful.

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Thank you, informative.

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Amazing video thanks

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Thank you for sharing ❤️

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Great intro

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Awesome video and very helpful .

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Thank you. Very informative.

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good tips.thank you

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Excellent! Ty!

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Thank you!

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Thanks so much, this is very helpful 😊

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[@bamboozleplague9458]

Thank you! I was struggling to find someone teaching anything about composition that wasn't behind a quite high pay wall.

[@FrankCurkovic]

You are very welcome! I was encountering the same thing, hence made my own. Glad you find it useful!

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Coming here to say what’s been said already, great job on the video!!! A good find!

[@FrankCurkovic]

Thanks 👍 Much appreciated. Feel free to suggest any future possible video ideas.

[@jeng5591]

I love the start of this video, very engaging! I found the pace a little too quick for me to take it all in. Things flash by so quickly, it felt like you were on a timer. Hopefully you will consider this for your future productions. A very informative and concise video, I look forward to seeing your other videos. Many thanks.

[@FrankCurkovic]

Thanks for the comment. Yes, it is fast. Anything longer gets a little hard to maintain concentration for middle schoolers. The content is also available in PDF here if that helps: drive.google.com/file/d/1Iql8PxFY2RoyKfDdaKwvHrQ6DN-qCxx_/view?usp=sharing

[@jeng5591]

@@FrankCurkovic I am full of gratitude. I released a few explicatives (in joy) viewing your pdf. Thankyou for gathering all these elements together as a pdf, free of overwhelming detail. Creating a successful abstract is not easy and this is an excellent place to begin. 💓

[@FrankCurkovic]

@@jeng5591 You are very welcome!

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Thank you 🎨

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Excellent

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I love it

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This short video is more useful than paid courses :)

[@FrankCurkovic]

Glad to hear that! I'm glad you found it useful. Thank you for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated.

[@mohanartist9279]

Thank you sir

[@FrankCurkovic]

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[@maylipkind]

Very useful. Any books you could recommend to find out more about this topic and everything related to composition in abstract art?

[@FrankCurkovic]

Thanks! No books that I know of. Mostly pulled tidbits from here and there over the years...hence the video.

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Great

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How are there no comments? This video is awesome!

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[@davidmjackson7784]

You have to be an artist before you can be an abstract artist. You can't just make abstraction and hope it looks like a work of genius.

[@FrankCurkovic]

I agree to an extent. A mental visual recall library really helps too.

[@KpxUrz5745]

This is a good synopsis for rank beginners to understand. But in my own view, abstract art is best not approached by rank beginners because there is so much more they need to accomplish first. I have become so picky that I do not really like most of what passes for abstract art. The reason is because I feel that most of what we see as displayed abstract art is, in my estimation, produced to mask the artist's real deficiencies in important artistic skills. Most abstract art is presented as just mushing things around willy nilly, and seeking certain "happy accidents". And this wildness and lack of control is supposed to be seen as "creativity in action". I don't see it that way, but expect much more thought, and real ideas to be behind serious abstract art. Because we see so little of this is why there is so little abstract art I find worthy of appreciation. I'm afraid I take it far more seriously than most existing "abstract" artists do.

[@FrankCurkovic]

Appreciate your comment....hence the video to think more about composition strategy. I made it for my grade 6 art students.

[@KpxUrz5745]

@@FrankCurkovic Thanks for your reply. I have to realize that a lot of youtube art content is intended for young students. I wish that I had had the chance long ago to absorb good art content on youtube. But starting before the internet was another path altogether. Young artists today have many advantages.

[@donthagd9401]

Ez asf

[@FrankCurkovic]

Can be trickier than it looks sometimes too!