....and Helen Frankenthaler
Suffering from painter's block?? Out of ideas? Time to loosen up and and be freeeeeeee!
1. Get a piece of watercolor paper 12x18" or larger, some watercolors or acrylics, water, brushes and a spray bottle. Then.......
2. Without thinking about it, start painting random shapes using random colors and the only rule is....there are no rules, right or wrong.
3. You can overlap shapes and have them go off the paper, use your whole body as you move the brush, stand up if you want.
3. Turn the paper upside down and continue painting. Turn it on its side and paint some more. Keep painting because Helen Frankenthaler said:
"For me, as a picture develops, color always comes out of drawing. I start out as a spacemaker on a flat thing with four corners. But color is the first message on the picture plane."
"Color is extremely important to my process. It's born out of idea, mood, luck, imagination, risk, into what might even be ugly: then I let it tell me what might/should be next, until I get the light and order that satisfies to perfection. The result is color and space and, I hope, a beautiful message."
Helen Frankenthaler 1928- 2011
Here are some spontaneous studies that my students are working on:
As you can see, everyone has a different way of expressing their creativity.
Give it a try and have some fun!
