how to make ABSTRACT PAINTINGS

by Hugh Laidman

HOW TO MAKE ABSTRACT PAINTINGS HUGH LAIDMAN Abstract painting has come of age; it is shown at more exhibitions, talked about more enthusiastically, and practiced by more people than any other type of art in the world today. Yet no book until now has answered the big demand for a practical treatise on painting in the modem manner. This book describes basic principles and demonstrates the best methods to use from start to finish. The step-by-step illustrations show how anyone from seven to seventy can begin to paint abstract pictures and achieve success in a remarkably short space of time, sometimes with the very first picture. The reader will find the techniques used by most of the celebrated painters in the international world of modem art, and by following any or all of the thirty-six projects he can not only become a proficient painter but have more fun while doing so than he ever dreamed possible. At the end of the book a . selection of work by many famous modem artists, such as Piet Mondrian, Jackson Pollock, Mark Tobey, Joan Miro, and Clyfford Still. is included to inspire the student to equal heights through constant study and practice along the paths prescribed. Hugh Laidman is a well-known artist and illustrator. He has been winning prizes with his paintings ever since his school days, and studied art on scholarships at Pratt Institute. After a few year'S of advertising work in New York he enlisted in the Marines, where in one year he rose from private to first lieutenant in charge of all Marine Corps art. Mr. Laidman has traveled in the West Indies, South Pacific, New Zealand, Mexico, Nova Scotia, and the United States. His paintings are in numerous museums and private collections and have appeared as covers on leading magazines. He lives with his wife and children in a converted carriage bam which he rebuilt himself in South Wales, New York.

Genres: Art

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1966

Reviews

[Scott Andrews · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable, and very dated, book.

Use it if you need to embrace the freedom of making marks. Or, read it as a time capsule.

Either way, very fun. Not a single painting example is a masterpiece. No Kline or Motherwell, but there is some unleashed, uninhibited example of experimentation that invites the reader into a world where the approbation of strangers is neither sought nor required.