Creating Abstract Art: Ideas & Inspiration for Passionate Art Making

by Dean Nimmer

Celebrate your own nonconformist place in the world of art. Going far beyond standard notions of developing an abstract "style" or particular "look," Creating Abstract Art unleashes the numerous possibilities that abound in your creative subconscious. Familiar obstacles such as "I don't know what to paint" or "How do I know if this is good?" are easily set aside as you explore fun exercises such as connecting dots, automatic drawing, shadow hunting, working with haiku poetry paintings and much more. So turn off the noise in your head, follow your own instincts and delight in what emerges! Write your own artistic license and start Creating Abstract Art your way , today!

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 3, 2014

Reviews

[D Murgatroyd]

Ideas

[Blue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unlimited Inspiration Here

Where to begin? There's so much to recommend I don't know where to start!
It doesn't matter if you're an artist yourself or an admirer - there's something for you.

[Deirdre E Siegel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Art and it processes up for your fancy tickling, this is a fun book full of art ideas, suggestions and inspiration. The work by individual artists, their description and on-line links is great and helpful.
Thank you Dean Nimmer, much appreciated :-)

[ibis morejon valdes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great artistic inspiration

Excellent collection of mixed media works ,all in one book. Great quality, images, and the text makes it much more interesting and valuable.

[Elizabeth Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good selection of exercises to get started with creating pure abstract art, or abstract impressions of the world around us. Useful for inspiration, but limited in guidance for particular techniques.

[Lois · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite enjoyable! Contained many ideas and exercises to get your creative juices flowing.

[Bo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

I thought it was a great intro to abstract art. You'll get new ideas whether you are a novice or not.

[Shandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed Dean Nimmer's approach in this book. He states that he does not want to show you what to do but give you ideas so you can make your own art. It also goes into more details with what you can do to brainstorm an idea which was really neat.

[Vicky · Rating 4 out of 5]

This will be a good reference book for me when I am looking for new inspiration for abstract art. It includes a lot of starter exercises, one of which I have already used to inspire a painting. It also includes some great photos.

[Meran · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ugly art, not so easy to follow "ideas for inspiration". Will still try the exercises...