Bhg
  • Shop
  • TV
  • News
  • Food
  • Better Life
  • DIY
  • Travel
  • Garden
  • Renovating
  • Decorating
  • Craft
  • Episodes
Bhg
  • Shop
  • TV
  • News
  • Food
  • Better Life
  • DIY
  • Travel
  • Garden
  • Renovating
  • Decorating
  • Craft
  • Episodes
Subscribe
Knit blankets for rhinos and other baby animals

Knit blankets for rhinos and other baby animals

{headline}

{headline}

Easy step-by-step to marbling

Easy step-by-step to marbling

7 easy steps to DIY botanical prints

7 easy steps to DIY botanical prints

This threading a needle hack is genius

This threading a needle hack is genius

{headline}

{headline}

17 gorgeous Easter craft ideas

17 gorgeous Easter craft ideas

How to upcycle an old t-shirt into a shopping bag

How to upcycle an old t-shirt into a shopping bag

{headline}

{headline}

How to avoid dash lines when knitting stripes

How to avoid dash lines when knitting stripes

5 great tools every paper crafter needs!

5 great tools every paper crafter needs!

(Sponsor)

How to make slime without Borax

How to make slime without Borax

How to paint a wool rug

How to paint a wool rug

14 ways to organise your craft space

14 ways to organise your craft space

  1. Home
  2. Craft
  3. How to create abstract art

How to create abstract art

Almost as much fun as finger painting! - by Better Homes and Gardens
  • 10 Oct 2016
How to create abstract art

Larger pieces come together quickly with larger brush strokes or, in this case, a squeegee – and it’s no harder to use than a rolling pin! Worked one layer at a time, the final result shows hints of the colours underneath. Use a tone similar to your wall colour for one of the layers to link your artwork to the room.

Gather your supplies
• Stretched canvas
• Jo Sonja’s Artists’ Acrylic Colours in Ultramarine Blue, Aqua, Titanium White, Nimbus Grey, Blue Violet
• Jo Sonja’s Matte Varnish


You’ll also need
Drop sheet; 25mm paintbrush; plastic squeegee; plastic lid to use as a palette; water; palette knife; flat paintbrush; wide soft brush


Here’s how

...
Andre Martin

Step 1 Working on a flat surface covered with drop sheet, use 25mm paintbrush to apply daubs of Ultramarine Blue and Aqua from plastic lid to 1 side of squeegee.

...
Andre Martin

Step 2 With both hands, drag squeegee across canvas surface to create bands of colour. Continue loading squeegee with paint and dragging until canvas is fully covered. Leave to dry.

...
Andre Martin

Step 3 Use squeegee and Titanium White thinned with water to apply white to canvas. Drag squeegee vertically and horizontally only. Vary pressure; thin areas allow the under layer to show through, thicker areas will be opaque.

...
Andre Martin

Step 4 Use squeegee with Nimbus Grey. Apply as for Step 3.

...
Andre Martin

Step 5 With wet palette knife, scrape back parts of grey and white layers. Work vertically and horizontally only.

...
Andre Martin

Step 6 Drip water droplets on canvas. Leave for 1 minute. Drag area with squeegee to reveal background layer.

...
Andre Martin

Step 7 Use squeegee and Titanium White to apply irregular paint lines. Work vertically and horizontally only. Let dry.

...
Andre Martin

Step 8 Use squeegee and Blue Violet to apply 2 irregular paint stripes, 1 vertical and 1 horizontal. Let dry. Use flat paintbrush to paint canvas edges with Nimbus Grey. With wide soft brush, paint artwork with 2 coats of matte varnish, leaving to dry between coats.

FREE $40* Crabtree & Evelyn Voucher

Subscribe to Better Homes and Gardens for ONLY $59

Save 30% Subscribe Now
FREE $40* Crabtree & Evelyn Voucher

Recommended to you

Knit blankets for rhinos and other baby animals

Knit blankets for rhinos and other baby animals

{headline}

{headline}

Easy step-by-step to marbling

Easy step-by-step to marbling

7 easy steps to DIY botanical prints

7 easy steps to DIY botanical prints

This threading a needle hack is genius

This threading a needle hack is genius

{headline}

{headline}

17 gorgeous Easter craft ideas

17 gorgeous Easter craft ideas

How to upcycle an old t-shirt into a shopping bag

How to upcycle an old t-shirt into a shopping bag

{headline}

{headline}

How to avoid dash lines when knitting stripes

How to avoid dash lines when knitting stripes

5 great tools every paper crafter needs!

5 great tools every paper crafter needs!

(Sponsor)

How to make slime without Borax

How to make slime without Borax

How to paint a wool rug

How to paint a wool rug

14 ways to organise your craft space

14 ways to organise your craft space

Bhg
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Pacific Magazines
  • Partners
  • 7Plus
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Statement
Bhg Magazine Subscribe
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Pacific Magazines
  • Partners
  • 7Plus
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Statement

Brands

  • BHG Shop
  • Home Beautiful
  • Foodiful
  • All Recipes

Pacific Network

  • marie claire
  • Styled By marie claire
  • Instyle
  • Beauty Crew
  • New Idea
  • Who
  • Women's Health
  • Men’s Health
  • Girlfriend
  • That’s Life
  • Perth Now
  • The West Australian
© 2018 Pacific Magazines