Final Steps in New Abstract Painting

By Abstractartbylt @artbylt

In the final steps on this new abstract painting, I draw vine-like lines with triangular shapes, beginning with emarld green in a band across the top center of the canvas.  Next, I do the same with aqua, placing a thin band above the emerald green and a wider band below it.  I continue this process next with brilliant blue and cobalt blue.

As I draw the lines, I stop every so often to fill them in, using a small brush dipped in water.  Occasionally I add more paint in order to get the density I want in the filled-in shapes.  Here's what the painting looks like so far:

  Slice #26, 10" x 48" acrylic on canvas.

The last color I use is Prussian blue, filling in the space above and below the cobalt blue.  Then I stand back and look at the painting.  I decide it needs more definition along the outside edges of the whole canvas, so I draw the Prusian blue vines around the edges of the other colors.

  Slice #26, 10" x 48" acrylic on canvas.