In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting

Description

Postwar abstract painting techniques move into your own studio across fourteen PDF lessons. After setting up a workspace, each lesson studies one artist’s approach: Rothko’s layered glazing, Pollock’s drip and pour, de Kooning’s gestural brushwork, Newman’s zips, Martin’s grids, Kusama’s repeated nets and Reinhardt’s limited palettes.

Further lessons cover mixing mediums and making custom paints, preparing a canvas and balancing colour, form and negative space. The course ends with studio routines and a final project of your own. After reading, you will be able to try each method with your own materials and start shaping a personal approach. Exercises run through most lessons.

Who it is for: painters with some experience who want to explore postwar abstraction hands-on.

What’s included
14 PDF lessons · 70 pages · about 26,000 words
One ZIP download that is yours to keep — read on any device, no subscription or app needed.

Course programme

1. Introduction to Postwar Abstract Painting: Setting Up Your Studio Space
2. Color Field Painting: Mastering Mark Rothko’s Layered Glazing Technique
3. Action Painting: Exploring Jackson Pollock’s Drip and Pour Methods
4. Willem de Kooning’s Brushwork: Creating Dynamic Gestural Marks
5. Barnett Newman’s Zips: Working with Color Fields and Vertical Lines
6. Agnes Martin’s Grid Systems: Developing Precision and Minimalism
7. Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Nets: Building Repetitive Pattern Systems
8. Ad Reinhardt’s Black Paintings: Working with Limited Palettes
9. Material Experiments: Mixing Mediums and Creating Custom Paints
10. Surface Preparation: Priming and Preparing Canvas for Abstract Work
11. Composition Strategies: Balancing Color, Form, and Negative Space
12. Developing Your Personal Abstract Language
13. Studio Practice Routines: Building Consistent Painting Habits
14. Final Project: Creating Your Own Postwar-Inspired Abstract Masterpiece