1. Mrs. Cloutier

2. An art movement that was popular from the end of WWII (mid 1940’s) to the early 1960’s A form of spontaneous painting Based on intuition rather than reality Finished product does not represent an obvious subject Originated in the U.S. with artists based primarily out o New York City. The first American art movement to be recognized internationally

3. Artists use a variety of techniques to create their abstract paintings, even combining a variety of techniques at once. Exaggerated gestures while painting (action painting). Use of colour to create mood in a painting. Use of lines and shapes to create a certain atmosphere. Use of tools to create effects such as dragging the paint across the canvas, creating lines in the wet paint, etc. Painting to music often inspired ideas and helps the creativity flow.

4. Jackson Pollock Lee Krasner Mark Rothko Willem deKooning Helen Frankenthaler

5. Have you ever seen any of them?

6. Lavender Mist, 1950

7. Autumn Rhythm No. 30, 1950

8. Untitled, 1948

9. Mountains and Sea, 1952

10. Woman and Bicycle, 1952-1953

11. Celebration, 1960

12. Now, follow the links to the videos on the next slide. Watch each video and start planning your own abstract painting using some of the techniques you pick up. Hint: It’s a good idea to make a list of the techniques that you see so you can refer back to it when you are working on your own painting.

13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM2BAc0lhfQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEBOpzFQPhs&fe ature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEBOpzFQPhs&fe ature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpDvtpRbs5E&fea ture=fvwrel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpDvtpRbs5E&fea ture=fvwrel