1. Water-based fast-drying paint widely used by artists since the 1960s.
ACRYLIC PAINT
Water-based fast-drying paint widely used by artists since the 1960s.

2. Abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality.
Oill Painting By Wassily Kandinsky, 1913

3. ABSTRACT ART
Painting by Jackson Pollock, 1952

4. Cubism was a revolutionary new approach to representing reality invented around 1907–08 by artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. They brought different views of subjects together in the same picture.
CUBISM
Friendship
By Pablo Picasso
1908

5. Non-objective art is a type of abstract art that is usually, but not always, geometric.
The title Swinging expresses this work’s sense of dynamic movement. Kandinsky believed painting should aim to be as abstract as music. He worked to create art that was free from all references to the material world. For him, colour in particular was essential for liberating art from representing the visible world.
Wassily Kandinsky
Swinging
1925

7. NON-Objective art Piet Mondrian Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red

8. Non-objective sculpture
Naum Gabo
Construction in Space: Diagonal
Glass, cellulois and metal

9. BALANCE
CONTRAST
In symmetrical balance, the elements used on one side of the design are similar to those on the other side; in asymmetrical balance, the sides are different but still look balanced. In radial balance, the elements are arranged around a central point and may be similar
A principle of art that refers to the arrangement of opposite elements (light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes, etc.) in a piece so as to create visual interest, excitement and drama.

10. Your project: a. Create TWO designs
Your project: a. Create TWO designs. Symmetrical or asymmetrical balance B. You will choose one design to make into a painting on canvas board. C. Color scheme: you may use no more than 2 colors plus black and white (and gray) D. You will create gradation using tints, tones and shades to develop contrast (without harsh outlines)