This week in class we created our very own abstract paintings. My group and I decided we wanted to do something that made us happy so the first thing we did was grab all the colors that resembled happiness to us personally. We then had to decide how we were going to start drawing considering 6 different hands drawing at the same time was going to be a challenge. That’s when we came up with the idea of drawing specific sections and then halfway through the session we would rotate it to add to each other’s designs. We employed what we learned about Abstract Expressionism from the lecture in order to create this piece and broke the rules of art set forth in the Renaissance period. We used random lines, shapes, and curves in order to make it look as “aesthetically random” as possible, something generally seen in abstract paintings. My group’s main struggle was trying not to make it look pretty. We all hesitated at first to get started because we are all in the design/artistic realm and are trained to have meaning to our pieces with clear visions. This task was a nice way for us to let go of those rules and just create something random with the short time we had, and I think it paid off well. I started with just drawing a simple curved line on my side of the page and let my hand take it from there. I even closed my eyes for part of it and randomly drew lines across the page in order to enhance the randomness of the piece. I thoroughly enjoyed this assignment and it was fun to just let go and see where my creative side took me, which is definitely something I need to do more.
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