Acrylic

There's nothing like the expressive freedom of abstract painting. Dig into our roundup of abstract art ideas and techniques from the pros!

Red Edge (20 x 20) by Arlene Richman

To modern eyes, abstract and abstract expressionist paintings can look so effortless and so familiar that we might forget how revolutionary abstract art was in the 20th century. Those paintings and the artists who made them  set the art world on fire. Today, abstract and non-representational art is one of many rich, relevant genres of painting. But is it easy or effortless? Most artists would say no. Like representational art,…