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Exploring Fauvism: A Guide to Creating Abstract Art with Vibrant Flair

By Claire Desjardins

Type
Article
Level
Beginner
Price
Free
Published
2024
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Claire Desjardins outlines five working Fauvist principles for painters to apply directly: unconventional color combinations instead of natural color, simplified forms, varied expressive brushwork from broad strokes to small dabs, flattened perspective, and rejecting conventional rules, with Matisse and Derain as reference points.