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Moving Towards Abstraction – Four Ideas

By Gail Sibley

Type
Article
Level
Intermediate
Price
Free
Published
2025
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About this lesson

Takes one simple photo through value thumbnails and then four small colour studies: monochrome, flat graphic shapes, neutrals with intense colour, and energetic marks. The strongest study is then scaled up with the photo hidden. Ends with reflective questions for judging each version.