Article · Make a Mark Studios
How to create art like an Abstract Expressionist!
By Stephanie
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2026
About this lesson
An art teacher's 11-step abstract-expressionist project: a black-gesso foundation, mark-making with varied tools, watercolor staining, then scraping, dripping and collage layering built up over roughly five class periods, with student diptych and triptych examples.
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