Abstract Painting using the “Paint Scraping” Technique
Before the practical activity, participants will explore the exhibition and observe how the artist transforms simple, repetitive gestures and apparently mechanical processes into compositions of great visual complexity. Bernard Frize’s works do not aim to represent a recognizable image, but rather investigate the relationship between color, rhythm, surface and the process of making the painting. In his artistic practice, the method becomes as important as the final result, and each work retains the traces of a carefully controlled experiment.
Starting from these observations, the children will explore the paint scraping technique, a method of applying and distributing color by dragging it onto the surface of the support with the help of scrapers, spatulas or plywood. The color bands will be placed in carefully thought-out compositions, and with a single movement they will be transformed into dynamic chromatic fields, marked by transparencies, encounters and interferences between shades.
The workshop proposes an approach to abstract painting based on observation and experiment, in which participants will learn to build harmonious relationships between colors, understand the effects of contrasts and chromatic gradations and discover how pictorial matter can be controlled without losing the spontaneity of the gesture. The emphasis will be placed on compositional balance and the quality of the dialogue between colors, avoiding excessive mixtures that cancel out the expressiveness of each shade.
During this workshop, children will learn:
- that abstract painting is the result of carefully constructed visual decisions
- basic notions about color and composition theory
- information about the contemporary artist Bernard Frize
