Sounds so interesting terricks; I love abstract painting and it's methods of layering and composition. It speaks to me , specially bright colors.

When I had an art gallery, I had a lot of abstract artists come propose their work, and not all of them were good, at least to me. My favorite artist
in that genre uses a spatula , he did a painting in person at the gallery once,
it was fascinating.
I like ms Bocast's paintings, specially the brighter ones.

Good for you, terriks. What a great opportunity! Don't forget to post your new creation.

Terriks- that is amazingly good! It has a lot of movement and the colors work really well. I'm really impressed with your painting.

Cool, I can't wait to hear your report and see your work.

It look like you have a natural ability already, and going to that class will help you refine and improve. I just started painting a year ago, and I can see improvement in every painting. It is so much fun. I wish I didn't wait until retirement to start. I was always interested in art, and if I'd followed up on that interest, I wonder how good I would be now. Like anything else, the more you do, the better you get. Have fun.

Wow! I like that a lot! You just fooled around and did that? You've got a lot of natural talent. It looks like a rose to me...not sure what you had in mind, but I am taken with it.

Hope you had fun with the class.

I agree with pesky -- what you did already is pretty wonderful. I like the dynamics of the swirls and the yellow and grey-brown against the red...and the gradations of the colors--some pretty subtle stuff going on there. If you're inclined, I'd love to see closeups. Seriously, I really like what you just "knocked out". Do you have prior art experience? Hope the class was useful for you.

I really enjoyed the class, but am not crazy about what I have produced so far, but there is always next weekend!

It's funny about how people come to identify themselves as artists. If I thought I was an artist at age 18 and pursued it, would I now be an Artist? My parents always told me how artistic I was growing up, but the fact that I can't draw anything very realistically caused me to not pursue art as a vocation.
I do enjoy the process of creating, but I've never wanted to create something just to create it. I've always needed that something to have a purpose. Like now, I feel I need more art on my walls, so my solution is to make it.

Just because you can't draw doesn't mean you're not artistic. If you can write, you can draw. Drawing can be acquired by taking classes and working hard. Every one can learn to draw. Buy the book "Drawing on the right side of the brain" and it will teach you how to see things differently. For instance, if I were to ask you to draw your hands, you'd probably look carefully at each finger and try to reproduce it but natural artists look at the space between the fingers (negative space) and follow those lines and, lo and behold, you have a hand. Sooo keep on keeping on and you may surprise yourself.