http://www.todays-woman.net Ms. Rose DesRochers - webmistress@todays-woman.net webmistress@todays-woman.net Today's Woman Writing Community Inc. en-us http://www.todays-woman.net/article1136.html Today s Woman Expert Author:Lynne Taetzsch Visual artists pay more attention to the sights around them than most people. They mentally compose a landscape, a portrait, or an abstract composition as they wander through the world. You, too, can learn to see more in your surroundings by paying attention, and thus enrich your visual world. http://www.todays-woman.net/article1127.html Today s Woman Expert Author:Lynne Taetzsch "Abstract art"has many meanings, depending on the context in which you define it. You can look at it historically, tracing its use in movements such as the New York "abstract expressionists" of the 40s and 50s. Or you can enter the search term in Google and see how the term is used today. Other related terms are "modern," and "contemporary." http://www.todays-woman.net/article994.html By Lynne TaetzschToday s Woman Expert Author If you’ve always wanted to make an abstract painting but didn’t know where to begin, here are several ideas to get you started. How to move from realism to abstraction, express your emotions, and utilize music to facilitate the process of making abstract art.