One of our elite artists, Gaylon Dingler, has been gracious enough to share a technique he uses for abstract painting.
He first gets his ideas for the abstracts by crinkling up paper, by folding rather than wadding. He then flattens the folds with a hammer to make crisp sharp edges. He then carefully unfolds the paper in the sunlight. When he sees a possible design, he stops and photographs it.
Once he has just the right picture, he crops it and plays with the values.
Next, he does a final crop and starts putting his own input into the composition with computer paint and brush. This is what he then uses to transfer the design to his canvas.
This is the final result, “The Broken Road Two”