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Artist Art Child starts a Sketchy Abstract by placing dots and expanding those to blobs.

Dots to Blobs SA 002

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Dots to Blobs 002 cover

2. ADD DOTS

3. SKETCHING WITH CRAYONS.

4 COLOR CHOICE

5. PRESSURE

6. LET BLOBS TOUCH

7. LET COLORS MIX

8. LET COLORS MIX

9. STOP AND SEE

10. LEAVE SOME AREAS WHITE?

11. OVERLAP COLORS FOR INTERESTING EFFECTS

12. STOP AND SEE, AGAIN

13. HOUSE-KEEPING. Peeling back a crayon’s paper cover.

14. COMPOSITION/PATTERN

15. FILL IN LAST BLOBS

16. ADD HIGHLIGHTS/DETAILS WITH POINT

17. CONTRAST LINE TYPES (20-23)

18. OVERLAP COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

19. ADD LAYERS OF DETAIL

20. USE AN ADDITIVE APPROACH

21. LOOK FOR PATTERNS

22. REVISIT SKETCH’S ORIGIN

23. KNOW WHEN TO QUIT!

24. Summary

25. The End!

The End!

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