A Day at the Gallery
With Artist Emma Howell
In this Video
We spent a day with Emma at her gallery show in Gloucestershire. Watch her mark-making and layering as she builds a piece using our new abstract canvas painting kit.
Marcus Aitken
@marcusaitken_
Marcus is a London-based artist with a gestural style and distinctive colour palette of swooping teals and bold pinks. He combines layers of distressing and blending to create cutting-edge abstract works.
More Painting Exercises
BONUS 02
Artist Q&A
We visited both of our featured abstract artists - Marcus and Emma - in their studio and gallery spaces to chat about inspiration...
EXERCISE 01
Let's Get Loose
Learn how to paint expressively with help from one of our featured abstract artists
EXERCISE 02
Make Your Mark
A live demonstration of artist Marcus Aitken painting our Make Your Mark exercises Pull, Sweep, Blend, Swipe, Scratch and Scribble in his studies book.
EXERCISE 03
Colour Mixing
Your chosen palette contains five carefully selected colours, however with a little colour-mixing practice you can create many, many more.
More Painting Exercises
BONUS 01
Painting Demo
Watch the full video of Marcus painting a feature piece for Sculpd from his home studio.
BONUS 02
Artist Q&A
Q&A includes how they got started, finding inspiration, and knowing when to put the paintbrush down!
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Emma Howell
@emhow1
Meet Emma, a Cotswold-based artist, whose vast body of work plays with a combination of bold washes of colour, organic compositions and raw mark-making.