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.
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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...
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EXERCISE 01
Let's Get Loose
Learn how to paint expressively with help from one of our featured abstract artists
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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.
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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.
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More Painting Exercises
BONUS 01
Painting Demo
Watch the full video of Marcus painting a feature piece for Sculpd from his home studio.
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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.