Leftover Paint

I want to do abstract art but I am quite intimidated by the prospect. I get these images in my mind and don't know how to execute them. For that matter, I don't know enough about composition and design. So I have been putting off actually committing a canvas to an abstract painting.

In the mean time I have been using up paint leftover from my each of my paintings to dabble with some stream-of-consciousness exercises. In other words, I am tossing the paint onto either watercolor paper or a sheet of canvas, only using the colors at hand, without much thought to design, etc. I simply start with a general idea of where I want to go, then let it happen.

So here are some of the results.

acrylic on 12 X 16 inch watercolor paper

acrylic on 12 X 16 inch watercolor paper

acrylic on 16 X 12 inch watercolor paper

acrylic on 12 X 16 inch watercolor paper

acrylic on 16 X 12 inch watercolor paper

acrylic on 12 X 9 inch canvas sheet

acrylic on 16 X 12 inch canvas sheet

acrylic on 9 X 12 inch watercolor paper using palette knife