Approach 4

Approach Style 4.

This approach utilizes the “module” as the generating force in your painting. A module is a shape (any shape), which is used over and over again in such a way as to create an overall patterned composition. This approach will undoubtedly lead you in a more controlled direction in which the painting is more or less the result of working from a predetermined plan. The technique used should probably be similar to the hard-edged approach used by artists such as Mondrian and Kenneth Noland. Color often becomes the defining factor in the success of paintings such as these.

Modular | TateTate glossary definition for modular: A term used in relation to minimalism, and refers to a work of art with constituent parts that can be moved, separated and recombined

De Stijl | TateTate glossary definition for De Stijl: Circle of Dutch abstract artists who promoted a style of art based on a strict geometry of horizontals and verticals

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