MDE Art Blog » Abstract Impressionism Art http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog Visual Art Blog, Drawings and Paintings by artist Michael D. Edens, with commentary on the artistic process behind each work of art. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:18:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Abstract Portrait of a Blue Bearded Man http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-portrait-of-a-blue-bearded-man/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-portrait-of-a-blue-bearded-man/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:01:57 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=1756 Related posts:
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]]> This is an abstract portrait of a man with a blue beard. The 9″x12″ drawing was created with pens, markers, watercolors, oil pastels, and acrylic paint.

Abstract Portrait of a Man with a Blue Beard

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]]> http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-portrait-of-a-blue-bearded-man/feed/ 0 Abstract Portraits of Women and Girls http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-portraits-of-women-and-girls/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-portraits-of-women-and-girls/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:16:41 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=1754 Blue Woman 9"x12" Lips | Abstract Portrait of a Woman Lips 9"x12" Hair | Abstract Drawing and Painting of a Woman Hair 9"x12" Lightning | Abstract Portrait Painting of a Girl Lightning 9"x12" Toof | Abstract Portrait Drawing of a Little Girl Toof 9"x12" Red Woman Glare | Abstract Portrait Drawing Red Woman Glare 9"x12" Yellow Eyes | Abstract Portrait Painting and Drawing of a Girl Yellow Eyes 9"x12" Related posts:
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]]> The following drawings of faces are a series of abstract portraits of women and girls. The 9″x12″ artworks were created with a variety of mediums, including watercolors, colored pencils, oil pastels, pens, markers, acrylics, and paint pens.

Blue Woman | Abstract Portrait
Blue Woman
9″x12″

Lips | Abstract Portrait of a Woman
Lips
9″x12″

Hair | Abstract Drawing and Painting of a Woman
Hair
9″x12″

Lightning | Abstract Portrait Painting of a Girl
Lightning
9″x12″

Toof | Abstract Portrait Drawing of a Little Girl
Toof
9″x12″

Red Woman Glare | Abstract Portrait Drawing
Red Woman Glare
9″x12″

Yellow Eyes | Abstract Portrait Painting and Drawing of a Girl
Yellow Eyes
9″x12″

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]]> http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-portraits-of-women-and-girls/feed/ 0 Sad Faces | Abstract Portraits of Girls with Grief http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/sad-faces-abstract-portraits-of-girls-with-grief/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/sad-faces-abstract-portraits-of-girls-with-grief/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:36:33 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=1760 Drawing of a Grieving Girl 9"x12" Drawing of a Depressed Girl Drawing of a Depressed Girl 9"x12" Drawing of a Melancholy Girl Drawing of a Melancholy Girl 9"x12" Drawing of a Sad Girl Drawing of a Sad Girl 9"x12" Related posts:
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]]> The following drawings of sad faces are abstract portraits of girls with different types of grief. The 9″x12″ artworks were created with colored pencils, pens, markers, oil pastels, watercolors, and acrylics.

Drawing of a Grieving Girl
Drawing of a Grieving Girl
9″x12″

Drawing of a Depressed Girl
Drawing of a Depressed Girl
9″x12″

Drawing of a Melancholy Girl
Drawing of a Melancholy Girl
9″x12″

Drawing of a Sad Girl
Drawing of a Sad Girl
9″x12″

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]]> http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/sad-faces-abstract-portraits-of-girls-with-grief/feed/ 0 Isolated Flowers | Series of Abstract Drawings http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/isolated-flowers-series-of-abstract-drawings/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/isolated-flowers-series-of-abstract-drawings/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:17:26 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=1820 Related posts:
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]]> This is a series of abstract drawings entitled “Isolated Flowers”. Each individual drawing is 4″x6″ and the entire series is approximately 13″x18″. The mediums used to create the artwork include pens, markers, watercolors, acrylics, and oil pastels.

Isolated Flowers | Series of Abstract Drawings

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]]> This is an abstract drawing of a dog entitled “Dream Dog”. The 9″x12″ artwork was drawn and painted with colored pencils, watercolors, pens, oil pastels, and acrylics.

Abstract Dog Drawing | Dream Dog

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]]> http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-dog-drawing-dream-dog/feed/ 0 Self-Portraits, Spring 2011 | Michael D. Edens http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/self-portraits-spring-2011-michael-d-edens/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/self-portraits-spring-2011-michael-d-edens/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:56:48 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=1672 Uneasy Self-Portrait - Michael D. Edens Related Artwork This is a previous 9"x12" self-portrait created as part of the Rainbow Color Portraits – Series 1. Michael D. Edens Self-Portrait - Rainbow Color Portraits - Series 1 Related posts:
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]]> These are two self-portraits of/by artist Michael D. Edens. The 9″x12″ artworks were drawn and painted in 2011 with a variety of mediums. The first self-portrait, entitled “Self-Portrait”, was drawn with pens, oil pastels, paint pens, watercolors, and gouache. The second self-portrait, entitled “Uneasy Self-Portrait”, was drawn with colored pencils, oil pastels, and watercolors.

Unique layering and coloring techniques were used in each self-portrait in order to create interesting visual styles. For example, watercolors are painted over naturally repelling oil pastels to create an uneasy imbalance of organically flowing swirls and pooling colors amidst irrepressible lines.

Self-Portrait - Michael D. Edens

Uneasy Self-Portrait - Michael D. Edens

Related Artwork
This is a previous 9″x12″ self-portrait created as part of the Rainbow Color Portraits – Series 1.

Michael D. Edens Self-Portrait - Rainbow Color Portraits - Series 1

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]]> http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/self-portraits-spring-2011-michael-d-edens/feed/ 1 Portrait of a Man with Glasses http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/portrait-of-a-man-with-glasses/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/portrait-of-a-man-with-glasses/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:43:09 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=1661 Related posts:
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]]> This is a portrait of a man with glasses. The 9″x12″ portrait artwork was drawn in 2011 with a variety of mediums, including colored pencils, pens, oil pastels, paint pens, watercolors, gouache, and acrylics. The man was sketched with colored pencils, and layers of other dry and wet mediums were applied in layers. The intense and expressive lines meander throughout the artwork, creating a wholly connected portrait from foreground to background, top to bottom, and side to side. The use of unique shapes, gradients, and vivid and muted color combinations help to convey a sense of whimsical creativity and imagination surrounding and emanating from the man.

Portrait of a Man with Glasses

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]]> This is a portrait drawing of an old man. The 9″x12″ artwork was drawn in 2011 with colored pencils, pens, markers, oil pastels, paint pens, and acrylics. The old man’s portrait was initially drawn with dark colored pencils and oil pastels. Carefully placed lines and blocks of color were added to enhance the uneasy framework and shaky style, symbolic of old age and declining health.

Portrait Drawing of an Old Man

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]]> This is a portrait drawing of a young man with a hat. The 9″x12″ portrait artwork was drawn in 2011 with colored pencils, oil pastels, pens, and acrylics. The young man was sketched with colored pencils and smudged with oil pastels in order to convey a youthful healthy glow. Additional mediums were used to create subtle surrounding details and textures that support the pensive yet innocent smile. This particular young man was about to embark on his service-oriented journey as an American soldier in World War II.

Portrait Drawing of a Young Man with a Hat

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]]> This is an abstract portrait drawing of Albert Einstein. The 9″ x 12″ colorful portrait drawing was created in 2011 with a variety of mediums, including pens, oil pastels, watercolors, acrylics, and markers. Expressive lines and vibrant colors help to create a dynamic portrait of the theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein.

Drawing of Albert Einstein

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