Abstract Studio Prompt Series: No. 3 - Screenshots Book
Abstract ideas
For whatever reason, I have a habit of taking screenshots of my phone’s lock screen, so I made an artist book with the images. As I made the book, I was thinking about On Kawara’s Date Paintings and Laura Owens’ artist books.
What will you catalogue or reference in your book of screenshots?
Welcome to my series of blog posts demystifying the process of making abstract art. Abstraction doesn’t have to be intimidating or confusing. In this series, I will encourage you to explore your everyday surroundings in unexpected ways, allowing you to use your daily life as rich subject matter for your art.
Here are step-by-step instructions for creating an artist book with an abstract concept, using screenshots from your phone.
Steps:
Catalogue all of the screenshots you have taken on your phone or computer by putting them all in one folder. Consider asking others to share theirs as well.
Look for common themes or messages in the collection of screenshots. What story do these screenshots tell on their own, when the artist is not there to explain it?
Print the best screenshots on a paper of your choice (something heavy-weight would work well)
Arrange the pages in some kind of order that makes sense to you, and bind the prints into a book.
Share with your community!