'Colour and Abstraction' looks at how colour was liberated from its subservient role to drawing in developing pictorial space, and how - with traditional roles broken - abstraction was born, allowing a more vibrant use of colour. As a practical book, it explores how paint can determine the colour and drawing within a painting, especially in relation to how expressive, cool, gestural, tactile or intense the work will be. This, in turn, can determine the kind of pictorial space that the artist uses, moving both toward and away from depiction. This new book encourages you to understand how colour relates to abstraction, and create a method of painting that challenges and advances your own style. AUTHOR: George Blacklock is an experienced art tutor and currently the Dean of Chelsea College of Arts. He has exhibited widely and is represented by Flowers Gallery SELLING POINTS: * A practical book that helps the artist understand how colour relates to abstraction * Explores how paint can determine the colour and drawing within a painting * Explains the use of colour space, mark making and the three dynamics of tone, intensity and space * Will be of great interest to all artists and designers * Beautifully illustrated * Author is an experienced art tutor 194 colour.