I made my second time lapse video called Under Water II for my followers on youtube and my new website www.stephenlursen.com. I will post a new video every week which I hope will inspire you to paint in new ways.

Thank you so much for watching! If you like this video and have an interest in learning techniques, please check out some of my online workshops where I teach how to produce interesting and beautiful works of art. The instructional videos are filled with abstract techniques. You will find all my products, paintings, and more at www.stephenlursen.com.

Artistically yours,

Stephen

I made my first time lapse video for my new website www.stephenlursen.com as a new beginning for a great future! I will post a new video every week there which I hope will inspire you to paint in new ways.

Thank you so much for watching! If you like this video and have an interest in learning techniques, please check out some of my online workshops where I teach both with words and in demonstration how to produce interesting and beautiful works of art.

I am going to stop posting to this blog within the next 30 days, so please check out my new website and subscribe there at www.stephenlursen.com.

Artistically yours,


Stephen

Printable PDFs! New way of buying fine art!

Great news! I now have a number of printable PDFs for sale from Donnadowney.com! I am most excited about this potential because it frees everyone to buy my art without need for shipping and handling and time waiting. You can buy any of my PDFs and receive them immediately available for you to print them and frame them or have them printed and framed.

Please check out my current inventory every PDF is priced based on size. 8"x10" PDFs are $5 and larger sizes like 11"x14" are $7. All files are 300 dpi.

"Starry Eyed" - A painting about a husband and wife choosing to get away so that their dreams for the future can run wild.

"Artistry I" - A painting that was produced through a collaborative effort between myself and artist Donna Downey, owner of Donna Downey Studios in Huntersville NC. For me, this girl in the painting represents the excited anticipation for the future as she allows the warmth of the sunrise to wash over her face.

"Artistry II" - The 2nd collaborative painting with Donna Downey. This woman is confident and strong no matter what she faces.

"Artistry III" - The 3rd collaborative painting with Donna Downey. This young girl is filled with curiosity and creative imagination. In daydreams her world around her flows with bright beautiful color.

"Expecting Glory" - This painting is about how a person can walk through life and experience hardship and beauty and after a day is over hope rises from within expecting a glorious new day to come. The left half of the painting is a night scene and represents the past. The right half of the painting is a sunrise and represents what is to come. The tiny figure in the bottom center represents every person on an individual level. The circles rising from the figure represents hopes and dreams for the future. The longer we focus on a dream the bigger it can become and when we allow the cares of this life to distract us from our dreams, they begin to fragment and fall apart. The original painting is 7'x6' acrylic on 2 wooden panels.

"Sunset Steam" - This painting glows with the warmth of the tropics. Stephen painted it to bring a bright and bold happy feeling to viewer.

"Washed by the Light" - Day after day passed gray and flat. We didn't know the thing we lacked. Then came the day that you arrived, The Greatest Doctor had prescribed. It was an unforgettable day, and the light that shone, washed the gray away." - Stephen Lursen

"Winter Warmth" - This painting is intended to add a sparkle of festive fun to your walls throughout the winter season. Its for all the coffee and hot chocolate lovers out there who know how to savor each and every moment or for those who want a reminder to stop and enjoy each day even in the midst of a hectic lifestyle.

"Abstract Landscape V" - This painting combines the beauty within the color and texture of paint, with the mystery of an abstract landscape scene.

"Abstract Seascape I" - This painting also combines the beauty within the color and texture of paint, with the open airy quality of standing on a rocky shore looking out across the water.

An Evolution of Abstract Painting - overview and supply list

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An Evolution of Abstract Painting

03.11.2016

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Stephen Lursen - Artist

Overview

An Evolution of Abstract Painting: Online Workshop is a brand new, full process workshop, wherein Stephen demonstrates step by step the entire process from beginning to end of painting a large scale, 6.5' x 4' painting.

Goals

1. You will learn new techniques and use products like glazing medium (Luminous glazes), matte medium (Painting sharp lines), house paint, Staple gun, miter saw, wood glue.
2. You will learn how to think critically and creatively when you come to a point where you don’t know what to do next. Ask yourself specific questions and consider what the painting is to determine what it needs. This thought process encourages you as the artist to go beyond what you have seen others do and really pulls out your own creative identity.

Minimum Supply list

1. Canvas or panel to work on (It doesn’t have to be raw canvas, you can use what you have. But in this video you will learn how to paint on raw canvas and then build the stretcher later.)
2. Acrylic paints: yellow, orange, red, deep red, purple, blue, teal, green, white (can be acrylic latex house paint), titan buff or yellow ochre, gray (can be acrylic latex house paint)
3. Acrylic glazing medium
4. Acrylic gel medium (matte)
5. Gesso or house paint primer (If you’re painting on raw canvas)
6. Roller and paint tray (If you’re painting on raw canvas)
7. Fine sandpaper
8. Multiple brushes, water basin, paper towel, work space... typical painting supplies
9. 1”x2” wood pieces from hardware store (If you’re painting on raw canvas)
10. Miter saw - can be hand powered or power saw (If you’re painting on raw canvas)
11. Wood glue (If you’re painting on raw canvas)
12. Staple gun - can be manual or powered (If you’re painting on raw canvas)

Milestones

1. Hang the raw canvas ( it can be mounted to a piece of plywood, laid over another canvas, stapled to the wall, laid out on a table, anything goes & this is only if you’re painting on raw canvas)

2. Prepare your canvas

3. Develop a many layered colorful background

4. Create sharp geometric line work

5. Create loose painterly marks with finger painting

6. Bring some order to the chaos by painting a mask over parts

7. Sand and refine the surface to reveal some of the underlying colors

8. Splatter paint to create fine detailed marks

9. Calculate your stretcher frame size based on your canvas size

10. Measure & cut your wood

11. Build your frame and attach your canvas

12. Sign your painting and install on a wall!

Click here to see a preview!

Abstract Seascape I - Oil on canvas by Stephen Lursen

"Abstract Seascape I"

Acrylic and oil on canvas

by: Stephen Lursen

20"x20"

2016

($300 - for sale by clicking the link)

Abstract Landscape V - Oil painting by Stephen Lursen

"Abstract Landscape V"

Acrylic and oil on canvas

by: Stephen Lursen
20" x 20"

2016

$300
(For sale by clicking the title link)

Also, If you would like to learn how to paint your own abstract landscape painting, please check out my online workshop "Abstract Landscape" sold here.

Sunset Steam - Original Acrylic painting for sale

"Sunset Steam"
4' x 3'
Acrylic on Canvas
by: Stephen Lursen
January 2016

For Sale: $750
For inquiries write me at stephenlursen@gmail.com
or order online at
https://howtopaint.myshopify.com/products/sunset-steam-original-painting-by-stephen-lursen