Dot Painting is quite a relaxing craft, and in this tutorial, I will show you how to dot paint in an abstract style. Dot painting in this style is a perfect way to practice your dot painting skills. I will be demonstrating this particular abstract style of dotting, but you could use your individual creative initiative to make this painting unique to you!
I just want to mention that I have made quite a few narration mistakes in this tutorial, and that is because I have been struggling with some cognitive issues. This is an ongoing issue, which is why I always do voice-overs in order to correct most of my mistakes. In this tutorial, however, I had so many mistakes and I was very tired.
The perfectionist in me wanted to redo everything, but I chose instead to be kind to myself and publish the tutorial with these imperfections. I hope you understand 🙂 The link for the abstract style dotting tutorial is at the bottom of this post, but I have a few other links that may be helpful.
In the abstract dotting tutorial, I will not be discussing the basics of dotting such as choice of tools and paint, paint consistency, dotting techniques, and so forth. For that information, I do recommend my Beginner Dotting Series to learn everything you need to know. This link will take you to the blog post which has all the information. I will also include Part one of the video tutorials from my YouTube channel below (there are two parts!)
If this project seems a bit daunting, then I do have another tutorial that is quite perfect as a first project. This is my Dot Painting Free-form Style tutorial in which you can practice using your dot painting tools by laying just one layer of dots in various sizes. It is super simple, but makes for a very pretty painting! I will also include the YouTube video below.
If you feel proficient with your dotting skills and just want to have some fun, then you can jump right into the abstract style of dotting I am sharing here today.
The supplies you will need for this project are:
- Assorted colors of liquid acrylic paints
- I used Americana Brand
- Desert Turquoise (dark tone)
- Bahama Blue (light tone)
- Royal Fucshia (dark tone)
- Royal Fucshia with Snow White (light tone)
- Lavender (dark tone)
- Lavender with Snow White (light tone)
- Lamp Black with Amsterdam Blue Violet 568 for background
- I used Americana Brand
- Paint surface of your choice
- DIY Mandala Dot Painting Tools
- Marks Mandala tools regular size set
- Paint tray
- Liquitex gloss medium and varnish (optional)
- Gesso (optional)
- Plastic wrap (like Saran wrap)
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Check out the video tutorial below for the abstract style dot painting technique! Have fun, be playful, and let your intuition lead the way…there are no rules!