Rewriting Tomorrow: Art beyond borders at the 5th Solo International Art Camp (Surakarta, Indonesia) Based on information shared by the SP News & DP Representatives.

 Dive into landscape painting with an abstraction-ist approach. 

Observe and try to identify the shapes and colours and textures , if you could then great, if you couldn't then nothing less than great ... always you are the winner ...

In the case of artists, we tend to ask things like, “Do I need to include every tree and rock, every detail in my landscape paintings?” “Do I need to painstakingly draw every feature in this figure study, or merely indicate it with a brush-stroke or two?” And, “What would make this composition stronger?”
Often, the answers are more about line, shape, form and colour. A field of poppies creates one large red shape rather than each flower depicted on its own.

In many ways, painters are editors; they edit out certain details to create a painting that works, regardless of how true it is to real life. Even representational artists do this because too many details can create a messy scene with no focal point. Abstract artists merely take that to the next level, going beyond the depiction of a realistic scene to create something entirely new. ....