x How to Make Abstract Paintings >^.' Xr- m HOW TO MAKE ABSTRACT PAINTINGS BY HUGH LAIDMAN A STUDIO BOOK The Viking Press NEW YORK 19 6 1 COPYRIGHT © 1961 BY HUGH LAIOMAN ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1961 BY THE VIKING PRESS, INC. 625 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 22, N.Y. PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN CANADA BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED LIBRARY OP CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 61-6794 PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. BY THE MURRAY PRINTING COMPANY '^^' IVER C. RANtAO^fGH SCHOOU DIST. #50 V/?r ,J5iER, COLO LIB.i,.R/