I TRY ABSTRACT ART! - Dumb, or Deep? You Tell Me... 

the self portrait was mad good

I love that you gave this a legit, respectful attempt. I like your self-portrait, too!

what do you get when you screw up abstract art? answer: modern art

I like the golden sun one with the leaves. good stuff on all.

You should try to do nail art that would be funny to watch

I really like the one with the gold and the dots. It makes me think of autumn leaves twirling in the wind, right before twilight when the light of the sun is bright and golden. It's peaceful and joyous.

I made abstract art on my dinner plate. I call it "leftovers".

I'd buy the self portrait it looks cool

"Screw It Up" Only Happy Little Accidents Here folks

I actually really like the gold-leafed one because it reminds me of sunflowers in the spring for some reason. Also, the self portrait one was pretty cool too.

Him:Diving straight in and into the deep end! Me: If you dove into the shallow end head first I feel like that would be more dangerous

You should team up with Christine from Simply Nailogical, an amazing comedy "nail art" youtuber. Your sense of humor would play off each other amazingly. She could talk you through doing some nail art.

Every time I watch someone do "abstract art" I go... "This looks like crap." "Oh that's nice." "Oh no he's ruining it! I like it like this! No! Staaahp!" "Oh... Hm. Hmmmm." "Oh that looks great. I knew he could do it. I had absolute trust in him all along!" "Oh what's he doing now...? Oh... Oh, this looks like trash..." Repeat.

I really liked cat, and the self-portrait. The more generic pieces I do have difficulty connecting with, but the ones that have a subject at the center of them I like a bit better. Really liked seeing you attempt this. I'd love to see you try the paint pouring art. I think that would really be a step outside your comfort zone, since it's almost impossible to control what the end result might be.

I'm one of those people who, while I don't really understand the deeper meaning of abstract art, can really enjoy the colors and shapes. It's just visual appeal. I think that the majority of these hit that mark. It kinda makes me want to try.

I really like your portrait, and the most abstract pieces honestly do give me a sense of emotion. I don't always get abstract art.. like the cat mask - I'm sorry Jazza, i didn't like Cat 2: The cattening

“But I want to learn as much about it as possible...” He’s gonna say it. Go on Jazza say it. “...and for that I’m gonna be using SKILLSHARE!” WOOOOO THANK GOD FOR SKILLSHARE! Keeping awesome art RU-vid channels going since the adpocalypse.

I like the warm colours and foil one. I can’t really explain why, but the range of textures, shapes and tones in that composition are just appealing to me

That green piece is actually pretty good. I like the concept of abstract art as a design feature.

as an abstract artist (though im trying to branch out), i love how abstract art is pure emotional expression for me. i suffer from major depressive disorder and painting really helped me get away from my darker emotions, and in turn, created some of my best, most raw work

Why do you nail every challenge Jazza? You make it seem so easy.

Next video: Origami art challenge Like so he can see!

When I was younger I thought abstract art was about painting abs... I was a weird child

My mum made an abstract painting when the black Saturday bushfires where happening and everything was terrifying, and it has always been my favourite painting she has ever done because when I look at it I can see the distress and the heat and the fear and also the beauty of her interpretation. When I moved out she gave it to me and it now hangs on my fiancé and I’s lounge room wall.

i like the one with the gold background and white sun a lot. the colours are nice

*Pablo Picasso:* _That's hot! That's hot!_

I really like the gold foil sun (?) thing art 😂

He “experimented” and started on a full on canvas 😂

Jazza will probably never read this but my teacher talks and looks exactly like Jazza!!!

Hey can you do a huge art project with tooth picks

The grey and green room compliment art was an amazing piece and makes sense.

I really like Jazza's attempt at abstract art, and I love abstract art in general.

Try to follow a Bob Ross painting but in photoshop!

You explained abstract art better than my first art teacher in college. Thank you!!!!! I struggled with this for awhile because he made us focus on non-representational art and made our final a representational piece........ it took me two days to realize that I could use a figure of some sort! Thanks again for explaining it so thoroughly. I really like watching your videos when I'm trying to relax.

you should try candle making!!!

My favourite branch of abstract art is abstracted art, studying an object, scene or a person and emphasizing specific shapes or colours, it would be interesting to see you create abstract shapes from sculptures or paintings you've done before, like an in-between your normal style and abstract or even a series/progress from your normal style to abstract

I really liked the self portrait one I’m a real sucker for good shading

I have a complaint It's too good I feel like it's harassing my art abilities

I loved the whole tone of this video and just watching jazza paint. I want to go to an exhibit and see all of these. I'm really impressed!

I never really understood abstract or modern art until I heard "4'33" by John Cage performed live. The piece is literally 4 minutes and 33 seconds of complete silence, with the performer(s) sitting there the entire time, but when you experience 2000 people sitting in a completely silent room for that long, it's amazing how powerful that amount of silence becomes.

Jazza i think you should try paper sculpting like the things that expand when you bend them Like this so jazza can see this please☺

Abstract is such a large spectrum that I don't think it's fair to say "I do not like abstract art" I don't like most abstract paintings, and I don't really like abstract sculptures, but at the same time I've seen some fucking amazing abstract art (Peter Draws for example) It's hard to lump everything abstract into one category, even though it is all abstract...

He protecc He attacc But most importantly He painted abstracc *idk I’m just bored in quarantine*

I think abstract might be my favorite type of medium. In high school my aunt tried to bring back my love for art, and she thinks that I work well with pastels, water colour, and abstract mediums but I stopped soon after starting because of my depression. It's still severely affecting me to this day, now in college, but your videos have helped me feel more motivated to get back to it. I hope I can get that willpower to do so soon but thank you for your work Jazza.

As someone who loves abstract art and values it quite highly I thought I'd throw in my two cents here. I am studying art in college and my painting teacher told us that abstract art is actually the most difficult to get "right". And I agree. The term abstraction itself goes into all art-making. In order to depict anything you are painting you have to begin to simplify it as you can not for example paint every single leaf on a tree. When people say abstract art what they generally mean is that something has been abstracted and simplified to the point of non recognizable forms. However just because this has happened it does not mean that the rules of form and composition are thrown out. The illusion of space can still be created and requires some skill to form. Balance, line, shape, texture they're all still important and if you cannot balance them within a piece that's when it looks "bad". Color theory is also another huge part of it and I feel where many people trip up. For the abstract art that I enjoy and gain great inspiration from they are not only emotional but also incredibly planned and filled with knowledge and skill. I really enjoyed you're pieces but for example the grey and green one you hung up- It is lovely but if you wanted more interest and depth I would've loved to see you add some cooler dark tones to the grey to help push it back in space and then mix in maybe some yellow into the green and layer it on top to pull it forward and create a greater play of tones within the piece. Glad to see you going out of your comfort zone! If you've reached the end of this rant thanks! I didn't plan for It to be so long!

My favorite was the sunset? with the gold foil. You should try doing a video on making bubble art

from ALL OF YOUR WORK I HAVE SEEN FROM YOU THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FREE AND ARTISTIC ARTWORK THAT YOU EVER DONE. GREAT JOB

Jazza I love the self portrait! I’d buy a print or even a T-shirt with it on it ❤️

I don’t know if you will see this but I think you should try a skillshare course on how to draw something but only listen to it. I think this would be interesting!

Can you try paint pouring?

This is my favorite video you’ve made so far. So good! Not only was it educational but so interesting. I love seeing the different styles in people and seeing how a persons style can be transferred into a new medium or category. I personally love the piece inspired by distance, you’re dark painting using some orange and different palette knives, and the portrait. I also have to say that the sunny piece using gold paper and warm tone paint is amazing. It feels very much like autumn. After seeing you do this I’d love to see how you work with realism and maybe some oil paint.

Jazza: "I've never tried this before, I know nothing about it!" 1hour later *Jazza has created beautiful art work, system overload, self destruction starts 3..2....1..*

I personally loved the one with gold leaf and white spiral, and the bottom half being yellow, orange, red, and purple spots. It reminds me of a sunny field. And for me yellow represents hopefulness. I like the curves of it and it all seems to flow together. I also love the colour scheme, I like how the colours work together and I love the shine that the gold provided, for me it added to the piece and complimented all the other aspects of it. I also feel like I should note, the grey and green piece that was an example of complimenting a room, I didn’t really like it, until it was in the room and it really did compliment the rest of the room and work well

That self portrait was beautiful and i love the heck out of it.... Shut up and dont question my use of words

I absolutely loooove the silver one with the lines its soooooo aesthetically plasing to me. And the self portrait is so badass

I love how by the end of the video, as you got more and more familiar with it, your paintings started to make sense

HOW DO YOU ALWAYS BECOME SO GOOD AT THINGS?! EVEN IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED IT?!

I love the idea of having abstract art in a home or office using the colours to help set a mood without being distracted by the image itself. Good work Jazza(as always) I like your self portrait the best 👍🏻

Love the grey and green piece you did! Great work! Loved how open you were in exploring a new medium/technique.

This actually looks great! I really like the interior design this you hung up on your wall. The gray and green really resonates with me, dunno why...

I don’t know why I don’t like the cat mask one, but the other ones I really like. I guess it’s because I felt it turned out the laziest, while the other ones feel like they had more put into them. They’re still better than what I can do!

I can't be the only one that sort of understands the "Distance" one.

Love the orange piece. I do realism and abstract always weird how people say they don’t like abstract it’s all about finding the right composition playing and blending different mediums and colors when you find the right formula it’s like a playground for artist it’s bright colorful or dreary it’s emotional it’s pretty it’s just fun.

I absolutely love your self-portrait and a few of the others are wonderful. I love that you actually tried to do so well and you enjoyed it, as well. I'm an abstract artist, but I do a bit of realism as well. I love seeing you trying so many different things. It's always so cool to see what you can do.

I love abstract art

He has had previous experience...with Passpartout!

i really love the one with the gold, yellows, oranges and red. I think it just looks amazing and i really love it

I LOVE the self portrait & the ones using Gold/SIlver leaf. They are GORGEOUS and i really enjoyed this video. Thank you for taking your time in making it ❤️

I swear to god, every single time i just hear *GET OUT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN*

Thing is...Art is abstract at it's core. When you go to paint a tree or a house or a boat you usually start with a relatively abstract shape and then try to turn it into something comprehendable as the subject you are doing. Usually involving various abstract shapes that work together to create the illusion of a tree, or a house, or a boat...or at least with the intent. From a design stand point, abstract can become even more important since it allows you to make something out of nothing and often times that something is something that is, in and of itself, uncomprehendable because it's something that doesn't exist. Or doesn't exist yet depending on what you are designing.

Jazza, these are amazing! Abstract art is my favourite style, and I am SO INTO how you ran with it!

I am a sucker for abstract art and I LOVED the blue and green one in the beginning and the big silver and black one. I could easily hang them on my wall!

I actually really didn't like cat 2, (mask) even before he said we should like it lol. the one with the colorful dots really stood out to me, it looked beautiful. It didn't look like anything, the color and shapes made me think of flowers and the sun and serenity.

Jazza: Today I'm gonna create abstract art and if I fail.... Me: Pauzes the video Jazza...YOU NEVER FAIL!!!

I could never loosen up in my art until I started abstract art. Now I love it! Like I’d you have severe issues with being all tucked up and rigid and trying to follow all the rules, try making something abstract. Throw out all the rules and references and just create.

I really love (red orange and purple abstract w/foil) autumn leaves in the light! Its very beautiful Jazza! And thats saying something-i usually dont like 'abstract' art! You did an amazing job!

Has Jazza ever actually 'failed' ????

I guess my tastes still go toward something that makes a more coherent image...my eye was drawn more toward the cat (no. 1) and the self portrait...and even the more landscape one (the orange and red with the sun...i think). But understanding I guess is the start to appreciation!

I love abstract art. I really liked the one created at 4:30, I also liked “cat”. The best one I think though was the self portrait. The mix between your style and the abstract feel really made the piece.

Absolutely loving the self-portrait!

The one that Jazza made for the corner of his office space that had the green and gray represented pollution to me. The green represented nature and plants. The gray represented the pollution around the plants causing the plants to die and fade away.

I forgot I was watching you for a second that I spaced out. Guess your voice is calming then. I’ll rate it 8/10 socks.

I really like those! I like the gold leaf with white swirl and soft strokes! It's my favorite!

I love them Jazza, you did really good! The grey and green looked so good in your room, it matched perfectly! ❤

I love it but can I point out his final piece was the Jazza avatar, obnoxious but consistent.

The painting you made for the corner of your office is very environment-dependent. To me at least, it was a rather ugly choice of colors and shapes, until it was placed where it belonged, in the corner of your office. at that point, it matched the environment well, and brought out the colors of what was already there, making the space appear brighter.

Agh, this makes me wanna break out my paints! I think you did an amazing job! I don't gain emotion from abstract art often, but the design aspects you learned and applied are really gorgeous. I'm also glad you dabbled in the mixed-media part of abstractism, which a lot of people forget!

I love the dark one with orange/pink and stripes, also the gold leaf, the piece feels so warm and inviting (like those days as a kid when it was slow and sunny and you felt happy but in a relaxed sense), the green and gray is not my favorite but it looks great in the context of it's environment. And of course the self portrait is stunning, very visually appealing.

I really liked "Cat", the self portrait, and the accent piece for your room. I definitely more agree with the idea abstract art is useful for interior design, I just don't get the idea of random lines and squiggles representing emotions, though as you mentioned it's an umbrella term. I do like abstract art such as your self portrait or "Cat" that still look like something.

I liked the one with the white swirl and red and orange bottom. Personally I really like all of them and I think you did a great job.

I love abstract art...I normally do either really colorful or black and white abstract art, its very calming

I do like your decorative charcoal and green piece! It fits the room well!

Try painting something only using potatos as tools. You can cut/carve/etc. them, but it must be 100% potato. I would combine painting and printing to get some cool textures. Everybody has done a potato print picture in kindergarten, but I'm curious about what you can do with it.

I honestly wasn’t feeling any of the pieces, but then the self portrait. Like damn I want one for my room.

The golden one with the yellow/orange/purple leaves is my absolute favorite! the self portrait at the end though had such a presence...

Distance actually made me want tear up for some reason and i looooved the self-portrait. And the medium canvas with the grey background and blue-yellow popping out

I really connected with distance. I was drawn to it. the harsh lines and silver rectangles seemed so proper and posh, whereas the curved lines weren't perfectly spaced and even, which seemed to distance from the very proper rectangles and lines. The curved lines seemed playful and perhaps like the more relaxed/loose side of a very stern posh person. Perhaps the playful side was so distant from the stern person they had lost their fun self in the process.

You should make art using gunpowder then burn it up

The self portrait was so good I love it 😻

I have never tried this before, but maybe since I haven’t done much art lately, I have many blank canvases. This may end up as a good idea for when I have no idea what to draw/paint. Expressing myself without putting pressure on how something will turn out or if I mess it up, it can be incorporated into the piece in one way or another. My partial ramble. I loved watching this video since it inspired me, as do many other videos you do. You always give things a go. About time I step out of my comfort zone and try the things I have wanted to, but too worried about doing so.