Explain the definition of abstract art so that an 8-year-old child could understand it. Explain how children do abstract art when they are younger.


Abstract art is a type of normal art that is more about drawing shapes, lines and colours than an actual picture. Art is usually a picture, like a dog, but with abstract art, you create art by throwing a bunch of shapes and colours together to make a picture that you have imagined. Younger children can do abstract art when they splash paint or draw a collection of squiggly lines on paper to draw a picture that they have thought of.