In this video [5:37] explore the power of abstraction through Mark Rothko's luminous and introspective paintings. what you have is quiet contemplation, a mood of deep immersion in color. In a Rothko painting, you have three or four zones of different thinly-washed layers of color all interacting with each other in a subtle way. To experiment on your own, take our online studio course Materials and Techniques of Postwar Abstract Painting.