Mark making artists

John and I had a fun day in the studio recently. We both wanted to do a bit of experimental mark-making, to explore new ideas. John is looking for inspiration for his printmaking and I thought it would be interesting to play with marks and compositions which could be the starting points of new drawings or which might possible translate into textiles. We gathered lots of tools and then made a few new ones, looking for anything which would make an unusual mark if dipped in paint: We decided to…

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All the hard work was done. All that remained now was for one artist to take a very brave step and put herself out there, out into the world of internet teaching.

Experimentation

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Mark making. mixed media.

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I gave my Sketchbook Practice class the assignment of making as series of "scribble paintings", and then cutting them up to make grid compositions. A scribble painting, or drawing, is one in which you are just making a variety of marks, trying to get some variety, but without regard for composition. After all, you are going to tear it to pieces, or cut it up somehow anyway. Here is an example of the process: Original Scribble Painting I cut up the painting and placed some pieces in a loose…

Mark making drawing this is quite similar to ssomething we did in class. Would like to usethis to create an actual drawing