Mark making art

If you are stuck with how to add tone to your artwork, pay reference to the mark making sheet attached. There are a number of ways to add tone – you don’t always have to use the side o…

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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12 x 15 3/4 inches Pen and ink Self Portrait This is a sample of a project that I do with my Art 1 students. It starts as a grid drawing that is then developed by creating values using patterns and textures. Students have to control the value within a given pattern as well since the pattern/texture changes with each grid square. I am always trying to get the students to take more compositionally interesting photos to work from so that we get more dynamic final images. This means that I start…

In this project, we explored different methods and techniques for black and white mark-making. In my case, I tried various drawing media on white paper and experimented with both abstract shapes and patterns and more graphic ones. Further on, we analyzed the relationship between this type of illustration and certain words and the effect value can have on them.

Messy colorful mark making with acrylic gouache and neocolors - my favourite art to make

Many thanks to accessArt Young Artist Rowan Briggs Smith