Mark making collage

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2016 Topic 17: Making Marks Heather Hansen Well hello everyone, Darcy here with our latest topic. This one is a very broad subject, and the title alone may baffle you, but I shall attempt to clarify and give you lots of inspiration in this post. Mark making is a term used when we want to describe lines and patterns, also textures ,if they overlap. Marks can be made with any tool, any medium and on any surface. these marks can be dots, dashes, spirals, scribbles, even scratches. They can be…

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.

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…

Discover the magic of transparent layers and mark making in art journals. Our tutorial guides you through using collage papers, acrylic inks, stamps, and paint pens to add depth to abstract art.

Making collages to inspire paintings…

Carly Guppy on Instagram: “Work In Progress. . . This piece is slow in the making, but hoping it will be worth it in the end! . I’m thinking it needs more mark making…”

Hand printed collage paper for collage art and junk journals.

I thought I would try creating a sort of vocabulary of visual elements, and use almost arbitrary combinations of them as starting points for a series of work. This was inspired by images I saw on Pinterest by Olivier Umbecker. I'm not saying that he approaches his pieces this way, just that his work gave me this idea. It is something I'm going to try out at Big Fat Art Weekend next week, see how it goes over with the group. Here are the pieces, some tentatively finished, others in process…