Mark making with paint

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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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…

Afbeelding techniekstudie door William Kentridge, 2012. #schildertechnieken

This project is for creating, dare we say, almost professional-looking art pieces even if you have zero training in art. Yes, it’s this simple. It is also an

This is a quick 1 or 2 lesson project that looks at mark making. I introduce the idea that many pieces of art have been created without the use of a paintbrush. The children get messy by experimenting with various items dipped in black paint. I have a box full of bits and pieces - pen lids, batteries, screws, springs, sticks, cotton buds, elastic bands, forks etc. and use these to create a mixture or marks. I cut out lots of square cards to experiment on and the drying racks gets full…

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…

Swatches

Mark making. mixed media.