Mark making a level art

A level sketchbook- mark making

(college fine art class) leaves with mark making

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…

Cate Field Dorset Artist on Instagram: "A little taster for my lesson for this Friday or over on YouTube. Taking your art to the next level using creative Mark making techniques. I hope you can join me for some more art, fun, experimentation and playful creativity. #artteacher #artstuff #artistlife #creativeart"

To practise different markmaking techniques i drew lots of 5cm squares on some A3 paper and used different mediums in each square, and as many different ways of making marks as i could think of. I then cut out a few of these squares and stuck them in my sketchbook, i decided to give each different medium its own page. I liked doing this exercise, i was surprised at how many different ways i could make marks and with all the different media. I ended up doing more squares than i originally…

Researching markmaking techniques with ink - GCSE art A Level art College art Art and Design

Experimentation

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…