Utilizing handmade brushes and tools, Thomas explores mark-making and motion through graphic swaths of ink that he splashes, moves, and pulls across the paper's surface.
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: painted shapes, paint scribble, graphite scribble, pattern, collage, loose line painted shapes and scribbles, and paint outline shapes, pattern, graphite scribble, loose line This one might be done. I added the green cellular thing at the bottom as an element. This one is definitely in process, or else I will keep it as a "demo" piece. I like the new marks. I used that sort of cellular shape thing again in this one, but in fine pen. The second one on the video. Still in process. The shape in the upper left is done with plastic wrap through a stencil. Give THAT a try! Work in Progress This might be finished. I like the spare quality, all that space around the elements. Agony and Confusion This is the first one I did on the video. It's still in progress. As I look at these all together I see some aspects I'd like to investigate further: maybe leaving more space around the elements, maybe trying to use fewer elements in each piece. I would also like to see how this approach works on a larger scale. These are all 12"x12". If you are inclined to try this, I would love to hear how it goes, and if you find it a productive way to work or get jump started. You could tack these up to your wall as a reminder.
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 stick to black and white, so we could concentrate on marks and tone. I mixed up a tub of black acrylic and got out some Platignum Calligraphers Black Ink too (a good non-waterproof ink, as it separates into pretty colours when wet, rather than just going grey). I found an oil bar and some liquin too, which is great for smearing not just oil bars but also oil pastels. Plus a Derwent Inktense block and grater (tiny gratings can be scattered onto wet paper or sprayed with water for speckled effects). We both put on latex gloves and set-to on a big piece of cartridge paper each. It was such fun - no pressure to make something which 'works', just pure experimentation. This was my first sheet: I am particularly interested in randomness, so many of the new tools we made were designed to make the marks more hard to control. To add to the random element, we both cut up our sheets into equal pieces, using pre-decided measurements, not aesthetic judgement to create the sections: I like the way it changes things when you isolate a section. The emphasis on the various elements changes, because of the enforced edges, and you start to get interesting things happening with composition. On my 2nd sheet, I started with some large marks in a grey emulsion, to create a new element of contrast. I made a new tool too - a piece of corrugated card to print with. You can see the marks top right: I cut this one into squares. As the paper's dimensions didn't divide exactly into squares, this allowed me a slight element of judgement, as I could move the composition of any square a centimetre or two to the left or right. I then selected the best 6 squares from the 9 created. These are my favourites. It's surprising how well they work just as they are, but you can also see how they could be taken into print or textiles. It would be fun trying to find ways to reinterpret the marks and tones in the different medium. I can highly recommend this as a very enjoyable way of exploring new techniques and getting new inspiration. The randomness is important though, as a way of forcing you not to be too controlling and letting unexpected things happen. John did some experiments using blotting paper, which he tore into strips. Even the offcuts were interesting, which I saved as we were clearing up. The beautiful blue is the Platignum ink: Even my offcuts were quite interesting: Have a go. Even before we got drawing, it was good fun making the tools from odds and ends we found around the studio, taping them to bits of stick and then finding out what marks they made.
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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 definite and controlled or they can be loose and wild, either way marks are expressive and can convey many emotions. Sometimes these marks can represent something real, and therefore must conform to various rules regarding shape and proportion etc. Other pieces of art are totally abstract and fully intuitive. Frank Auerbach Before we start, let's see who won the Topic 16 : Beads,Charms,Dangles Challenge... Winner of Beads, Charms and Dangles is Bryan from GeezerCrafter Email Darcy to claim your prize. [email protected] So let's dive in, what is mark making, and what is the point? It is a way to open the mind to alternative ways of making art. Not everything has to be a finely tuned and thought out image. Look at the way that children create, they scribble for all their worth and they are so proud of what they create. Only as adults do we become overly concerned with how others see our creations. Children communicate through drawing before they can speak, it makes their thoughts visible. As well as developing fine motor skills. Wouldn't it be good if we could allow ourselves that freedom to be so expressive: to let our fingers take control and enable the character of a piece to develop. Stephen Lursen In the modern era we have all kinds of pencils and paintbrushes, but often just holding these can induce panic and worry over making even the first mark on a page. These tools are somehow deemed to be the tools of professionals, they cause us to freeze up and questions our abilities. Therefore mark making exercises encourage us to use different tools. Ones that give us more freedom. Try using twigs instead of pencils, or leaves,feathers,berries,flowers. Use your fingers.. use mud instead of paint. Draw on the path with chalk or squished berries. Go to the beach and draw in the sand. Try blind mark making, close your eyes: first explore the surface with your hands, is it smooth, is it rough, how does it make you feel. What can you hear or smell, is the sun warming your face or do you feel a breeze. All these things come to us more clearly when we close our eyes and shut off that visual sense. Now translate how you feel to the surface, make your marks accordingly. Express yourself, your emotions. Focus on the marks and noting else, don't try to create, just make marks. Lesley McInally There are so many tools you can use or make , let's look at some that you might have fun playing with. Of course you can still use pencils, but why just use one? South Wales Uni This has to be one of my favourite photos for this topic, any of you with children or grandchildren must try this out. I am tempted to rummage in the attic for old toys. Clare If you are lucky enough to have trees or bushes nearby, now is the time to start collecting fallen twigs. As we move into Autumn there will all sorts of twigs, leaves, seed pods that you can utilise, as well as feathers grasses and even your own hair. next time you have a haircut remember to save the trimmings. Catherine White This is a cool and very simple tool, a shoelace wrapped around a paintbrush or stick/skewer. You can do the same with elastic bands or string/yarn. Just look at the fabulous splats made by this dried flower head. , this one made me squeal a little, I love it. There are so many items just laying around that you could use, why not fill a bag or small box with found 'mark making tools' I have one, and the contents are varied; sticks, skewers, bits of fabric, mesh, pen lids, glue stick lids, bits of plastic, mesh bag from oranges, screws and natural sponges. So now we know how to loosen up, and we have our home made tools.. or whatever you choose to use, where do we make these marks ? As I said earlier you can go outside, make use of natures canvas, or you can grab a journal and turn that into your mark making place. Elisabeth Couloigner Within art there are of course general marks, but also texture can be created with marks, the most obvious one is hatching and cross hatching. There is also the technique of pointillism, where small dots of colour are used to create an image. Dots are one of the most basic marks, why not have a go at making something just using dots! I found this fun photo, a different approach to making dots, as this piece requires holes to be made into the substrate. As the holes are made from the back the paper is forced upwards, creating not just the hole/dot but also texture. Amparo Sard How else can these marks be translated into art? how are the thousands of mark making sketchbooks across the world even remotely useful? You might think them pointless scribbles, but in fact many designers use mark making as a very important resource when designing fabric for example. Not only does the act of mark making loosen up the creative juices the results of mark making can themselves be developed in many art forms. Look at these mark making experiments, all torn up into strips and arranged with other marks. This could easily be developed into fabric. Or you could use it as it is, perhaps glue to a canvas, what do you see in the marks? I think a landscape piece could evolve from these. Here you can see that marks have been cleaned up, filtered, simplified and turned into fabric. Laura Slater Mark making does not need to be restricted to working on paper or canvas, use any substrate, chisel your marks into wood, sculpt into clay or take your needle and thread to fabric. Pottery can be a fabulous substrate for mark making. Pracilla Mouritzen You can of course bring mark making into journalling and cardmaking. How? well either by making the marks yourself or utilising the many background stamps and stencils that are available. The start of this journal page is a perfect example of a really nice composition of mark making. Gorgeous colour blending really shows off the bolder marks, but look beyond the black marks, there are other marks within the layers. Dorine Sengers This card too uses mark making to fantastic effect underneath the focal images. Now I am not encouraging you to dip your hair into paint, but there are other fun ideas in this video. Perhaps encourage your children or grandchildren to make the marks, let them do the messy bit and then you use the paper in your project? that would be a fun collaboration. How else can you discover your own unique marks? The easiest way is to write your signature over and over, starting out normal and considered and letting your hand loosen up till the letters evolve. Cover the whole page, keep going until you can no longer recognise the letters. This is your totally unique set of marks. You can also make art with your fingerprints, remember no two sets of prints are alike, this would be your mark and nobody elses. I just love this collection of marks, you could easily replicate this in a patchwork way by taking small squares of your mark making and arranging them onto a canvas. Sophie Munn The emphasis over the next 2 weeks is to experiment, get messy and have fun. Let go of the worry that you must make something perfect, and in doing so you just might make the best thing ever. Don't forget to follow Darcy and Leandra's Pinterest boards if this topic pushes your buttons, you will see plenty more examples to whet your appetite there! I am really looking forward to seeing what you create over the next 2 weeks! Darcy Topic 17: Making Marks PaperArtsy Blog Challenge We'd love you to share your ideas and link up your creative response to our current blog topic. Take a minute to read the challenge guidelines below. All links go in the draw to win a voucher to spend on products of your choice from the PaperArtsy online store. The Making Marks link will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, Sept 18th, winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00. 1. The challenge is a for you to show how you are inspired by the current blog topic. Your entry should contain: - a mention of which post inspired you and why, and - a link in your blog post to that original post on the PA blog. The whole concept of this challenge is 'play along with us'. You are encouraged to put your own twist on ideas you see on our blog, do your own thing - whatever grabs you! 2. The link you put on our linky page must lead directly to the specific post on your blog where you have explored the technique/ idea mentioned in point 1 above. Don't link to the home page of your blog. 3. We prefer your challenge blog post is created exclusive to our challenge, but if our topic fits perfectly with another challenge, then you may link to both if appropriate. 4. You are most welcome to use stamps/ products/ substrates you have to hand from a variety of companies, we do not expect you to exclusively use PA products - it's lovely when you do though! 6. You can enter as many times as you like. We don't want to restrict your creativity! NB. Link closes at 17:00 Sunday Sept 18th (London Time) 7. The winner of the random draw will receive a £50 credit voucher to be redeemed on the PaperArtsy Website. The credit voucher includes VAT and postage. We request that one of your purchases is an A5 rubber stamp. You can add any other items to your basket, but the final total should not exceed £50. 8. Each fortnight on Sunday, the winner will be announced at 19:00 (London time). In the same post, the link for the next fortnight will be posted. 9. It's your responsibility to claim your prize coupon from Darcy. email: [email protected] Good Luck! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
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Over the past few months I've been experimenting with different ways of making marks on cloth. While I love the linear marks I have been producing with shibori and other techniques, I don't want to just keep repeating myself. So I've been shaking things up. I
Sometimes it's good to put away the colour for a day and work in monochrome. I find it's a great way to focus on mark making, explore values and just play and sketch without thinking about the outcome - all kinds of good things can happen when you least expect it!#contemporaryabstractart #charlottewensleyart #abstractart #artvideo #artprocessvideo #abstractartprocess #australianart #contemporaryart #modernabstractart #modernart #charlottewensley #artblog #abstractartblog
I have patchwork and quilts on the brain lately. Here's a roundup of some of my favorite patchwork and quilt-inspired picks from Society6 for this week's
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And finally, here is a sampling of the collographs that came out of the 2nd half of the printmaking class. Above is an acrylic plate with a design made out of beeswax and then inked with Akua waterbased inks. Making the collograph plate. Inking it carefully by hand. And finally, printing the plate on an etching press. The first print is fairly dark with ink. Then we roll up with Release Agent and pull a ghost print. Here is our palette of colors. Wild! And a sampling of prints. As I was busy helping around the room I only got a portion of the lovely work created. The image above is one of the plates ready to print. Here you can see the glorious scenery outside our classroom. The above print was a combination of collograph printed over a monotype. And finishing up with a monotype that slipped through the cracks. I want to thank all of the industrious and talented printmakers who joined me in the classroom. It was amazing. Truly amazing.
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Creating art is the only place where you can continue what you love and ignore what you don’t. Seriously. Think about your home. You can ignore the things you don’t like for a time, but when the stack of dishes in the sink is threatening to slide across the crumb-covered counter while the la
The beginning of a new school year is exciting but can also be a little bit nerve-racking for children and teachers alike! The first days need to fulfil several objectives including allowing everybody to settle in, to begin to re-connect/make new connections and to be filled with enthusiasm for the year ahead. Whole school or class projects are a great way to start the year with a bang, so here are 16 ideas to inspire and make everybody feel part of the team.
Today I worked with lines and scribbles, inspired by a few of my students who were in the 100 Drawings class. My goal was just to see what I can do with crayons, oil pastels, and other line-making tools, on their own, without point. I did venture into paint, though, as you'll see in the video, but the focus is on drawing media. These are not meant to be "pieces", or even studies. They are just byproducts of my playing around. Which is how I like to think of all my work. Crayola, various oil pastels, water soluble crayon Crayola, various oil pastels, water soluble crayon Crayola, various oil pastels, water soluble crayon This one started on a piece of "scrap" paper, one I'd used to lift paint. So it has a ground of acrylic paint. I scratched through the oil pastel with a razor into the dark green at bottom right. This one is soft pastel (the really dusty kind), conte crayon (the black), a few oil pastels, and Crayola crayons. Maybe some graphite in there too. Graphite of various sorts, oil pastels, water soluble crayon Graphie, ink, Crayola crayon, and water soluble crayon Soft pastel, graphite crayon, Crayola crayon, ink, water soluble crayon Various oil pastels and crayons, acrylic paint Various crayons and oil pastels, graphite, ink, and acrylic paint This one started on a piece of "scrap" paper on which I had off-loaded excess paint. On top of the paint is graphite, oil pastel, and various crayons. Also done on top of paint off-loads: mostly oil pastel, acrylic paint. The crayons and oil pastels I reference in the video are: Crayola Crayons, which you can get anywhere, so a link is unnecessary. Cheap Oil Pastels: I used ProArt, but Cray Pas are comparable; Van Gogh are good inexpensive oil pastels. Sennelier Oil Pastels: these are buttery and pigment-rich. Holbein Oil Pastels: I love these; they are a bit harder than the Sennelier, and just as smooth and pigment-rich. They come in a H U G E range of colors, with tints and shades of many colors as well. These are a bit larger than Sennelier, and comparably more expensive per piece. Caran d'Ache Neopastel: yummy, not as soft as Sennelier, good pigment load. These are a little smaller than the Sennelier, and very slightly cheaper. Probably the same price per unit of weight or volume. Caran d'Ache Neocolor II: these are the water soluble crayons I use all the time. In some of the above pieces I've used graphite crayon, graphite pencils, and pitt pens as well. Fun FUN!!
Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a geometric, Bauhaus-inspired paper collage. Prior to beginning, it is helpful to learn more about the Bauhaus art movement. Some of the key characteristics of Bauhaus art includes (1) simple, geometric shapes, (2) basic color schemes, and (3) asymmetrical balance. This activity challenges artists
These two sheets of designs and patterns inspired by Gustav Klimt will help your students create artwork inspired by his gorgeous pictures. As your students learn about Klimt and his use of gold and patterns, place these sheets on their tables to use as a reference for their own Klimt inspired artwo...
Tonight Ian Andrews put on an experimental drawing session, which was open to all classes, great work students!
Free International Dot Day Activity (Creativity Challenges) Teachers, are you looking for some free resources for International Dot Day? Dot Day takes place on September 15th. The inspiration for the day comes from the book, The Dot , by Peter H. Reynolds. In the story, the main charac
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