Mark making

Mark-making is a no-sweat way to start a daily creative practice because you only need three supplies. Black paint or ink, paper, and your mark-making objects. That’s it! But what do you do once you have your supplies? Click through and I'll show you what comes next!

Mark making with natural materials is one of the most fun and inventive ways to create. Check out where it's taken my art!

I gave my Sketchbook Practice class the assignment of making as series of "scribble paintings", and then cutting them up to make grid compositions. A scribble painting, or drawing, is one in which you are just making a variety of marks, trying to get some variety, but without regard for composition. After all, you are going to tear it to pieces, or cut it up somehow anyway. Here is an example of the process: Original Scribble Painting I cut up the painting and placed some pieces in a loose…

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.

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experiment with mark making! — clare youngs

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

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Art journal background in progress - by Dorine Sengers

A week of drawing patterns & making marks in ink, Throwing in a twist + hypothesis wrapped in an experiment: how does water alter|morph patterns? So I set about drawing repeating patterns knowing in advance that I would alter them — I like seeing how art materials react in different sit

Henri Hagelberg on Instagram: "Adding interest with mark making 🎨👇 One of my favourite things in regards to my artwork currently is mark making. 🖌 What's mark making? ➡️ It's the act of creating lines, patterns and shapes on your artwork, adding depth and interest. In addition to common tools such as combs, markers and paper towels, I like to use natural elements I've found from outdoors. 🌲 My pieces regularly feature organic marks created with for example twigs, pinecones and…

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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

When you step into abstract art you will soon notice that mark-making is one of those elements that are pretty essential to make ...

Mark making. mixed media.