I find it interesting that some artists share certain graphic elements in their work. This is especially true with abstract painters. One mi...
Mark making with salt. A fun way to get children to practice writing their sounds! 🖌
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 of your pencil or cotton wool!! If you are too scared to add it to your artwork…
This was my first Dot Day . The students were excited to share ideas about how they could "make a mark" and express themselves creativ...
Sumi ink on rice paper
Jeri Ledbetter is inspired and compelled both by nature’s oddities and man-made structures. She is enthralled with the contrast of, and interplay between...
I owe it all to my friend, Nan. She had come out to help me sell my wares at QuiltCon in Pasadena two years ago. I had pretty much decided that I was going to stick to hand patterning and hand dyeing my fabric myself. I'd tried reproducing it digitally and, although my first co
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.
Creating mark making tools with found elements
Mark making activity for preschoolers in tuff tray using flour and alphabet puzzles
There are certain things, as a parent, you agree to do when you have a child. Things that is as inherent to being a mom or dad as is wa...
Coarse Horsehair brush • ink • paper
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 lo...
There are so many polymer artists out there these days, doing a lot of very innovative work. It's natural to worry that you can't make your ...
