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30 x 20 inches, unframed graphite, charcoal, & conte crayon on paper, double sided drawing About the artist & work: Mark Beard has charmed audiences for more than 2 decades as Bruce Sargeant with portraits and murals painted in the style of John Singer Sargeant of strapping, young athletic figures in various landscapes and locker rooms. As Mark Beard, he continues to hone his skills and dutifully sketches from live models once a week in his Manhattan studio. The result of this dedicated practice is a dynamic selection of works on paper sketched with graphite pencil and conte crayon on 30 x 22 inch Arches paper. Each drawing is unique and original.

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2020 Topic 5: Mark Making Hi everyone, Keren here with a topic that's nearly as intriguing as it is simple. From the moment we first held a crayon or paintbrush, we have been making marks. As children we were instinctive and free and as we develop, it seems that mark making becomes more complex and we hesitate often, trying to make the 'perfectly correct' line, dot or dash. When we think about it at its simplest level, it's certainly something that we can all attempt. I suspect that freedom to make marks with spontaneity rather than over-thought might make for more joyous pieces of art. From early cave-drawings to sprawling graffiti, mark making is not devoid of expression or emotion. Boiled down to its essence, a singular mark may not tell much ( although some artists would beg to differ), but the mark has been described as the 'language' of the artist (Lynette Ubel) and can distinguish a piece of art as belonging to us. When I consider mark makers from the PaperArtsy family, my thoughts immediately wander to Seth Apter, who is well known for his marks and delicious layering of paint and colour. This photo is actually of one particular stage in the process but you can see the marks so clearly, I thought it was a great introductory visual. Those of you who know the PaperArtsy family of designers well, will know that many of the designers give a solid nod to mark-making among their stamp designs. PaperArtsy Blog One of the first decisions you'll have to make involves how you're going to create the marks. There are many ways of crafting your own 'brushes'. Here's a few handmade ones. Art Propelled You could create this tool using an item normally purposed for cleaning.. Elizabeth Schowachert Art Or this collection of 'brushes' Paintdrops Keep Falling Once your implement is chosen. What substrate do you use? Are you making marks using quicker movement or some intentional gauging? Rapid short strokes or long gentle swathes of ink? I love this piece by Jacqui Fehl. There is real life in her strokes. So many examples of mark making are often in black and white, so this vivacious piece is a treat. Jacqui Fehl Instinctive mark making can produce freer responses. This artist closed her eyes and using one hand to feel for the edge of the paper, moved her body slowly down the wall, allowing the motion to guide her marks. Jane Grisewood Moving back to implements, I thought this technique of using a leftover mascara wand is a good option for the environment. We'll be stockpiling all sorts of objects now! Rae Missigman Calligraphers make careful marks, often bound by rigid proportional rules. This example shows a freer side to letter creating and using pen and ink can produce angular marks. Barbara Close Often the marks will be the focus of the piece, but this clever design uses marks to define areas and bring shading. Look closely! Inna Heller It's easy to think of marks as short collections of lines or dots. Mark making can involve fluid motions that result in spectacular dynamic pieces. Anna Sheffield Heading back to the PaperArtsy blog, Emma Godfrey has lots of stamps with mark making in mind. This piece of hers combines lots of different mark making techniques. PaperArtsy Blog Combining different concentrations of colour and direction makes for exciting marks. I love this piece. I Am Japanese This art journal is a great example of different types of marks. The splatters, brush marks, pen work, random painted edges and more. Saadia Nawaz Changing medium completely, there's a technique in ceramics called Sgrafito that involves scraping lines into clay. This artist has also built up part of the clay after making the marks. Eunice Botes More gauging, but this time into lino. Such beautiful lines and great contrast. Viola Dardar Mark making on fabric can come in different forms. This piece shows making marks through spraying over elements (washers), and using different fibres and stitches. Varying the width and type of fibres results in beautiful soft marks. Cheryl Lennox If we can use any substrate, what about the human body? Etching marks into skin with ink is the essence of tattooing. Not all tattoos could be described as beautiful marks but this example is an unique style. chenje.newtattoo We can't forget about gel plates in this mark making topic. Gel plates afford so many ways to make our mark. Whether it's through stencils, texture transfer, marking the paint, adding objects or stamping, this is a versatile technique. Lynn Bailey This next piece shows a gel plate print using really effective scratching into the plate. Jane Davies This next example is one of my favourites. A lively stitched piece using so many marks to build up texture. It reminded me of book binding stitching too. Stuart Shils I hope there is plenty here to get you making marks along with us. They can be simple or complex, tentative or confident, but the main thing is to explore how you express yourself in ink, paint, pottery, fabric or more! If you want to create along with us, please share on our social feeds so we can see what you get up to. The best places are Instagram @paperartsy or post in PaperArtsy People Group on Facebook. Make sure you tag us in your contributions, we love to see what you get up to in your creative world!

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About Figurative drawing made with graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 21.5 x 28 inches, unframed This unique life study drawing of two seated male nude models was made by Mark Beard in 2016. The muscular male models posed in a relaxed embracing pose was rendered in graphite, charcoal and conte crayon on Arches paper. Strong facial features and upper body muscles are evidence of the artist's excellent drafting skills. Mark Beard's drawings are the perfect entry level to collecting this well established artist's work. Oil paintings, both large and small, are also available. Mark Beard has charmed audiences for more than two decades with portraits and murals as Bruce Sargeant, a name that merges the painting styles of John Singer Sargeant with the erotic photographs of fashion photographer of Bruce Weber. He is best known for his work that depicts strapping, young athletic figures in various landscapes and locker rooms. As Mark Beard, he continues to hone his skills and dutifully sketches from live models once a week in his Manhattan studio. The result of this dedicated practice is a dynamic selection of works on paper sketched with graphite pencil and conte crayon on 30 x 22 inch Arches paper. Each drawing is unique and original. About the artist: Mark Beard is perhaps the most literal example of an artist pulled in so many different directions that he chose to “invent” six different personae in which to channel his overflowing energy and need for expression. Each painting style is radically different from the next, so it remains entirely believable that the work could stem from six completely different people of different time periods and different schools of thought. With a background in set design, Beard has always been one who could conjure total magic with anything available. For this exhibit, he returns as the beloved 20th century painter from England, Bruce Sargeant, featuring a parade of Arcadian scenes suggesting afternoons of young men sporting in the countryside, rowing, bicycling, hunting or wrestling. Clean shaven, well manicured youths pose casually, indulging every opportunity to display a titillating flex of stone-like musculature. Like modern Greek statues, Beard paints these prestigious figures oftentimes in pairs of twos and threes in a lazy state of beautiful passivity. Mark Beard keeps himself fresh with challenge, undertaking ambitious commissions and committing to weekly sketch sessions with live models in his Manhattan studio. The result of this dedicated practice is a stunning array of graphite and conte crayon drawings on Arches paper. Mark Beard has exhibited with Carrie Haddad Gallery for nearly twenty years and there has never been a dull moment. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake city, now lives in New York City. His works are in museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City; the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; and the Harvard, Yale, and Princeton University Art Museums; among many others. We would not be the least bit surprised to see new ‘personas’ emerge in the coming years.

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