Learning Objectives:
• Understand how mark-making can be used to create variations of tone in drawing
• Explore how mark-making can be used to add texture to a drawing
• Creatively explore different forms of mark-making and consider when different marks might be used
• Explore how mark-making can be used to add texture to a drawing
• Creatively explore different forms of mark-making and consider when different marks might be used
What you will need:
Sketching paper (or your sketchbook), a soft pencil (preferably 2B or 4B), ruler, eraser, pencil sharpener and a black fineliner pen.
Your Task:
1. Watch the video demo below.
2. Have a go at creating your own textures in a similar grid, following the worksheet below the video.
2. Have a go at creating your own textures in a similar grid, following the worksheet below the video.
Demo
If you would like to trace the outlines for the boxes, you can download a template by clicking on the button to the right.
Mark-Making Worksheet
Extension Activity
• Use your imagination to invent some new unique marks that are very different to all of the others.
• Imagine drawing a particular object and then draw all of the appropriate marks to draw it, e.g. bark, rocks or fish scales.
• Imagine drawing a particular object and then draw all of the appropriate marks to draw it, e.g. bark, rocks or fish scales.
Top Tips
• Consider how marks that are close together will make objects look darker than marks that are further apart
• Avoid drawing pictures, but instead try to keep your marks abstract. They will look less abstract when you use them as a small part of a much larger drawing
• Think about when you might use each mark-making technique in your work
• Avoid drawing pictures, but instead try to keep your marks abstract. They will look less abstract when you use them as a small part of a much larger drawing
• Think about when you might use each mark-making technique in your work
Examples of previous students' mark-making experiments:
What do you think they have done well and what might they have done to improve?
