These two classes deal with mark making, and I had a blast!
Expressive Sketchbooks: Nature with Helen Wells
The lesson is about using tools that you find in nature, and ink, to make unique experimental marks inspired by nature. Things like twigs, moss, leaves, rocks, feathers, etc. that many of us like to pick up on our walks anyway.
I did five practice sheets with ink, both ends of a stick, a feather with both ends, and a thin pottery shard, then I used the same tools directly on a sketchbook sheet for the first photo, and I cut up the practice sheets and collaged some of the pieces onto the other two skbk pages. This is what I came up with. I loved doing them and want to do maybe a whole sketchbook full of them at some point!
"Overgrown"-It reminds me of an overgrown flower bed or something!
Fearless Drawing: Make Your Mark and Silence Your Inner Critic-Deb Putnoi
I almost didn't try this class, but I'm glad I did. I learned some things about mark making that made me more confident about making marks!
For the first page, I just used my Zig Writer pen and made separate rows for each thing she suggested I do, but after seeing a couple of examples, on the second page I used different markers, pens, pencils, paint pens, etc. to make the marks in different colors lapping over one another however I felt like making the marks. It was fun and informing, plus I liked the page I made!
I know. It looks like a child did it, but that's the point, to learn to relax and play with our art, and I'm gaining in confidence and looseness, and that's what I want. I've always been too up-tight and hard on myself. I'm learning to let go of perfection one step at a time, to not be afraid of messing up, and to just go for it and have fun!
I'm so glad I went ahead and paid for access after the free binge fest. There are so many more classes I want to sample and add to my own art! Take care and keep practicing!
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