Mark-Making Exercises

Developing a visual vocabulary through mark-making

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automatic drawing
blind contour
breath
collage
collective
continuous Line
cross contour
expressive line
gestural abstraction
gesture
ink
line control
line variation
masking
mind's eye
mindfulness
negative space
non-dominant hand
prompts
response
shape
sketchbook
surrealist
texture

shape

Draw better circles

line control, shape

Overhand pencil grip

Yesterday’s exercise showed me that I need more practice drawing […]

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Line Control the circle

line control, shape

line control exercise - concentric circles

Gather Materials: Today’s Exercise Today’s exercise comes from Sketchbook.com This

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Three-Shape Composition

automatic drawing, shape, surrealist

three-shape composition

In this exercise you will draw three simple geometric shapes

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Fill in the circles – Vary the line

line control, line variation, shape

ntersecting circles with different marks

Gather Materials: Today’s Exercise Draw overlapping circles and then fill

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