Make your Mark: Explore Mark-Making Techniques

Explore expressive mark‑making through diverse tools, textures, and gestures, learning to build a dynamic visual language, develop a personal style, and create compelling artworks through intentional, experimental techniques.

We have lots of tools to play with, but you might have some great stuff at home you could dip in paint and make marks with, like:

pinecones; old flatware; old kitchen tools; mesh or netting; old combs; any kind of brush; bubble wrap; leaves; twigs; rocks; feathers; bottle caps; jar lids; sandpaper; anything else you can think of....

--Bring it in!

Related Resources:

Making Marks: Discover the Art of Intuitive Drawing

Doodles Unleashed: Mixed-Media Techniques for Doodling, Mark-Making & Lettering

Marks on Paper: Short Essays on Drawing, Seeing and Looking

Mark Making!

50 Markk Making Ideas to Try