Experimental Mark Making

Hey! I'm back! So first session back this half-term we were put straight back to work with some experimental mark making tasks. The tasks are as follows:

1. Stick Drawing -  Attach a pencil (6B) to a Bamboo stick, stand back from your easel, and produce an observational study of an object using the stick (the idea was it gives you less control so you had to use marks to create the image)
2. Arms Length Drawing - Produce an observational study of an object at arms distance of your easel using a pencil (6B), this would give us more control than using a bamboo stick
3. Layered Drawing - First we used a 6B pencil on a bamboo stick, then go to arms length and use a 3B to get more detail, then stand half your arm length to add tone with a HB, then as close as I could to add little details with a 3H.

Here are my Results:

Layered Experiment

This experiment as you can see has the most detail. There is a lot more shade and curvature to the lines. It is quite 3D even on the picture, and you can see the constant build up of layers in the piece. Out of my 3 experiments this one is definitely my favourite just because it looks very real, 3D, the toning is well done and has great deal of control which I prefer in my drawings.

Bamboo Stick Experiment

Arms Length Experiment

This is my Bamboo Stick experiment. As you can see the are no straight lines, they are all jagged and rough with very few dark marks. This is because I could put no pressure down because of the length of the stick (it was about 3 foot long). I found this experiment interesting and fun because I had no control over the pencil and was really fighting to get the right marks.

And finally this is my arm length experiment. Because I was stuck at one distance even though it is neater than the Bamboo stick experiment, it still has less details because I had more control, in a sense I which it had more texture because the piece looks empty.