Alternative Mark-Making-Invented Tool
Mark making is how we get media onto the page, the canvas or whatever we're using for our finished works. This page is meant to expand your knowledge of the different tools that could be used for mark making. This might mean using media you might be familiar with, but in new ways or using invented tools to create marks.
Make sure you look closely at the examples shared here and watch all the linked videos.
Some of the various techniques shared include:
- vegetable and fruit printing
- golf ball and club
- sticks, grass, plants
- stenciling
- watercolor techniques
Student Art Guide Series on How to Make Your Work More Interesting
- Creative Use of Media for Painting and Drawing
- Painting and Drawing on Grounds
- Beyond the Brush Inventive Use of Media
PDF on Alternative Mark-Making Ideas and Recipes
Vegetable and Fruit Printing
Invented Tools
Going Beyond the Paint Brush
Painting on Grounds to Enhance Your Work
How to Make Your Art Project More Interesting
Everyday Objects For Painting
Things You Might Not Have Thought Of for Mark Making
Going Beyond the Paint Brush
Painting on Grounds to Enhance Your Work
How to Make Your Art Project More Interesting
Everyday Objects For Painting
Things You Might Not Have Thought Of for Mark Making
Fabienne Verdier
PHS Art Alum: Allison Loth's Painting done with golf club and ball.
Stencils and Watercolor Techniques
Check out the Journal Fodder Junkies Website and Blog too. I also have a couple of their books in the art room. You can take a look through them as part of your research.