Looking at Drawing as a Mark on a surface
So far we’ve been recording what you see, trying to record in just by seeing and not by naming the things that you see. Now we turn to a more conscious way of drawing, but we start with the mark.
Reading
From Drawing, Space, Form and Expressions Wayne Enstice and Melody Peters
- Making your Mark
- Figure-Ground Relationship
- Picture Plane
Class exercise: Mark making
We talked about
- Line character
- weight
- direction
- focal point
- value
- calligraphic line
- symbol
Class exercise: Mark making/Obstruction/Accumulation/Deletion
We talked about
- space and value
- line and value
- gestural qualities
- a sense of light
- positive/negative marks
- positive negative shape
- movement
- direction
- which way is top?
- emotional impact (flag image not pictured here)
- images, signs and symbols (flag again)
- how much to erase
- when is it finished?
Online Viewing
Jasper Johns Flag Drawings
Robert Rauschenburg Erased DeKooning
You Said