PART 1 P1: Exercise 1 - Experimenting with expressive lines and marks

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Experimenting with expressive lines and marks

I haven't had chance to get the right size paper for the activity yet. But I thought this would be a good opportunity to try out my new Pencil for Paper 53. My first foray into digital drawing.

What follows are all digital drawings using only Paper 53 and its pencil. It is NOT a review of the technology, although I have already realised a massive difference in the techniques used to produce a similar effect. Nothing beats a graphite pencil/ink and nib...in my opinion.

It is a given that the process of art in all forms should, in its purest form, be a means of expression for the artist. Inner feelings, emotions, contemplation, memory,  therapeutic...the act of making art can be a release regardless of the emotion. 

Drawing is an expression in a simple, accessible form. The emotion at the time of mark-making, could be expressed in some manner to reflect them. Yet, a mark made in joy by one person will appear different to another. This is what I love about the pure expressionism of art; it is truly individual. We may share the same opinion but our narrative is our own. Non-objective objects were created, lines, marks, and abstract shapes. Certain emotions were transformed into such marks.

These are the digital results.












CONFUSION/FRUSTRATION

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