Value Grid
My materials for this exercise included a rubber band, a ribbon taped at one end, a plastic knife, an air cushion for packaging, a piece of cardboard and a water bottle
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Beginning Drawing
My materials for this exercise included a rubber band, a ribbon taped at one end, a plastic knife, an air cushion for packaging, a piece of cardboard and a water bottle
Really nice experiments here Amy! You were able to find some great textures and beautiful moments with the tools. Great job finding different scales of marks — the tiny dots and the thick lines. Notice also how the density of mark-making (the quality of a thin vs. thick line), also corresponds with how you might develop light or dark areas on the page. You can even treat this drawing as a reference chart as you create your ink still life.
I am always interested to know which tool was your favorite – you will find that some tools work better than others, so feel free to expand your tool collection as you continue to work with ink. Diluting the ink with water also allows you to develop even more variation, but be careful not to completely lose the beauty of these marks you just showed!