Studio Practice

Artist processes, making resources and practical references for studio teaching.

Mark making + visual language

Mark making + visual language

Studio / Mark makingLearning by DesignMark vocabulary, doodling and the physical relationship between mark density and tone.Studio / Visual languageLearning by DesignHow a personal visual language develops through repeated testing.Studio / CompositionLearning by DesignRepetition, spacing, connection and interruption.A Guide to Cézanne's Mark Making and MaterialsMoMA / MagazineHow repeated, constructed marks build form; close looking students can carry into their own mark testing.A Rashid Johnson SketchbookMoMA / MagazineA working sketchbook where marks, materials and ideas are tested before they become finished work.Howard ArkleyNGV / School resourcePattern, line and colour used to construct the suburban interior; strong for visual language development.

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