Creative Workshop: The Language of Marks

Paper
Markers, pens or pencils

Divide your page into nine squares using your pen or pencil

In each square, explore a different type of mark.

You might try zigzags, dots, spirals, straight lines, curved lines, loops, dashes or cross marks.

Fill each space slowly and notice the rhythm your hand creates. There is no need to rush.

Now begin a new drawing, on a new page

Look away from your page and place your pen down. Without lifting it, allow your hand to move freely across the paper. (No peaking!)

Let the line wander, loop and travel without planning.

Choose three colours that reflect how you are feeling today.

Add these colours into your drawing, responding to what is already there rather than trying to control it.

Which marks felt most natural to you? Did your hand move differently when you stopped thinking about the outcome?

Creativity lives in movement, repetition and play.

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