A Different Kind of Mark

Insight zoom classes happen three times per week, so by the third class (Thursdays), I know what to expect.  This week Mick showed us some of Henry Moore’s drawings and set two long poses (50 mins to 1 hr) to give us the opportunity to draw mass. The first two weeks I focussed on mark making and didn’t like my drawings, particularly. I am adding one to compare.

Yesterday I cleaned up my monoprinting inks (Akua) so by 7:15, pm, when the class began, I was ready to make different kinds of marks. I roll ink on a zinc plate and remove and add ink using Qtips, a rag, the back of a brush and brushes.  I have many akua intaglio ink colours and mix them on a flexible cutting board with a palette knife. Sometimes I need a little blending oil to make them pliable.

Each of these has areas I would have revisited if I had been able to… that’s the thing about monoprinting life drawings. But I guess it’s about the marks.

I printed one of these with my little Gunning Press on damp off white Heritage 315 gm paper and the other (accidentally) on damp cartridge.