How to use intuitive mark-making to explore your unique style
Creating art is the only place where you can continue what you love and ignore what you don’t.
Seriously.
Think about your home. You can ignore the things you don’t like for a time, but when the stack of dishes in the sink is threatening to slide across the crumb-covered counter while the laundry pile overtakes your favorite painting as the focal point of the living room, you have to do something about it.
While creating, it’s an entirely different story. As soon as you realize you don’t like a mark you made, you NEVER have to do it again. On the flip side, when you find a color or brush stroke you love, you can continue using it.
Today’s video is all about intuitive mark-making. Placing ink and water on the paper, spreading it around to see what happens, and noticing what you like and what you don’t.
As the promise of autumn begins, it reminds me of a harvest. A farmer gathering wheat separates the edible seeds from the inedible husks. This practice of playing is a harvest of sorts. You’re finding the things that can continue to grow in you and throwing out the rest.
When you do this often enough, you’ll see a thread connecting all of your sketchbook pages or paintings.
That is you shining through.
Art is a process of self-discovery. Your expressions are unlike any other human on the planet, that’s an incredible gift.
Grab some supplies, hit play on the video, and practice some intuitive mark-making with me today.
Jot down some notes about what you like and don’t like.
Then, tell me below one of the favorite things you discovered as you played in your sketchbook.
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Canson Watercolor XL Series Paper
