CHAPTER 4 - Printed Lines

Ink Pad and Mark Makers
The first thing I did was make an ink pad, using a very small plastic box plus felt and silk paint. I was a complete revelation to me that one could use silk paint successfully and I had never thought of making my own stamp pad. Here is is with a small selection of my mark making tools.

3.4.1
The top line is the mini pink & yellow rubber shown above. I bought a set of 6 just because I thought they would be interesting for printing.

The lower half of the next page is done with my much loved Koh-i-Nor graphite stick

This blue page is, top half done with one piece of dense foam that I saved when new glass windows were installed and there were loads of them stuck to the glass. Bottom half is yet another mini rubber with an interesting dent in it.

These green ones are above mentioned bit of foam and the lower half the tap swirler.

Purple and green are done with four bits of window foam stuck unevenly together.

3.4.2
The first one was good fun to do.

Having made my dinky little stamp pad, I didn't get around to using it 'til this last bit. I love the fuchsia colour and think I will probably make quite a few more in interesting colours instead of buying them.

Another very interesting chapter!

CHAPTER 3 KANDINSKI

I spent 3 or 4 days on this one, just couldn't make up my mind how I wanted it. Each time I tried a different composition and changed a few of the components, left it for a while and then went back to it. I'm still not really satisfied with it, perhaps it needs more going on? More lines and wiggles?

CHAPTER 2 CREATING MOVEMENT WITH LINE

I used a Classic Gel Pen for the first couple of exercises, some turned out better than others - some got torn out and thrown away.

Next was a Micron Pen

Edding Profipen.

I should have tried thicker pens than these, then perhaps it would not have been some hard on the hands

Had to stop for quite a while because the patterns are working as they are supposed to - visually disturbing - got a migraine. Next used Uni Jetstream

3.2.2   OP ART PICTURE

I tried out half a dozen patterns before I settled for this. First I thought I would do it in just black and white with some shading

Then I took a photocopy and did a blue and yellow version. I didn't think the white background did very much for it, so cut it out and tried it on green

Hmm, still not very exciting. Then tried it on some patterned paper I have been hoarding.

Still could be better, so then I tried this.  Is it OK to use commercial papers for the background? This really seemed the perfect one

That was a really interesting chapter!

MODULE 3 - WALKING THE LINE

3.1.1 Mark Making
I have always liked using pencil, especially softer ones and always write my shopping lists with one, so started with these. I really love the great big fat Koh-I-Nor graphite stick at the bottom of the page.

I had forgotten just how messy these oil pastel sticks can get.

Inktense is just as messy    

The Stabilo at the bottom of the page is new to me - it looks like a child's pencil it is so chubby but is so different when used wet.

Hope the pencilled info alongside the Quink marks can be read OK

My lovely Koh-I-Noor stick again. I find this very soothing to do,

A mixture of pens and inks here, I enjoyed the dip pen in Indian Ink most here.

3.2.1 Matchsticks
I should have realised that the blooming ink would show through from the next page with these.

Extra Activity

3.1.3. Moods and Feelings

Again it is a real pain that the next one Tranquility is messed up with the reverse page showing through

After an enforced 5 weeks of not doing any sketchbook work, then guests and half term with grandson,  I found it quite difficult to get going again, but hopefully will be able to catch up and keep going now.