unit 1 mark making and line

Unit 1Mark Making and Line

DISCUSSION

If you distill the graphic arts (e.g., painting, drawing, printmaking, computer graphics, etc.) down to their most fundamental element, you find the mark. Marks are like building blocks in that they are individual and discrete, but can be used in a repetitive manner to render almost any visual effect. Marks can be highly gestural and expressive, or controlled and mechanical. The degree to which artists can achieve certain desired effects is determined by their choice of tool, the nature of the medium used, and the quality of the gestures employed. Marks can be descriptive, expressive, conceptual, and symbolic in nature.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly

Eve Aschheim

Eve Aschheim

Eve Aschheim

Cameron Luft

Student Work

Julia SelmanFreshman

Melissa DorazioFreshman

Robin SendeleFreshman

Liliana CervantesJunior

Lauren KellyFreshman

Ewa SrokaFeshman