Drawing Skills : Mark Making

Shading and Pencil Pressure    Page 17

Doodles   Page 18

Various Medium Strokes and Marks     Page 19

Doodles with Charcoal   Page 2

Color and Texture     Page 21

Various Mark Making using different mediums. Top center highlights  how lines can create detail and contrast.  4) shows how colour can change the same shape. 3) + 7) show a stipple effect, but the pastel in 7) shows the varied gradient of light. 11) shows the different marks available with Pastel. 

Crosshatch and Lines     Page 21
From Left to Right, 1) Crosshatch Shading,  2) Doughnut  Shape, 3) Duplicate X pattern to create bushes/foliage
4), Duplicated Inverted ticks to create grass, 5) Gradient using eraser, 6) Demonstration of  how lines create a fence/distance, 7) A lazy " S" sideways to create rope effect, 8) Creates a Black hole/Wormhole effect,  9) Wood effect, 10) Beams of Lights or Fingers ?   11) How lines can create a hair texture  12) Fabric Texture

Mark Making With Charcoal      Page 21
I enjoyed discovering what Charcoal can do with this exercise from using the tip to the side.
Top Left : Tips & Side
Top Right : Tip creating lines & shading
Mid Left : Tip with smudging & eraser
Mid Right : Tip with Shade & Perspective
Bottom Left: More Tip & Side
Bottom Right : Cylinders & Spheres  

Lines and Other Marks     Page  21

1) Depth of trees,  2) Fern/Feather effect, 3) scribble figure, 4)  Curve & Distance
5) Reflection Effect,  6) Distant Hills,  7) Cobbled Street Effect, 8) Fingerprint Effect, 9) Pastel Lion, 10) Pastel Fruit,
11, Negative space to create Chain Fence/Razor Wire,  12) Charcoal Box