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Works in progress during a “Make Your Mark” Workshop. Working from a live model, the class draws lines from the figure with their feet and bamboo sticks. Artists start with 5-minute gestures, and then work their way down to fast-paced 5-second gestures. Making fast-paced marks takes your mind off of creating the composition.

Make Your Mark

Finding your mark is something every artist needs in order to find their individual style.

Have you ever looked at nonobjective abstract or contemporary expressionism and thought, ‘I want to do that. How did they do that?’. This fast-paced class will help you put the need for control in the back seat while hitting full throttle on the gas for creativity. 

A shot of the bare feet of a “Make Your Mark” workshop participant. Their toes are painted and dappled with paint. They are standing on paper with their right foot as they dip the sole of their left foot into a cup of black liquid paint. They will draw figure lines on the paper with their feet.

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Bamboo sticks or feet

While drawing from a live model, the class will use bamboo sticks or their feet with charcoal taped at the end to draw. 

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Fast Paced

The postures are held from 5 min to 5 secs. 

This exercise does not allow room for overthinking. 

Artists drawing during a “Make Your Mark” Workshop. Working from a live model in the center of the room, the class draws lines from the figure with their feet and bamboo sticks. The postures are held from 5 min to 5 secs. This exercise does not allow room for overthinking. 
A charcoal sketch from the “Make Your Mark” workshop with teaching artist Chalice Meikle. Working from a live model in the center of the room, the class draws lines from the figure with their feet and bamboo sticks. The postures are held from 5 min to 5 secs. This exercise does not allow room for overthinking. 

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Achieve Confidence

This class will bring forth your own unique mark making. A key essential for any fine artist. 

Ms. Meikle will offer this class again come 2025.

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