I was inspired by Galia Alena to create these mark making papers as morning music meditation while listening to her spotify playlist. She talks about it on Day 4 – Mark making of Gentle Creative Invitations course.
I worked on A3 sheets folded in half and completed six sheets. After six consecutive days of this, I realized that working on a full A3 sheet was taking a lot of time. So, I decided to stop and create an A5 mark making journal from what I had done.
Through this process, I learned a lot about scribbling and making marks with various mixed media items like watercolor pencils, graphite pencils, charcoal sticks and pencils, Stabilo All Black pencil, India inks, Parker inks, and a bit of watercolor. I discovered that I don’t enjoy having too many dark colors on my papers. I also found that I prefer making marks with watercolor brushes over watercolor pencils or giving a wash over pencil scribbles, which softens the color.
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Day 4
Day 5
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