Mark-Making Art Activity

Exploring mark-making within a study of Abstract Expressionism. This class was put on in partnership with the Tucson Museum of Art and the Imago Dei School in 2018. After introducing some examples of Cy Twombly, students were given only the following set of instructions: 1. Connect two different sides of the page with a line of your choice. 2. Place an X of any size somewhere NOT in the middle. 3. Place 100 dots of any size onto the surface. 4. Add a square far away from your X. 5. Make three similar shapes in different sizes 6. Turn your paper 90 degrees. Make 50 dash type marks, some of which cross other lines. 7. Use a curvy line, and connect two things you have made. 8. Turn your paper 90 degrees. Erase part of something with your white-out. 9. Exchange papers SILENTLY with a neighbour. Take a moment to look at the drawing. 10. On the drawing you have received, make a careful and delicate change(addition or erasure) to the drawing. 11. Return the drawing to its first maker.