Project 1 mark making: Stage 3 Using marks to create surface texture

To begin with, i chose a couple of texturally interesting in magazines, books, calendars, anything i could get my hands on.
I then, tried to create a drawing resembling the textures using marks, my take on them is not realistic, but instead an interpretation of the feeling of the texture.

I used various shades of blue crayon to recreate a bumpy sequined texture i had found. I used different shades of blue as representation of light, and to give perhaps a slightly more dimensional feel.
I then used pencil to create quite a rough texture. Using short, fast pencil strokes.
The final image in the corner, i used bubble wrap and paint to create quite a bumpy texture. i added some more 'bumps' with a piece of sponge and some green paint. i drew around some of the edges of some of the yellow bumps with pencil to make them look slightly more raised. i then with a paint brush, using quite quick messy lines added a checkered effect on top.

For the next exercise, i collected bits and pieces from around the house or used objects to base my textural drawing on. I used, bricks, fabrics, leaves, fur.
The top left i tried to create a texture of a cabbage leaf, the leaf was quite bumpy and so i used strips of bubble wrap(although you cant see this too well). The veins on the leaf varied, some were smooth, others were quite rough,boney i painted between the bubbles and the gaps i had cut with paint some smoother than others to represent this.
To recreate the texture of a rough paving slab, i used a cabbage leaf covered in paint and printed this onto paper to create quite a rough texture, i repeated this with different coloured paints.
To create the texture at the bottom, i used a sponge and some black in, i used both dabbing and sweeping motions when painting with the sponge, with different amounts of paint on to create the texture.

I quite enjoyed trying to create different visible textures using different mediums, i found it very interesting and artistic. It also allowed me to experiment with different objects and techniques and see which ones work particularly well, (like the sponge) and which ones perhaps aren't quite as easily effective.
I find it a lot easier to express myself or a texture, through paint and various objects, than i do through pen and crayon. Perhaps this something i can practise more so i feel just as comfortable working with both.