Project 1 Mark making: Stage 4 Working from your sketchbooks

Textural drawing based on images in my sketchbook.

Mark making has never really been something i have given much thought before, i have always been aware of texture when creating textiles but as i do not consider myself an artist, and have never really done a lot of drawing its not something i have considered. Before starting this project, mark making is something i would've associated more with art rather than textiles.
However now, mark making has made me look at images and fabrics from a more in depth textural point of view, considering the feelings of texture, visually, and what it can convey.
I have tried to be inventive with the marks i have created, i used many skills i haven't used in years, such as rubbing and used some new ones such as bleach on coloured tissue paper. I also tried to be inventive with the ways in which i have made rubbing, printing or painting, using various different, perhaps unusual objects to create effects. I used twigs, sponges, wire sponges, crayons, pencils, crayons, toothbrushes, vegetables, leaves, bubble wrap, paint etc to get my texture on to paper. I'd like to think i have been quite creative in this area.
So far i would say i am fairly pleased with the work i have created. Like i have said before, i do not consider myself an artist, and so my drawing skills are not of an outstanding level, mark making has helped me feel more comfortable in my drawing skills in that i do not need to able to draw realistically to be able to get a texture, feeling, or create a mark in my sketchbook.
Printing was probably the medium i enjoyed working with the most, i loved the way different objects created different textures and how different they looked in different types of paint or ink, creating different moods. I feel like texture is very easily achieved in this medium and is very effective, as well as fun.
In this project so far, i have not tried creating marks using combing, and so in the future when mark making, this is something i would perhaps like to try.
These exercise will enrich my textile work in the future by making it easier for me to communicate texture to others as well as myself. If i see a texture i like or feel inspired by, i know i can quickly make a sketch using marks for future reference.  When trying to envision what i want something to look like on paper, i know i can use a variety of marks to express myself on paper in a way which is easy to understand and visualise.