WHAT DO ALL PAINTINGS HAVE IN COMMON?
Suzanne Jacquot
Have you guessed it?
From the beginning of the history of painting, the one thing that is true: all paintings are made up of marks.
As humans, we start making marks as soon as we can hold a pencil or a paint brush. Generally, between the ages of 2 and 3, the marks children make in this way start to have meaning. They use them as a way to share their thoughts and feelings, giving new insights into their lives that they didn't have before.
Wow! Our mark making talents are developed right along with our ability to speak and make sentences to give meaning to our world.
That is exciting news! Mark making is natural to us and we all do it. Each mark is unique to the person making it in meaning and expression of it.
As artists, we become fascinated with mark making and making meaningful images with them. We fall in love with marks and spend our lives pursuing them.
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