Marking making

I've started to make marks in the style of my artist recently, I feel that is helps me to gets used to the way my artist creates their marks into their work. I started this piece with  ivory black extra, I wanted to create a base tone onto my drawing then slowly start to include more colours within it. I made thick expressive marks in the ivory black then using the yellow light, I started to make thinner marks. I had known that the black ivory was not dry therefore the yellow light would smudge into it creating a lighter cold grey colour. It worked well. The ivory black smudged with the yellow light to create  smooth lines with gentle blurs of a light grey. I wanted to create an atmosphere of movement in this piece, so I decided to add another colour. I chose the colour cerulean blue light because I thought it would bode well with the ivory black and yellow light. I then took a piece of charcoal and made gentle smudges in the empty pieces of the page. Overall I think that this piece turned out well, it has helped me to start to look closely at how my artist actually makes marks rather than just creating them in my own style.