Brushes and marks

I got out my home made brushes the other day to see what sort of marks they might make.

I was able to use one of my journals that I made in advance of the trip - a nice small square one - and decided the simplest thing for me to do was to draw circles.

The kitchen became the studio, with a painting drop sheet on top and everything else pushed up one end.

 I tried them all and really enjoyed the different marks.  I started first with black ink.

And then to undiluted Paynes Grey (which didn't seem that much different to black, so I will add water next time to get more of a grey feeling).

I also played more with these, rather than aiming for a single-stroke circle I let the many marks make a circle...

The wee book was perfect for this - I have made notes in it now and I must say I do love a circle within a square.

And then of course, I went a'wandering and found more potential brushes! yay.