Exercise 1 Expressive lines and marks

Ooops I did this exercise and completely forgot to post it. I used a graphite stick, charcoal, a dark blue oil bar (acquired as a free bee -lovely!)and ink with a barbecue skewer (very difficult to move the ink around - maybe the paper is too absorbent)

Anger

Joy

Calm

Fear

The bottom left is the ink creeping round the edge of the page but it doesn't come out well in the photo.
I found it hard not to be representative. People dismiss abstract work as being lazy but I find it really difficult to do. I'm not very pleased with my efforts here.