It’s finally here… the thirty first of October, of InkTober… Halloween.
And I’m done… and yes, it’s all ink. Ta-Da!
Day 31 – #Mask
The Final #InkTober2017 – Day 31
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#InkTober2017 – Days 26 – 30
Yes, thirty days in and I’m exhausted from the nitty gritty of checking the daily prompt, searching the Sktchy app for a photo that speaks to the prompt, and on top of all that, is both something I want to draw and is achievable with my skill set.
Some artists love prompts. I tend to rail against them. Correction, I’m all gung-ho at the start but then, as the days click on, I become disenchanted. It’s a struggle.
But today I’m happy! I have only one more prompt to consider and I’ve already picked the photo I’ll use as inspiration. By this time tomorrow I’ll have posted Day 31’s drawing and with any luck, the rain storm we’ve been having will have blown out of town and I can get ready for Halloween and the swarm of trick-or-treaters.
See you tomorrow!
Day 26 – #Squeak
Day 27 – #Climb
Day 28 – #Fall
Day 29 – #United
Day 30 – #Found
#InkTober2017 – Days 21 – 25
Drawing crazed emotional portraits is the absolutely best part of sketching from photos I find on the Sktchy app. Like this gentleman… not exactly an expression we see every day. At least I hope not.
Day 21 – #Furious
Day 22 – #Trail
Day 23 – #Juicy
Day 24 – #Blind
Day 25 – #Ship
Come back on Monday for the last group of five… and then Tuesday for the final sketch of InkTober. See you then!
#InkTober2017 – Days 16 – 20
#InkTober is still going strong and I’m nearly caught up with my posting!
I’ve been going through a lot of ink and my bottle of De Atramentis Document Black has been depleted. Never fear… I’ve stocked up and refilled my pen. I’ve mostly been using my Lamy Sarai with an extra-fine nib. I’ve gotten my finest, lightest hatching lines by turning the nib upside down. I forget who first told me that “secret” but whoever you are… thank you!
Day 16 – #Fat
Day 17 – #Graceful
Day 18 – #Filthy
Day 19 – #Cloud
Day 20 – #Deep
I’ll be posting the next five on Friday… see you then!
#InkTober2017 – Days 16 – 20
#InkTober is still going strong and I’m nearly caught up with my posting!
I’ve been going through a lot of ink and my bottle of De Atramentis Document Black has been depleted. Never fear… I’ve stocked up and refilled my pen. I’ve mostly been using my Lamy Sarai with an extra-fine nib. I’ve gotten my finest, lightest hatching lines by turning the nib upside down. I forget who first told me that “secret” but whoever you are… thank you!
Day 16 – #Fat
Day 17 – #Graceful
Day 18 – #Filthy
Day 19 – #Cloud
Day 20 – #Deep
I’ll be posting the next five on Friday… see you then!
#InkTober2017 – Days 11 – 15
InkTober is at the halfway point. I’ve been doing my drawing based on the prompts… a challenge for me on any single day much less for weeks at a time. Now’s the time to take a few deep breaths and recommit to finish the month.
Onward!
Day 11 – #Run
Day 12 – #Shattered
Day 13 – #Teeming
Day 14 – #Fierce
Day 15 – #Mysterious
#InkTober2017 – Days 6 – 10
Ooooh…. I realize that if I want to show you all my InkTober pieces before the end of the month I better not wait too long between posts!
As a note, I’m not showing you the Sktchy inspiration photos as the copyright stays with the photographer. I can only show you my art.
Here’s the second batch.
Day 6 – #Sword
Day 7 – #Shy
Day 8 – #Crooked
Day 9 – #Screech
Day 10 – #Gigantic
#InkTober2017 – Days 1 – 5
Last time I was here I was blathering on about showing you my InkTober sketches. Have I done it? No!
That all changes now.
I used photos from the Sktchy app as my references. If you have an iPhone or an iPad I highly recommend you download this app and check out the wonderful art being created by all the users. I’m honored to have my pieces included with theirs.
I will show you all of them… both successes and failures but I’m going to split them up into groups of five… and one last to celebrate Halloween.
But first, the first five.
Day 1 – #Swift
Day 2 – #Divided
Day 3 – #Poison
Day 4 – #Underwater
Day 5 – #Long
You can’t see that I used pearlescent ink on the flamingo so I took another trying to get the shine.
Yup… all ink… even the backgrounds.
InkTober 2017… the Prompts
I’ll start sharing my InkTober sketches tomorrow but thought you might be interested in the full list of prompts Jake Parker, the originator of InkTober, created for this year’s event.
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