Inktober 2019 - Day 16-30

One more drawing of Inktober left! I usually draw in the evenings, so I want to wrap things up later today with my last drawing and share some thoughts and reflections on this month, but in case I don't get to it tonight, here's the past 2 weeks of Inktober! (Days 1-15 here)

#16 - Wild. I researched animals that can only live in the wild & decided to go with a whale! I enjoyed drawing this guy!

#17 - Ornament. Many table ornaments! What are they? Ornaments! 

#18 - Misfit. Misfit was not inspiring at all to me & I struggled with it. Halloween was a backup and I ended up here. I enjoyed painting branches.

#19 - Sling. The alpaca fur was tiring (it's made of tiny swirls), but the effect was totally worthwhile!

#20 - Tread

#21 - Treasure. I was definitely thinking of 2 little pirates I get to visit with & who've asked me to draw countless pirate ships! I enjoyed drawing a different part of the pirate story & kinda love this!

#22 - ghost

#23 - Ancient

#24 - Dizzy

#25 - Tasty . This one leaves me so.........

I just wanted to draw fruit and was desperately missing color & so I added the cake, but it still feels so unfinished. I'm tempted to finish it 

#26 - Dark.

#27 - Coat

#28 - Ride

#29 - Injured. I really didn't like this prompt and wanted to explore tree injury and animals that injure trees. That's when I learned about sapsuckers (related to woodpeckers, but woodpeckers usually go for insects). They do technically hurt the trees, but since the tasty sap trees are usually healthy, they can generally recover from the rows of tiny holes the birds leave behind.

#30 - Catch. I kinda already did one like this on day 3 for bait, but decided it was a good chance to see how I've improved by drawing another cat. I'm super proud of this & it's probably my favorite cat that I've drawn, ever!

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Inktober 2019, 2 Weeks

I decided I wanted to do more daily art conveniently around the time that Inktober fell this year, so I decided to give it a try. It is October 15th and I've done 15 drawings, one per a day! I don't usually draw more realistic stuff with only lines, so it's been a nice practice in that way as well as making time every day. It's been a while since I did more daily art.

Drawing with pen is somewhat nerve wracking at times - you can easily mess up a line and then it looks....weird. But that's part of the process! There are things in almost every drawing that I'd do differently if I did it again, but that's not really the point! It's a good chance to learn and try out something and make a habit. I'm enjoying using supplies I've had on hand (with the exception of finally letting myself buy a bottle of black ink) and using them in different ways. My supply list has been minimal with a little notebook of Mix Media paper I got for free at Blick art materials, a mechanical pencil, eraser, rules and random pens, mostly Pigma Microns.

I'm following the relatively minimal number of rules (pencil drawing + ink. I've been sharing them with my boyfriend and randomly on Instagram) and the list of official prompts. Some days the prompts are more inspiring than others (for #13 "ash" I decided having a campfire in the drawing was about as much as I cared), but that's also part of the challenge. I'm hoping to finish the month, but if I don't, that's ok too. I'm hoping to get back into work on other things.

#1 - Ring (Ring Tailed Lemur inspired by recent Zoboomafoo viewing)

#2 - Mindless

#3 - Bait; This is when I decided I really wanted to try out the ink....

#4 - Freeze

#5 - Build

#6 - Husky. I didn't want to draw a dog. I learned that a large paintbrush makes a huge difference in not getting streaks with the ink.

#7 - Enchanted. I really wanted to draw a small cute animal

#8 - Frail

#9 - Swing 

#10 - Pattern

#11 - Snow

#12 - Dragon. I decided I really didn't want to draw dragon, but parts were ok. I'm super pleased with the result!!

#13 - Ash. I was so stumped and really didn't want to draw a cigarette. I would like to be here!

#14 - Overgrown. I really wanted to use a brush pen, but couldn't find mine in black (maybe I don't have one?) and decided this was a good opportunity to use some color!

#15 - Legend - (Urban), black eyed kids. I mostly wanted to draw something kinda creepy!