cat

by

Inktober 2023 Week 2

Continuous line is coming along, and I am learning a lot that I never suspected – like, you really need to plan out where your start and stopping points will be and how you want to create textures, or not.

These do not land in order:

  • Toad
  • Bounce
  • Fortune (Warren Buffet) – this is when I began to realize I am getting somewhere with this
  • Wander – woo hoo, Bilbo and Frodo’s hobbit house – where all epic journeys begin
  • Spicy – my Bendi when he met the new puppy a couple of weeks ago
  • Rise – See below
  • Castle – Warrick Castle, England – the first castle I ever met in person and the awe is still there

Rise – the image in the upper right below – this is my annual commemorative drawing of my brother who passed away at this time in 2020. Smack during covid and we could not even travel for a funeral.

“Hope rises like a Phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams.” – S. A. Sachs
Thinking of all the losses many of us have suffered in the past 3 years. Inktober is firmly linked with a consuming devastation and the climb back out of that dark place, until hope could catch me once again and carry me up – away from it’s grip.

by

Inktober 2021 – Pets

The last of Inktober this year closes out with the pet portraits.

Throughout Inktober I salted in the images of pets from friends and people I know as a part of the joy it gives me to give back to others, and at the same time, it was a fun exercise in pet portraiture and practicing values and shading. The above image is one of the spaces in the house that allowed me to enjoy the portraits throughout Inktober. I am missing them now that I have packaged them up to mail off.

Here is the entire set of the individual pet portraits, including a few I have already shared. I have 4 more ink portraits that have been requested which will be done after some Christmas orders are complete.

by

Inktober Week 3

I am pushing myself to try different styles – quick drawings, purposeful drawings, tiny lines, emotion on faces, events.

Following the prompts of Inktober has been great at stretching my creativity and I hope expanding my range (depth and breadth.)