Inktober comes but once a year, and it is a lot of fun, too. Ink is the focal point – drawing with it, shading with it. Not only is black ink used, but so is colored. It’s a great time to sit down and just draw with ink, or, what I always do, is to draw from a given prompt.
If you go to Instagram and type in #inktober2021, you can find all sorts of responses to the prompts. People are amazingly creative! Sometimes I feel a bit prosaic and dull, but that varies from drawing to drawing, of course.
1: Crystal
2. Suit – as in Law Suit
3. Vessel
4. Knot
5. Raven
6. Spirit
7. Fan
8. Watch
9. Pressure
If you want to see what I added below the images on my painting-drawing blog, head over to Journey By Paper to see more, or my Instagram account. At Journey By Paper you can enjoy boring commentary or doggerel by yours truly, others, as well as good poetry and song.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
I especially like the crystal.
It’s also Socktober this month!
Judy – glad you do!! Are you celebrating socktober with anything special?
Going well! I love the knot and the crow.
I like pugsly and the raven.
I’m knitting a pair of green, blue, and yellow cotton socks for Josh. And buying more sock yarn!
Ahhhhh, Judy, you are addicted!
Thanks, Laura Kate. Pugsley just had to be! Raven is still my fave so far.
More to come, Fraggy! Daily or cumulative.
All these sketches are great. When I read the prompt, I formed my own response in my head and was amazed at the clever ideas you came up with. What a fun project!
Thanks, Anne! Glad you like them. 😉
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Beautifully used pen stroke. I am trying to learn from your pen stoke. This is my first Inktober. I am in learning phase of the ink drawing.
Somdattadeb, glad you like the pictures. One resource I like is the work of Alphonso Dunn. He has a Youtube channel and has published some books. Great work!
Practice, practice, practice. I don’t do any prelim drawings, just dive in with pen and ink, and off I go. 😉 It’s fun, and better if you aren’t too serious.