Here I used a fountain pen and a couple of permanent ink drawing pens. The idea here was to express texture, such as the corrosion on the lock and metal parts of the door, or the wood grain. Contrast of both texture and tone were important here. Oh, and to show something “guarded” – what is behind Door Number 13?
I wasn’t going to do “cruel” for Inktober – too much cruelty in the world as it is. Then, I saw these mushrooms! Fly agaric mushrooms are beautiful, poisonous, and the fantasy mushroom of dreams. I’ve seen them a few times, and they are incredibly beautiful. In their beauty lies their cruelty!
This is a combination of the type of drawing and painting I have been doing of late. Because these mushrooms are so vibrant, it doesn’t do them justice to just use ink. So, inking pens after an underlying pencil sketch, and then slow, light layers of watercolor, and then more pen. I’m rather pleased with the results altogether.
While not at all at the level of the curls and swirls of medieval illuminated manuscripts, I have always admired their decorative qualities. This is just a quickie to catch myself up with Inktober – #8 Star has been keeping me far too busy, and I have other things to do today!
Time, time, time. This could also be the next Inktober assignment of “flowing” while I think about it. Anyway, after doing this, I realized it made me think of some of the ink drawings and cartoons from the 30s, such as in Archie and Mehitabel, though probably not as sophisticated.
This Inktober drawing is taking forever and making me really behind schedule. Oh, dear! I plan to finish this one up later, time permitting. It’s all dots. And dots. And more dots. It’s is crazy-making but really fun – and a good way to think about positive and negative spaces.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 