Inktober #6 was really hard to make a choice about! Monsters? Drooling bassett hound? Nah – pie! It’s apple season and birthday season and thus, drooling for apple pie. Homemade, of course, with plenty of fresh apples and spices.
Eat your heart out!
Tag: pen
Inktober #5: Chick(en)
I do not draw animals well . . . but was surprised and rather pleased to do this one. I found a picture of baby chicks – chickens seem too complicated to draw! – and did a rough pencil sketch, then a pen overlay, erased the pencil, and here ya go. Total time about 3 minutes.
Inktober #4: Spell
With my sincerest apologies to Charles M. Schulz and the gang over at Peanuts! I couldn’t resist.
I’m really not much of a cartoonist, so doing these silly little sketches is getting me to think about how things look on a page. Pencil first, pen next, then water-soluble graphite.
Inktober #3: Roasted
Well, there are political roasts, and roast chicken, and roasted peppers. And coffee! I do love my coffee – thus, my tribute to “roasted” for Inktober #3!
I must say, I have not expected to see where this Inktober challenge led me. I thought something really simple, like some roasted bell peppers, but instead, I started thinking of integrating one sketch (coffee beans) with another (coffee plant) and then a coffee cup, and finally, a tribute to Columbian coffee, which is really misspelled and should be “Colombian.” Oh, well.
This is done with pen-and-ink along with water-soluble graphite.
Inktober #2: Tranquil
Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.
How often do we get to slow down? To be tranquil is to relax, to be in the moment, to be calm, to be-here-now.
My contributions for the day! First, a rock “duck” – that intriguingly simple pile of rocks, small or large, by the beach, a stream, or on a mountain top. To me, the epitome of zen.
And then, the peace and comfort of a good friend or loved one.
I used a water brush and water-soluble graphite, specifically as illustrated below.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 