For the 2nd year in a row, I am participating in a drawing challenge called Inktober. Inktober is a month long art challenge created by artist Jake Parker that is focused on improving skills and developing positive drawing habits. Every day for the month of October anyone participating in the Inktober challenge creates an ink drawing and posts it online.
Here are the week’s worth of drawings and the prompts that sparked them. Enjoy!
Day 1- Ring. I had a vision of a Mexican Church ringing it’s bells in the style of a Mexican Muralist.
Day 2- Mindless. A quick watercolor sketch of ducklings mindlessly following their mother. Reminds me of my own kids!
Day 3- Bait. I’ll do anything for a handful of peanut M&Ms! My son who is a Disney lover but loves chocolate posed for this picture. As his shirt says, he’s a True Original!
Day 4- Frozen. Inspired by a photograph on my studio bulletin board. Would that I could unfreeze it and see you again, Dad.
Day 5- Build. I had so much with this one! It was like playing with blocks of paper.
Day 6- Husky. The unforgettable, husky voice of Janis Joplin. The anniversary of her death was just this past October 4th, 49 years ago!
Day 7- Enchantment. I’m a big fan of Day of the Dead imagery, and I thought having a skeleton band in that style might be a fun way to depict the word.
So there you have it. Week one. I’m having a lot of fun with it while allowing myself to be creative both with the subjects and the styles.
Which one is your favorite and why?
I look forward to bringing you more drawings next week!