Chef

Inspiration Photo:  Louis Hansel, Unsplash

 

Trap

 

Inspiration Photo:  Francis MacDonald, Unsplash

Bloomers

 

I'm still finishing up my "Doodle Book" from Joanne Sharpe's Art Sparks series.

Slippery

 

Inspired by a photo by Michael Yero, Unsplash

Hope

 

Inspired by a Photo by Diego PH, Unsplash

Inktober has come and gone for another year.  I didn't participate last year, but I was drawn to begin on October 1 and I did something each day.  Some of them were half-hearted attempts, and I didn't share anything on social media this time.

There were some things I really enjoyed about my casual approach and process this year, though.  Until the last few days, when lettering took over, I would type the prompt into Unsplash, and sketch whichever photo I liked the best.  I didn't think about how well it represented the prompt.  In fact, I didn't think at all - this is what I liked about it!

On the first day, I wanted to sketch with a brush, so I swiped it across Inktense Blocks; the use of "ink" was the only rule I followed.  I ended up using Inktense and a brush most days.

Ominous

 

This Inktober prompt took an "ominous" turn for Hallowe'en.  I'll post some Inktober sketches in coming days, but I've been influenced by a Ben Shahn program this week at our monthly Westcoast Calligraphy Society meeting.

Happy Hallowe'en!

Let's Do it in Colour!

 

Gel Pen and Watercolour
Stillman and Birn Alpha Series

As I was working on "Grow", in The Doodle Book from Joanne Sharpe's class, I had the urge to doodle in colour, so I worked with gel pens in my Stillman and Birn sketchbook.  Although we are using watercolour paper in Joanne's class, this smoother mixed media paper is much easier to doodle on.

This page was also inspired by Yellena James and her book Star, Branch, Spiral, Fan, which I reviewed in 2017.