Inktober Completed!!!

I am happy to say that I finished participating in Inktober 2016 today! I interpreted the restrictions of Inktober loosely and couldn't refrain from using watercolor on several entries, but I do feel like I got a lot of good practice in hatching and using ink washes as well as just committing to drawing in ink (which I normally do though).

Here are all of my drawings for the month.

Did you participate in Inktober this year? If so, what did you think of it? If not, will you join next year? I'd love to hear your comments!

Inktober Sketching

Inktober continues and I've been pretty good with keeping up and using the prompts for each day. Here are my latest Inktober sketches.

Relax - day 15

Another for day 15 - Relax

Day 16 - Wet

Day 17 - Battle

Day 18 - Escape

Day 19 - Flight

Day 20  - Squeeze

Day 21 - Big

Day 22 - Little

Day 23 - Slow

Day 25 - Box (actually, Box is supposed to be day 26!)

More Inktober Sketches

I've been really good about doing an ink drawing for each day of Inktober so far! In fact, I've used the Inktober prompts more than I thought I would. Here they are, if you haven't seen them yet.

I thought it would be hard enough to just get an ink drawing done each day, but I am finding that using the prompts has helped me to stay inspired. Usually, I just search Sktchy and my Sktchy queue for photos that correspond to the prompts. I also love seeing how other artists are interpreting the prompts!

Here are my latest Inktober entries:

Day 14 - Tree

Day 13 - Scared

Day 12 - Worried

Day 11 - Transport

Day 10 - Jump

Day 9 - Broken

Day 8 - Rock

Day 7 - Lost

Day 6 - Hidden

Have you been participating in Inktober this year? If so, are you using the prompts? I can't seem to limit myself to just using ink, but I have tried to for the most part. Sometimes, I can't keep myself from adding watercolor though. And, I've decided to not stress it and just keep trying to participate in Inktober!

Inktober

October is Inktober month! What is Inktober? 

Every October, artists all over the world take on the InkTober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month.

Jared Parker created Inktober in 2009 as a challenge to improve his inking skills and develop positive drawing habits. 

I normally draw in ink without using pencil first, but I decided to participate in Inktober this year to work on my hatching skills and drawing without always adding watercolor.

There are prompts for each Inktober day, but I don't always use them. 

Here are my first few Inktober attempts.  

This one was before October started

A Sktchy portrait

Another Sktchy portrait

For the Inktober "collect" prompt

A Sktchy portrait of one of my greatest supporters, Carl Forrest!  I used an ink wash here. 

Practicing my hatching skills with a drawing of my dog, Coco

A Sktchy portrait and more practice with hatching

Are you participating in Inktober? The "rules"  are simple: 

1) Make a drawing in ink (you can do a pencil under-drawing if you want).

2) Post it online

3) Hashtag it with #inktober and #inktober2016

4) Repeat