Inktober 2024 - 31 Spider Web

Inktober 2024 Challenge

31 Spider Web

I drew the dried flower stalks then added the cobweb and spider in between the stalks.  This was done with black permanent marker.

I then added  a wash of browns and some yellow to highlight the web. Very wet to create texture.

This is as close as I get to Halloween.

It was a great distraction from the craziness going on.  I was able to focus and relax some.

Inktober 2024 - 30 Umbrellas

Inktober 2024 Challenge

30 - Umbrellas

Black markers on Mixed Media 154lb paper with several layers of watercolor.

Primary color umbrellas.

Different orientations in the space.

Inktober 2024 - 29 Potted Plant

Inktober 2024 Challenge

29 Potted Plant

Another bit of red today.

I created a yard fence with a large potted plant sitting on the paved stones.

Permanent black marker laid over my pencil drawing.  I then applied some watercolor. 

Down to my last couple of pieces of Canson Mixed Media 154lb paper.  This has been great paper for this challenge.

Nearly done!

Inktober 2024 - 28 Spheres

Inktober 2024 Challenge

28 Spheres

A black permanent marker to go over my pencil drawing.

I realized that I had used very little red so I wanted more of it in this sketch.

Lines with a ruler.

Stippling with the marker.

Inktober 2024 - 27 Sunflower

Inktober 2024 Challenge

27 Sunflower

I penciled the sunflower then went over it with Micron Black Marker 03.

Three layers of watercolor on the flower. All over yellow then some Cadmium Yellow then some mixed orange toward the center.

Deep brown for the center.

Sap green for the stem and leaves. 

I was nervous about the background but I prepared some colors and it turned out better than I expected. 

Inktober 2024 - 25 Camera

Inktober 2024 Challenge

26 - Camera

This is the only prompt from the official list that I have followed.  I chose an antique wood camera for its height in this format.

Pencilled then traced with a black marker.  This mixed media paper has worked very well.

I mixed a sepia colored watercolor and added an overall wash to give an old feel.

Inktober 2024 - 25 Textures

 Inktober 2024 Challenge

25 - Textures

Sharpie UltraFine marker on Mixed Media Paper.

I created a grid below my title with pencil.

I just doodled textures that appealed to me and labeled them.

A piece to keep around as I work on future pieces when inspiration is waning.

Inktober 2024 - 24 Flower Garden

Inktober 2024 Challenge

24 Flower Garden

I used my refurbished technical pen to draw the flower free hand onto the blue green watercolor background.

I created ground and added the tall flowers, then the medium height ones then the shorter ones.

I added water color to some of the flowers knowing that the Quink ink is not permanent.  Not the best idea.

Live and learn.

Inktober 2024 - 23 Eiffel Tower

Inktober 2024 Challenge

23 Eiffel Tower

I used the Staedtler Technical Pen on Mixed Media 154lb paper.  I followed a tutorial on how to draw the tower.

Parker Quink blue black ink bought for the fountain pen.

The technical pen is a great addition to my tools.

Inktober 22 Abstract Leaves

Inktober 2024 Challenge

22 Abstract Leaves

I penciled my sketch then traced it with a Micron permanent black marker.

I create several shades and tones of green watercolor on my palette.

Placed the background light patches.

Painted the leaves with my greens.

Spattered the final piece with some light and dark watercolor. 

Technical Pen Refurbished

I brought home a technical pen from the ReUse Centre a while back.  It did not write so it sat with other pens for quite a while. When I rediscovered it this week and I tested it again and still no marks, I was ready to chuck it.  I could see it was a good quality pen - the lid screwed on, Staedtler is a good brand, and the pen point was in good shape.  I decided to google to see if I could find out anything about the pen.

I found out that it was refillable. I figured out how to remove the pen point/cartridge assembly from the barrel. After soaking the pen point for about 30 minutes I managed to get the pen point assembly off. It just unscrewed from the ink cartridge. Very good!

The pen point assembly was soaked for another while until ink started dissolving from it into the water. I used my fine point syringe to push water through it until it ran clear. That done.

The ink in the cartridge was all dry and pretty stuck in there. I soaked it over a 24 hour period and slowly the some of the ink dissolved and some came out in tiny hard bits.  I was happy to start seeing through the cartridge.  I kept rinsing it out regularly and more ink came out.  After a while I could see a small mechanism in the bottom part of the cartridge. I was careful not to damage that.

Finally, it was clean.  I searched on line and one recommendation was fountain pen ink to refill it. That I had so I filled the cartridge with a fine tip syringe, screwed the pen point assembly back on, placed that back into the barrel and lo and behold it writes!

Came in handy for Inktober drawings!

Inktober - 21 Sunrise

Inktober 2024 Challenge

21 Sunset

I penciled my rough sketch.

I finished it with my dip pen and the black acrylic ink on the mixed media paper.

I used colored pencils for my color today.  The good old Laurentian pencils I used in school (some may be from that time but many are not).

Inktober - 20 Sunrise

Inktober 2024 Challenge

20 - Sunrise

I penciled my outline sketch which were just the hills and the sun.  I used my black marker to create the lines in the hills by hand.

I used the watercolor pencil to color the sun yellow and a  store brand to put in the orange. 

I need to get a good set of watercolor pencils.

Inktober 2024 - 19 Feather

Inktober 2024 Challenge

19 - Feather

I used my fountain pen with blue black ink to trace my penciled sketch.  It is not permanent.

I then doodled in some of the spaces.

I used watercolor pencils and colored pencils to fill in the shapes. 

Inktober 2024 - 18 Bridge

Inktober 2024 Challenge

18 Bridge

Micron Black Marker in couple of sizes on Canon Fluid Mixed Media 154lb paper.

I created a wash for the sky above the hills and left white spaces for texture.

Water was painted another shade of blue.

The hills in the background are green. 

Dark for the towers and the deck.

 

Inktober 2024 - 17 Bird on Branch

Inktober 2024 Challenge

17 - Bird on Branch

I penciled in my branches and bird then applied yellow and orange watercolor wash inside the border.

I traced my pencil markings with a Micron black marker then did the frame as well.

I wanted the composition to go beyond the border.

Inktober 2024 - 16 Floral Trio

Inktober 2024 Challenge

16 - Floral Trio

I used a Micron Black Marker on Canson Fluid Mixed Media 154lb paper. 

I drew the funky flowers by hand with the marker on the 5x7 paper.

I added a couple of swatches of fall colored watercolor.

I spattered orange, brown and yellow onto the flowers.

Inktober 2024 - 15 Be Free

Inktober 2024 Challenge

15 - Be Free

Micron Black Marker on Mixed Media 154lb paper with Watercolor.

I created a textured background that worked out well.

Three different butterflies, some with defined parts and the last one is just dropped watercolor into it.  That one worked out really well.

Inktober 2024 - 14 Lighthouse

Inktober 2024 Challenge

14 - Lighthouse

I penciled my composition on the 5x7 inch piece of Mixed Media 154lb paper.  Went over it with a fine black marker.

Watercolored the sky warm blue then the sea cooler.  Mixed a brown color for the rocks in the foreground.

Darkened the dome and lantern house. Added light to the upper windows. Painted the glass of the gallery. I added a bit of shading to the windows in the tower. I thought it needed a red door with a smidge of grass at the foot. 

 Birds in the sky is a must.

Inktober 2024 - 13 Snow Scene

Inktober 2024 Challenge

13 - Snow Scene

I drew my pencil sketch with a 4H pencil then went over it with a Micron 005 Black Permanent marker.

I applied an overall wash in blue.

I painted my tree, grass, fence and snowbanks.

I added color to the snowflakes.