In the Dark

As usual, time has gotten away from me and it is now Day 26 of the Inktober challenge, with today’s prompt being Dark. This was a super fun one, given the Halloween season.

Wild Abandon

#inktober, Day 9, “Swing,” Bombay ink in sketchbook. Really enjoying painting with ink. The title of this post refers to both the model’s pose and how I felt when I was painting.

Enchanted

#inktober2019, Day 7, Enchanted, ink with Bombay ink wash

Who’s a Good Boy

#inktober2019, Day 6, Husky, ink with watercolor wash

Bait

Inktober’s challenge for Day 3 was bait, a topic I’m well familiar with, being the daughter of a fisherman. When we were kids, my brothers and I spent a lot of time in central Oregon at Dad’s favorite fishing spots. A favorite sport was to gather periwinkles for bait. Periwinkles are the larvae stage of salmon flies, both of which trout love. Their cocoons are made of bits of sand and tiny stones, and even agates. We would peel their shell off and Dad would bait our hooks with the grub. Good times. #inktober2019

Lift Up

Participating in the always fun Inktober challenge (ink drawing daily, or as often as you want to, for the month of October). The source photo for this Day 2 challenge was entitled “Mindless,” but the more I worked with it the more it felt spiritual. #inktober2019