Day 31

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Ostrich, 2015

Micron pen on Canson multi-media paper, 6.5" x 7.75"

Last day of Inktober......... made it!

Day 30

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Huh?, 2015

Micron pen on Canson multi-media paper

Day 29

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Hara, 2015

Micron pen on Canson multi-media paper, 5.75" x 8"

Day 28

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The Hat, 2015

Micron pen on Canson multi-media paper, 6" x 7.75"

Day 27

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Autumn, 2015

Prismacolor pen on altered magazine paper, 7" x 9.5"

Day 26

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Make Today, 2015

Prismacolor pen and Dylusion ink on altered magazine paper,
7" x 4.75"

Day 25

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Portrait of a Woman, 2015

Micron pen on Canson multi-media paper, 5.25" x 8"

Day 24

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Jack-in-the-box, 2015

Micron pen on Canson multi-media paper, 5" x 6.75"

Day 23

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Zentangle, 2015

Prismacolor pen on Canson multi-media paper with Wink of Stella, 5" x 6.5"

The Wink of Stella brush tipped pen covered the zentangle with glitter that doesn't show in this scan. It has a nylon brush and the water-based pigment is archival quality. Fun. I bought the pen at C.C. Lowell in Worcester. 

Day 22

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Heron, 2015

Micron pen on altered magazine paper with colored pencil, 6.5" x 9.5"

Day 21

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Female Crossbill, 2015

Prismacolor pen and altered magazine paper on Canson paper,
5" x 8"

Day 20

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Redpoll, 2015

Prismacolor pen on Canson multi-media paper with a light watercolor wash, 5.5" x 6" 

Still trying to catch up with the postings.  I'm realizing that I need more ink colors and need to try some new ink techniques.

Day 19

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Zentangle Sun Portrait, 2015

Prismacolor pen on Canson multi-media paper, 7" x 9.25"

Day 18

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Sunflower, 2015

Prismacolor pen on Canson multi-media paper, 5" x 8"

Day 17

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Portrait, 2015

Prismacolor pen on Canson multi-media paper, 6" x 8" 

Day 16

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Landscape, 2015

Prismacolor pen on altered magazine paper collage, 6.5" x 10"

Need to catch up on postings.  We were away for 5 days without a scanner and Internet connection.

Day 15

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Autumn, 2015

Prismacolor pen on altered magazine paper, 6.5" x 10"

Day 14

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Marsh Wren, 2015

Prismacolor pen on Canson multi-media paper, 6" x 9"

Day 13

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Sea Turtle, 2015

Prismacolor pen on altered magazine paper, 7" x 10"

Day 12

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Cardinal, 2015

Prismacolor pen on altered magazine paper, 6.5" x 10"

Day 11

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Everybody's Got a Dog, 2015

Micron pen on altered magazine paper, 10" x 6.5"

The background paper is a page from a National Geographic magazine that was altered with Citrasolv.  The Citrasolv cleaner dissolves the ink on the page and allows me to manipulate the color.  While the ink was still wet, I removed some using a stencil from Clear Scraps.

Day 10

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Lion, 2015

Prismacolor pen on Canson multi-media paper, 6" x 6.5"

Day 9

Lady Slippers, 2015

Micron pen on Canson paper, 6" x 8.5"

Day 8

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Tree Frog, 2015

Micron pen on Canson Multi-media paper, 5" x 7"

Day 7

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Eastern Box Turtle, 2015

Prismacolor pen on Canson multi-media paper, 6.5" x 5"

Day 6

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Winter, 2015

Prismacolor pen and pencil on Canson multi-media paper, 6.25" x 6"

Pillow

 Plaid Sample Pillow

Front

Our rug hooking teacher asked us to hook a 2.5" x 2.5" square sample of a different plaid each week. This exercise helped us to see what each plaid would look like when hooked.  My choice was to hook each plaid in a square starting at the outside and moving to the middle. The plaid square would not look the same if I'd hooked in lines or hooked randomly (this might be a good idea for a couple samples - just for me to see the potential).  We also worked in a little practice in hooking stars and flowers.  I didn't want the mat to just sit in a draw, so I made a pillow. The strips on the outside were hooked using the proddy tool (July 18th entry).  The tool proved easy to use and made pulling the inch wide strips through the linen very easy on my hands.

Day 5

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Trees, 2015

Farber-Castell pen on Canson multi-media paper, 5.75" x 5.75"

Day 4

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Muir, 2015

Micron on Canson mutimedia paper, 4" x 6"

Cartoon Teddy by Rachel Nedic, 2015

Ink on watercolor paper, 4" x 6"

Day 3

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Young Chickadee, 2015

Micron pen on Cranson multimedia paper, 6.75" x 7"

Pig Cartoon by Rachel Nedic, 2015

Pen on watercolor paper, 3.5" x 5.5"

Rachel is our daughter.  Just thought the pig was cute. 

Day 2

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Inktober, 2015

Pen and pencil on Canson mixed media paper, 7" x 7"

Day 1

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Nuthatch, 2015

Micron pen on Canson mixed media paper, 6" x 8"

Here's my first ink drawing for the 2015 Challenge.  Let's hope I can keep it up. This will be a good exercise for me as I've been struggling with regular practice.  I have fallen out of the habit of drawing each day and I can feel the difference in my work.  It's said that committing publicly to developing a new habit gives you motivation. Here we go.....

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Inktober 2015

Illustrator Jake Parker created the Inktober Challenge in 2009 as a means to improve skills and to develop good drawing habits. The Challenge - do one ink drawing every day for the month of October.  Some artists may do every other day, some weekly.  Inktober has grown to include artists all over the world.

There are some rules:

1. Do an ink drawing every day.  You can make a pencil sketch first.

2. Post the drawing.

3. Hashtag it with #inktober.

*Karen Arnold