Day 4

#inktober

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

#inktober

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

#inktober

Inktober, 2015

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

Day 1

#inktober

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.....

Inktober

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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

Atha Challenge

"Chicken Challenge", June 2015

This is Linda's interpretation of the Atha challenge pattern done in Russian punchneedle.  Beautiful work.

Proddy Tool

I've been working on two pillows with prodded trim.  The article by Nola A. Heidbreder in the January/February 2015 issue of Rug Hooking magazine inspired my projects.  

Photo from Rug Hooking Magazine .

As described in Nola's directions, the final edge of proddy is completed from the front of the pillow after it has been stuffed and sewn closed.  I didn't have the tool to perform that technique - so - I ordered the tool from Dorr Mill Store.  (I ordered the spring prodder and some wool on the 16th and the order was on my doorstep today, the 18th. That's great customer service!)

Photo from the Dorr Mill Store.

The Rugs and Pugs blog has some simple directions and accompanying photos to explain how to use the proddy tool.  Now I just need to do it.  I'll post photos of the pieces when they're complete.