Inktober (according to me) - I paint with ink, 30-60 min a day, every day for a month.
The 2019 Inktober went ok, although the month was much more hectic than my usual October, as I was starting a new job. I was going to scan and post them then, but the drawings got lost somewhere in my drawing pile and I only found them while cleaning up in May 2020. My thanks goes to Astrid for letting me use her scanner, as I didn't have one at the moment.
Ink wasn't my favorite medium during the year, I was learning digital painting at the same time, so during the first week I got bored of ink and started using watercolors and gauche with black ink. As I was working with kids at the time, I was experimenting with styles and ideas for children's books, so the themes and styles are much more lighthearted and childish than the last year. It was a good experience and I hope you enjoy looking over them as much as I enjoyed making them.
Loose brush, tight lines, loose lines, dabs, dry brush, wet, wetter, dry, just lines....and that's about the moment I got very bored of ink and wanted to see what I could add with colors. I started slow and then it spiraled out of control.
Keep in mind, I had tons of drawings and paintings in between these daily drawings, as well as kids' feedback on the characters and style.
And then I got my hands on some art books in a second hand shop, first some Goya, then some Bruegel... at this moment I was telling myself, as long as the base drawing is in ink as well as all dark areas, it's still Inktober for me (nervous laughter).
And then I got bored of classical art, again. The rest of the month I was trying out some ideas I've had for a long time, like the Minotaur and some other mythological themes as well as a portrait of a hamster I adopted, and slowing down on color on paper as I was getting ready to do a different exercise the next month.
By far of the four Inktobers by now, this was my least planned out and most experimental while keeping illustration as an end goal. I feel 2020, with its crazy ride till now will surely give a hectic schedule and fun themes to play with next October. Cheers
