Day: October 5, 2019

Inktober 2019 Days 1-5

I’m doing Inktober again in my small sketchbook Canson art book universal (14×21 cm / 4×6 in), in which I used half pages every day (except the first day).

Day 1: “Ring”

Grey and white ink drawing of the silhouette of a boxer in a ring. The open artbook is on a wooden table next to a red 'frixion' red ballpoint pen, a white ink brushphen, a bottle of black ink and two brushes resting on black water in a plastic cup.

Black ink applied with brushes and more or less water, white ink.

Day 2: “Mindless”

Black ink drawing with thin parallel lines representing the Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Hokusai

I don’t do too well with abstract concepts. And it had been a while since I had riffed the Hokusai” great wave off Kanagawa.

Day 3: “Bait”

Black and grey ink drawing of the earth as bait attached to a fishing bob floating in the water.

Planet Earth used a fishing bait. I used a grey ink brush pen from Kuretake. Apparently it liked the paper of my art book very much. So much that it seeped through!

Day 4: “Freeze”

The character Freeze wearing goggles and a glass helmet around his head is throwing a ball. The ball and his hand are bigger because of perspective. I used purple ink for the outline and the background, which I applied with a flat brush in a way that the texture of the brush is visible. I applied some white ink to correct mistakes. The ink bottle, brush and white ink brushpen are on the wooden table next to the open artbook.

There’s a Comics character called Freeze. Done with the purple ink and brush I received in a recent sketchbox.

Day 5: “Build”

Black and grey drawing of geometric shapes and volumes forming some building.

Abstract prompt again, but an opportunity to stray not too far from the concept and try some architecture. I used the light grey ink BrushWriter from Kuretake for the lighter tones, and a felt tip marker for the darker areas.