Category: art

#inktober2018

My third go at Inktober! I continued to draw in my small sketchbook Canson art book universal (14×21 cm / 4×6 in). I didn’t have a lot of time for it but I drew every day. Some of the drawings I like very much, the others, not so much!

Inktober 2018 prompt list
Inktober 2018 prompt list
Black ink drawing of skull and crossed bones painted pale yellow
Day 1 – Poisonous
Black ink drawing of a monk figuring balanced on a branch
Day 2 – Tranquil
Black ink drawing of coffee beans spilled from a fabric bag next to an upright full fabric bag
Day 3 – Roasted
Black ink pen drawings of an eye, a bee with speech bubble 'b.e.e.', and the letter M from the IBM logo
Day 4 – Spell
Rough black ink sketch of a chicken, the block letters 'chicken' forming the neck line
Day 5 – Chicken
Black ink drawing of the open and dripping mouth of the creature from Alien
Day 6 – Drooling
Black ink drawing in many dots of varying density of a sleeping cat spilling outside of a basket.
Day 7 – Exhausted
Black ink drawing of two black figures standing on white clouds overlooking a fuzzy mass of spiraling angels. A large round star is depicted at the center.
Day 8 – Star
Black ink drawing of Gollum holding the ring. The ring and his fingers are very big, his surprised face is visible partly through and outside the ring. The rest of his body is small and smaller to indicate perspective.
Day 9 – Precious
Black ink drawing of a woman seen from the side with long hair flowing.
Day 10 – Flowing
Black ink drawing with broad brush strokes of a bull and bull fighter in action
Day 11 – Cruel
Black ink drawing of the silhouette of a diver next to a not-too-large whale. Badly done cross-hatching for the shadows.
Day 12 – Whale
Black ink drawing of a soldier carrying an assault rifle, and of his drop shadow.
Day 13 – Guarded
Black ink brushpen drawing of a samurai standing within a black crescent with branches at the top, and surrounded by falling tree leaves. The crescent is the face of a clock. The sword and sheath mark the time: twenty to five.
Day 14 – Clock
Rough black ink drawing of a chain breaking at the center
Day 15 – Weak
Black and grey drawing of a masculine face in neutral expression. There is no neck. Just the face.
Day 16 – Angular
Black ink drawing of three flamingos whose bodies are round.
Day 17 – Swollen
Black ink drawing of a bottle floating and mounted with masts and sails.
Day 18 – Bottle
Rough black ink drawing of a dragon breathing fire
Day 19 – Scorched
Black ink drawing of a snow globe and its shadow. Within the globe is a drawing of a Japanese landscape: two sail boats on a river, reed, village, tree line and snowy mountain in the middle.
Day 20 – Breakable
Black strokes vaguely representing a spiraling mouvement
Day 21 – Drain
Black ink drawing of a man in suit lighting up a cigar with a burning bank note held in his hand.
Day 22 – Expensive
Black ink drawing of a baby elephant waddling in water.
Day 23 – Muddy
Perspective view from underneath of a guillotine. Thick black strokes of ink as background.
Day 24 – Chop
Black ink drawing of a baby hedgehog on its back with tiny hands and feet, big ears, big round black eyes and nose.
Day 25 – Prickly
Black ink drawing of elastigirl, a long thin masked figure in a high-kick stance.
Day 25 – Stretch
Black ink drawing of a muscular Zeus ready to throw a thunder bolt like a javeline.
Day 27 – Thunder
Black and grey cartoon of a little girl sitting on a bench. She's seen from behind. Next to her is a wrapped box. The bench is supported by two chicks with raised arms. The hair of the girl is pulled up in a pony tail held by a thin long fish.
Day 28 – Gift
Colour drawing of a young boy kneeling over water. His reflection is broken by a large ripple.
Day 29 – Double
Black ink drawing of a female superhero with hair that looks like she's been electrified.
Day 30 – Jolt
Black ink drawing of a slice of cake on a plate.
Day 31 – Slice

Man gazing at blooming tree

My friend Daniel gave me a book on Chinese Brush Painting. Although I have owned for years now three or four Chinese brushes and a few sheets of rice paper, I was not ready for this undertaking, and chose to continue with watercolor, since I have recently enjoyed it so much (and my vacation was getting to an end, so I went for the most gratifying process.)
It took me several attempts sketching the figure to keep to realistic proportions (the man still has a slightly too big head and too short a torso), I used a Pentel black ink Brushpen, which performs wonderfully on really thin and thick lines:
Pencil sketch and black ink outline on a postcard sized watercolour sheet.
I then erased the pencil and turned to watercolor. I used alizarin crimson for the flowers:
Pencil sketch erased. Dark pink paint added to mark the blossoms.
I added a few touches of black with my Brushpen to create the details of the flowers. I prepared yellow watercolor and painted the hat by drawing rays and leaving some white. I darkened my yellow with yellow ochre and added a few touches to the hat and went on painting the skin. I darkened further the mix with a bit of burnt sienna to paint the stick. Lastly I mixed a bit of turquoise and white to paint the belt.

I added water to my ochre/brown mix and with a light wash painted the background so the white robe would stand out. Here is the resulting painting framed (12.2×17.2 cm):