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#inktober 2017 days 1-5

[Inktober: 31 Days 31 Drawings, following a prompt list.]

I’m doing Inktober again and I like it. It was fun last year. I’m rather pleased with what I did thus far. I have the impression I have progressed. It takes me 2 to 3 hours every night, depending on how long I need to find my subject, then I focus without interruption till I’m done and realise my coffee is cold, I have not smoked and I’ve done something pretty.

Day 1: ‘swift’. Drawing of a swordsman wielding a Japanese sword. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm), and grey soft brush Pitt Artist Pen.

Day 2: ‘divided’. Wooden jigsaw puzzle of three camels, one separated from the others and slightly behind. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm), and grey soft brush Pitt Artist Pen.

Day 3: ‘poison’. Poisonous frog viewed from above, in black and white, with black spots. In real-life, these are green and black. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm).

Day 4: ‘underwater’. Still woman immersed, the top of her head breaking the water. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm), and grey soft brush Pitt Artist Pen.

Day 5: ‘(so) long’. A sailing ship at sea, far away on the horizon, big waves in the foreground, and cloudy heavy sky. Copy of work by Bernie Wrightson, who was much much gifted than I am. Still I quite like my work. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm).

Inktober’s prompt list:

#drawvember 2016 days 21-30

These ten drawings conclude #drawvember. Each took me more or less time, depending on how long I could take, or the sort of drawing I was keen on making. I can’t make time to draw everyday in December so I’ll take a break after an enjoyable two-month sprint.

Day 21: Three Musketeers. As seen in the Air France inflight magazine, an ad for a show, I believe. Turquoise, yellow and crimson thick watercolour applied with a drawing pen.

Day 22: Caracasablanca. As seen again in an ad in the Air France inflight magazine. Toucan overlooking rainforest and desert dunes which five camels climb. Watercolour.

Day 23: Poppies. Watercolour painting of a man riding a horse and following a dog in a field of poppies.

Day 24: Cat. Grey prisms done using shades of grey Faber-Castell PITT artist brush pens. White posca pen.

Day 25: Sailboats and trees on a hill. Black ink drawing using a Uni pin pen. After Hiroshige.

Day 26: White wild roses (after Van Gogh). Colour felt tip pens.

Day 27: Man in a tree (after Marc-Antoine Mathieu). Black Uni pin pens (0.1 mm, 0.5 mm).

Day 28: The Vagabond, by Inoue Takehiko. Black Uni pin pen and Pentel Brushpen drawing from the manga.

Day 29: Batik. As seen in the Kaili Ethnic Minorities Museum in China, province of Guizhou, last April. That drawing took me nearly 3 hours. Black ink drawing of batik fabric patterns: fish, flowers and leaves, using a black Uni pin pen and Pentel Brushpen.

Day 30: Nude woman reclining, seen from the back. After Van Gogh. I had precious little time for the last day. A quick pencil sketch on a small surface of the art book and I then used a black Uni pin pen (0.1 mm).

#drawvember 2016 days 11-20

I know one great way to end the day and wash away the worries of work (tee hee), but when that’s not an option, I draw 🙂

Since last summer, I have happily neglected the drawing iPad apps that I favoured these past few years, because of the *feeling* actual tools and materials provide. Feeling what I’m drawing is something I have always missed on the iPad. On the other hand, there are limited “undo” options with actual materials. Each context is very different and both have advantages and drawbacks. At the moment, I am having the most fun with non digital art.

I drew everyday in October for #inktober and liked it so much, and made enough progress that I wanted to continue, hence #drawvember. The first 10 are in #drawvember: days 1-10.

Day 11: Bird on a bough. Uniball black pin pen, Faber-Castell grey soft brush pen, watercolour. 10×15 cm.

Day 12: Japanese woman in yukata holding an umbrella. Uniball black pin pen, watercolour. 10×15 cm.

Day 13: Lavender fields in Provence. watercolour. 10×15 cm.

Day 14: Octopus and fish. Uniball black pin pen (0.05 mm).

Day 15: Nose and mouth. Pixels. Uniball black pin pens.

Day 16: Nemo, Dory & Bruce. From a “Finding Nemo” preparatory sketch by Ricky Nierva. Uniball black pin pens, Faber-Castell grey soft brush pens, watercolour.

Day 17: Sailboat at sea. Black Indian ink and pen.

Day 18: Ryu. A dragon. Faber-Castell grey soft brush pens and water. Red Chinese seal (a gift from my trip in China last Spring) saying my name and its equivalent in Chinese. 10×15 cm.

Day 19: Powdering the neck. Reproduction of a Kitagawa Utamaro Ukiyo-e that I saw at the Guimet Museum in Paris last month. Uniball black pin pens, Faber-Castell grey soft brush pens. 10×15 cm.

Day 20: A swirl of cats. Jedi and Mo sharing one basket. Uniball black pin pen (0.1 mm).

#drawvember 2016 days 1-10

I drew everyday of October for Inktober and liked it so much and improved, that I chose to continue in November. I continue to draw on a Canson 10.5×15.6cm sketch artbook. I’m not following any prompt this month. Here are the first ten.

Day 1: Coi carp. Faber-Castell PITT artist brush pens in shades of grey (and a bit of water).

Day 2: EVE from Wall-e. Uniball pin pen 0.05 mm, watercolour.

Day 3: Detail of a Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein (1983). Uniball pin pen 0.05 mm.

Day 4: Panda eating bamboo. Faber-Castell PITT artist brush pens in shades of grey.

Day 5: Hokusai’s Cuckoo and Azaleas. Uniball pin pen 0.05 mm, watercolour, Faber-Castell PITT artist brush pens in shades of grey.

Day 6: Kawase Hasui’s Miyajima Shrine in snow. Uniball pin pen 0.05 mm, colour pencils.

Day 7: Anna Lee Fisher. Black and white portrait of Anna Lee Fisher, American astronaut, wearing her helmet. Uniball pin pen 0.05 mm, Faber-Castell PITT artist brush pens in shades of grey, waterbrush.

Day 8: Peacock and flowers. Motif adorning a vase at the Musée Guimet in Paris. Uniball pin pen 0.1 mm, watercolour.

Day 9: Girl wearing a yukata. Watercolour.

Day 10: Morning Star. Detail of Alfons Mucha’s Morning Star. PITT artist brush pens in shades of grey.