Pink Flowers at Work

I walk by these flowers just about every morning at work. This morning, I decided to finally try to draw them. I set my phone alarm for five minutes and attempted to catch as much detail as possible with my Papermate Flair pen (which I mention by name only because it's such an amazing tool to have around). The colors were added with watercolor pencils after I clocked out for the day. I had to challenge myself to not only remember what the colors were, but how to achieve those colors through mixing.

This is such a small and simple project, but I feel like I accomplished a lot today. How long has it been since I posted the last painting? Could my new project be to just try posting something everyday? I think that might work out. Still need to think about it.

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Drawloween (at my own pace) - Pumpkins

Inktober Day 3 - "Bait"

Old school pen and ink. I haven't used a crow quill pen since high school - and, even then, I remember struggling to get it to work. This time, I thought I would try to create something using only cross-hatching. The prompt word today is "bait". This word took me into a lot of different ideas, but the one I ultimately landed on is based on the will-o-wisp. In my head, I imagined glowing orbs in front of a copse of swamp trees all created with layers of cross-hatching. Things had to be scaled back a bit. There are still two trees in the background if you look hard enough. Success? Sort of. It forced me to use a different kind of pen and, in doing so, made me want to keep going and get better with it.

Horse in Ink and Brush

Based on a toy horse I use for reference. I don't have a lot of experience with ink and brush - but I thought tonight would be a great time to just play around and try something new. Without the pressure of creating a masterpiece, I went to work immediately. I think I may have mixed too much water into my ink for this one. I really like some of the lines and relationships here. The proportions are pretty messed up, but this may be the closest I've come to getting a horse to look like a horse. I'll probably do more with ink and brush soon.

Rainbow Bisque

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