This is my last sketch for #Inktober2024….only one month late in finishing! The prompt for Day 30 (I have already posted for Day 31) was “violin” and this was the closest I could get. This little guitar is actually a guitalele – which is a cross between a classical guitar and a tenor or baritone ukulele. I sketched this in blobs of colour first and then let it dry while I was cooking, later adding some ink lines, posca pen lines and extra colour.
Mon-18-Nov-2024
The subject for Day 29 of #Inktober2024 was“navigator”, so I did some word association again and came up with sailor….and then thought of my Sailor pen and ink. The pen is my favourite – it’s a #SailorFude with a bent nib…never blocks up, and draws lovely flowing lines.
Mon-18-Nov-2024
The #Inktober2024 prompt for Day 26 was #camera, so I fished out this ancient Canon Powershot camera we still have. The resolution is 4 mega pixels which at the time we got it, was a lot! The iPhone 16 can take pics at 48 MP for comparison. I am not a great fan of unnecessary splashes and dribbles of colour in sketches, but I felt that this one needed some.
Fri-15-Nov-2024
The only idea I came up with to follow the #Inktober2024 prompt for Day 25 of “scarecrow”, was to sketch this. A few Christmas’s ago we received a table decoration consisting of a vase with this decorative bunch of dried grass (my thinking was that this is straw and that is what, traditionally, scarecrows are stuffed with)…which these days is looking a little forlorn.
Thu-14-Nov-2024
My approach to the #Inktober2024 subject for Day 24, was to do word association, starting with the prompt of ‘expedition’, leading to ‘journey’, ‘voyage’ and then ‘voyager!’. I very rarely sketch from the TV but the obvious thing for me was to sketch a few random scenes of some episodes of Star Trek Voyager that I was watching. I took a photo of the screen and worked on the drawing from my iPad, so that I could continue to half-watch while I sketched.
Wed-13-Nov-2024
With this sketch I am going back to #Inktober2024 (even though it is mid-November!), following the prompt for Day 23 of “rust”. I have plenty of rusty tools around and decided to paint in a bolder splashy style, by slopping on the colour in blobs first, then adding lines using #Derwent watercolour pencils and ink.
Tue-12-Nov-2024
Our cat, Captain Haddock, has decided that this old pizza box is his favourite spot at the moment and he spends all day camped out there, sleeping. Naturally every morning, when I get up (and several times during the day), I trip over the box. This sketch (very roughly) follows the prompt of “camp” for Day 22 of #Inktober2024.
Sat-8-Nov-2024
I was listening to the BBC World Service “The Happy Pod” when I sketched this – just what I needed in these times of bad news. i sketched this dust mite spray (Theodore’s all natural) the day it was delivered …I’m hoping it will help me with my allergy…which my family have always referred to as my “Rhino’s”…taking that name from allergenic rhinitis. So that matches with the #Inktober2024 prompt for Day 21 of “Rhinoceros”.
Thu-7-Nov-2024
As I was sketching this (following the Day 20 #Inktober2024 prompt of “uncharted”), it was voting day in USA. I followed the elections quite closely and honestly it made me anxious…I am not American so cannot vote, but I struggled to understand why it seemed to be a close race…for me it would have been an easy choice. Now I feel sorry for the people of America…those who stood up for truth and fairness, but also for those who believed the lies and disinformation.
Tue-5-Nov-2024