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ink drawing

25 Nov

Inktober: my month of drawing

David Simper0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsdrawing, Exhibition, ink drawing, inktober, inktober2022

I wrote about the Inktober event in 2021 and wondered if anyone else had taken part. The seasons seem to swing round ever faster and the 2022 event was soon upon me. Did anyone else take part this time? To clarify what this is all about, the challenge is to produce an ink drawing to a given prompt for each day of October. The prompts are published quite well in advance, so there's time for a little planning. This year's personal innovation has been more colour with the use of artist's marker pens. These mean taking more time to produce…

08 Nov

Did anyone else take part in Inktober 2021?

David Simper0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsink, ink drawing, ink sketching, inktober, inktober2021, october, sketching, traditional art

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As is becoming increasingly common in my life, I can't quite remember how I was introduced to Inktober. I think my wife might have mentioned it in passing and I thought 'ooh that sounds interesting!' [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]So I participated in 2020 and have just completed the 2021 event. The event consists of a thirty one day challenge over October to produce a daily drawing in ink in response to a given prompt, which is then posted on the social media platform of your choice tagged #inktober2021 and #inktober (mine are on Instagram). The prompts are released in advance allowing some…