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Inktober 2024 Day 6 - Trek

I’m rather proud of myself, so far I’ve found some time to sketch four days in a row! 😊

A quick 15 minute sketch for day six of Inktober, a trek in the mountains. Went back to black and white and default ink brushes for this one.

Inktober 2024 Day 5 - Binoculars

Had a few spare minutes after lunch so tried for the fifth prompt of binoculars.

Decided to be a bit more ambitious this time, a person using binoculars and in colour! Found an image on Google as a quick reference and used the default ink brushes. Not super happy with the face and shadows, but that’s as far as I’m feeling it for now, it’ll do 😊.

Inktober Day 4 - Exotic

Had a few extra minutes so thought, why not try another prompt. Day four is “exotic”, I suppose a toucan is exotic enough? At least they are for me 😊

Quick sketch/doodle from a picture I found online using the default ink brushes on Procreate.

Inktober 2024 - Day 3 “Boots”

Temporarily interrupting my usual chronological posts with a bit of more ‘contemporary and time sensitive’ ones.

I’ve never participated in Inktober before, although I’d seen it mentioned here and there, granted I’ve never had an art blog before. Since I now have one, I thought why not try it out. I don’t think I’ll do all the prompts. It’ll mostly depend on the subject and my time, but let’s see if I can manage more than one 😁

Had 20 minutes to spare this morning so tried day 3, boots. Honestly, was a bit too tired to be very creative so I just went literal. Behold, a pair of old boots. I used the default ink brushes, since it’s ‘ink’tober 😁. Alternated between ink roll, dry ink and ink bleed. It’s actually a good excuse to try different brushes and techniques.

Reflections in the Water

Went back to the gouache brushes for this one. I picked a photo I took ages ago of a boat prow reflecting in the water. I thought it would be simple enough. Eh 🤷‍♀️, at least I practiced the liquify feature 😊

Spaghetti alle Vongole

Had been thinking about some classic spaghetti with clams for a while and finally did it. Grabbed some live clams, wine, parsley, garlic and olive oil. Don’t really need anything else. It was, as expected, delicious 😊

Eyes

Practicing humans in a deconstructed way, did hands so tried some eyes next.

Used the default pencil and a random picture from Flickr as a reference. On the positive side, they are indeed eyes. On the other hand I didn’t get the expression right. Need more practice 😊

Asleep, in Colour

One of the things I remember from high school art class was the teacher’s comment on my sketchbook for “more colour”. I also remember thinking, when did they teach me how to colour? I’ve always felt a lack of confidence with colour. Maybe because of that I wanted to try colouring my previous sketch. The nice thing about digital art, you don’t have to risk ‘ruining’ the original or starting over, just duplicate it and go 😊

Decided to try out the gouache Bardot brushes for some extra practice.

Arum Flower 3

Since I was experimenting with brushes, did a final flower using the Bardot watercolour brushes.

It’s funny, the watercolour ones are the first ones I purchased, but it turns out the ones I’ve used least so far. I need to work on my watercolour techniques! 😊

Arum Flower 2

Decided to experiment a bit with the different brushes. I used the same flower reference, but tried the Bardot Pastel brushes.

Arum Flower

Sometimes to get over a hump, you just have to go forward. Tried to draw an arum flower from a quick snapshot I took at the local Home Depot. Not bad, I used the Bardot gouache brushes for this one.

The picture I took as a reference.

Asleep

A quick 10 minute pencil sketch. Just a few lines to remember what drawing humans feels like.

May and June was when I hit, not a road block, but more of a speed bump in my art journey. I stared to feel the desire to move forward from just following along to tutorials, but also insecurity at creating without guidance. I had to remind myself nothing starts out perfect and it’s okay to make mistakes.

I always did best when using a picture as a guide, and I actually used to love drawing people. I didn’t have the confidence to start with them, hence all the landscapes 😊, but wanted to get back into humans/people. I found a picture on Google images to use as a reference and did this quick warm up using the default pencil brushes.

A Fantasy Landscape

Tried the ‘snow tree and stars’ tutorial from James Julier. It gives off a bit of a fantasy vibe 😊

Have to admit, I got slightly distracted towards the end and the snow dunes aren’t exactly perfect, but that’s okay, it’s the journey not the destination 😊

Mountains and a River

I think this “mountain river” tutorial from James Julier came out nicely 😊

A Sea of Blue

One of James Julier’s older tutorials, the Pacific Islands landscape. Pretty blues 😊

Ferry Doodles - A Rose by Any Other Name

Had time for one last quick doodle before heading back to the car. This time I used a picture of a rose I had taken as a reference. Used the Bardot pastel brushes.

Ferry Doodles - Hand Studies

Once we managed a seat I wasn’t really sure what to draw, so just ended up using my left hand as a model 🤚 😊

Some freehand doodling and sketching in pencil.

A Quick Sketch

A very quick tutorial, literally, it’s basically 11 minutes, from Art with Flo to test out my new Apple Pencil.

Woodland Scene

Some trees with a flower meadow landscape, following along to a James Julier tutorial.

Waterfalls

April was a good month, managed to do quite a few pieces. This one is the waterfall landscape tutorial from James Julier.

The City

Something a little different from the usual landscapes, tried Tatyworks city skyline tutorial.

Trees at Sunset

Another James Julier tutorial, a landscape with some trees at sunset.

The Beach

Completed the ‘beach grass landscape’ by James Julier.

Window on a Brick Wall

Trying to do as many watercolour tutorials as I come across in the hope that the techniques start to stick 😊. This one is from Tatyworks.

I almost feel like it’s cheating a bit to use a brick brush rather than draw it all by hand, but then, why not take advantage of modern tools 😊.