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[Suzy Heitz]

The purpose of this challenge is to gain confidence in mark making and hone draftsmanship with ink. My challange is to do 30 micro portraits using 005 fine liner on 1.5 x 2 inch post-it note pad. The reference photos are from a collection of small yearbook photos from the 1950's I found in my parent's closet. Here are days 1-3.

[Lee White]

Love seeing all the different work! keep 'em coming!! : )

[mcucchi]

Day 1:

Day 2:

[Lee White]

quick inktober effort before work (shot with my iphone so sort of blurry

[QuietYell]

@Lee-White I like how you've been handling ink in a similar way as to how you handle your watercolors. For some reason, I don't tend to think of ink being done in that way, so this is refreshingly expanding my mind towards ink usage. Thanks!

[evilrobot]

Inktober #3 Sharpie drawing at work while on the phone to clients................ This gave me an great idea for a picture book....I thumb nailed it and wrote down the basics at lunch time.

[BradAYoo]

Day 03 - The Flintstones. Always wondered how Fred snagged himself such a hot wife.

[Laurie]

O my gosh, just saw this thread, am adding my day 1....

day 2.... almost done with day 3

Day 3

instagram.com/lmuggliart/

[Rafael Lewis]

Daaaaaaaaang, you guys are good! Here are the first three for me!

[markoman]

No 2 - Game of Chess

[Charlie Eve Ryan]

Inktober Day 3 Stranger Things Telephone...

[Lee White]

@QuietYell Thanks! I think in terms of tone and not really in line. I've always been more comfortable painting than drawing. Glad you like the approach. It's a monotype in ink which is a blast to do!

[QuietYell]

@Lee-White so do you pick out of the wash with a brush/rag/sponge/etc. wet with water or are you using non-water-soluble ink and do it some other way? Similarly, do you thin out your ink? I'm familiar with gouache and watercolor, but are there any things to consider when doing this with ink?

I think I tend to create based upon line, but I think I am ultimately more of a painter than drawer — maybe I'm just stronger at painting than drawing currently; though, I am in the process of pushing my drawing. Interestingly, I am wanting to do more tone/shape/volume based "drawing" rather than line based drawing. Generally, I block-out the shadow areas by drawing their boundaries with lines then fill, but I think it would be advantageous to create the image from toned areas and no lines.

[natiwata]

Today's Inktober.
"But I'm not good with kids," said the dragon.

[lmrush]

prompt word hungry

[evilrobot]

Inktober #4 another quick one at work while I was eating my lunch with some office supplies......

[mcucchi]

Day 3!

[audrey dowling]

day 4

[JajaJulie]

Day Four: Moonbeam.

[ShereeNorthrup]

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Using a brush pen isn't nearly as scary as I convinced myself it would be.