Fearless Friday, Inktober Round-up
I participated in the Inktober monthly challenge,
doing 1 drawing a day with ink, choosing a subject from the daily prompt list
I must admit,
sometimes I was lax about doing the drawings every day
and had to play catch up a few times,
drawing several on the same day 😱
But
I did complete the 31 prompts and had fun thinking outside the box,
and challenging myself to chose the subject creatively and to use different art supplies
The purpose of these monthly challenges is to loosen up and have fun!
Artist’s Network says:
“Remain in your play phase as long as possible. When your left brain starts to take over with its usual ploys of fear and judgment, take a moment to stop and change your thoughts to more positive ones.
Put your ideas out there and see what happens. A painter’s play phase is not about guilt, burden or fear, but about releasing. Instead of trying to conquer fear, invite it along to play in the creative act.”
You can read the entire article here
Inktober prompts and the drawings I created
1 ring, 2 mindless, 3 bait, 4 freeze
5 husky, 6 build
7 enchanted, 8 frail, 9, swing
10 pattern, 11 snow, 12 dragon & 13 ash [from fire]
14 overgrown, 15 legend, 16 wild, 17 ornament
18 misfit, 19 swing, 20 tread, 21 treasure
22 ghost, 23 ancient, 24 dizzy
25 tasty, 26 dark, 27 coat, 28 ride
For the last three I included both the black and white version and a colored version
For injured I added a pale grayish green shadow to the pumpkin lid for drama
29 injured
30 catch, 31 ripe
The figs were colored with markers
The baseball glove was painted with watercolor pens*
Be sure your ink is waterproof if you are going to use a wet media with it!
Which ones are your favorites?
Here are some tips I learned from doing daily challenges:
Set a time limit, like 5 minutes, for picking your subject. You can also gather ideas, photos or objects in advance from the prompt list so you won’t waste time later when it’s time to draw. I use a Pinterest board to collect ideas and refer to
Don’t overwhelm yourself by thinking you must do a masterpiece everyday!
I chose to do the whole drawing in under 15 minutes, staying loose, and letting my pen do what it wanted, not overthinking. If you can, and want to, spend more time, great! Some days I spent more than 15 minutes, but knowing I only had to do a quick sketch made it seem very doable every day.
I also found that if I could keep myself 1 day ahead of the prompt list, it kept me relaxed
I am going to try to keep this up, as I can, during November with the monthly prompts from Doodlewash, I hope you’ll join the fun!
Try an art challenge or make up your own
Have fun and Be Fearless!
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I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Meal Plan Monday Love Your Creativity What’s for Dinner?
Between Naps on the Porch, Make it Pretty Monday
Turn About Tuesday Celebrate Your Story, You’re the Star
All About Home/ Common Ground Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Full Plate Thursday
Thursday Favorite Things Creatively Crafty Home Matters
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Such fun doodles Jenna! Love your creativity and interpretation of “ride” and “tread”! Happy November ♥
Ha, yes, the ride was one of my favorites!
Oh Jenna, I don’t think you have to worry, your left brain is very confident in “play phase!” This challenge must have been thought provoking to come up with your subject for the day and put pen to paper. I really do like “build” since what I see is old and modern, love that! Another is the fig and the glove, contrast of black and while and color. Amazing work!
Happy November………
thank you Emily, yes, my color side won out towards the end of the month I got tired of black and white and had to have color! Enjoy this cold sunny weekend!
They are all great but I love “Tread”. Your interpretation of the prompts were creative and fun! Beautiful work Jenna.
Johanne
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Thank you so much Johanne. My 11 year old grandson got really interested and wants to do the November challenge with me!
You are so so talented. Makes me jealous! Believe me, I’ve tried. And everyone else in my family is/was an artist.
oh thank you Mimi, but you are so talented in the kitchen!
I really admire your sticking to the challenge — and what a wonderful body of work. I have a feeling that these inktober pieces might show up in a slightly different form later!
I really enjoyed the challenge and trying to get in the habit of drawing everyday. My 11 year old grandson is going to do the November challenge with me!
Lots of good work here! I like so many: Build, Swing, Snow, Dragon, Tread, Pattern, Dizzy and Ripe figs.
thank you Laura Kate, I like hearing what catches your eye 🙂
Congratulations, Jenna! That’s a wonderful Inktober collection! 👍💚The figs are amazing and the tread is super cool and creative!!🌿😍
thank you Patty Anne, I had really let drawing slip in my daily priorities, and this has really helped create a daily habit 🖋
Love them all Jenna. If I must choose…ripe figs, misfit, and tread!
thank you Pam, I really like hearing everyone’s different favorites, tread seems to be very popular!
Hi Jenna, I truly like them all!! 😍 So fun to see your interpretation of the drawing prompt! If I had to pick a fav, I really love the catcher’s mitt!! Congrats on completing a whole month… not easy to do! 😊🎨👍 I look forward to seeing what you (and your grandson) create in November! ❤️
Thank you Jill! I think the baseball glove is the one that really got him interested!!
Woot woot! Phenomenal! I love the Sherlock Holmes book particularly.
Thank you Pattie, it was a lot of fun!