Inktober Begins

 Inktober has just started and I am once again participating. The goal for the month is to do one ink sketch each day this month. Various people have come up with a list of prompts for the event. I sometimes follow the suggestions but most of the time I select my own subject to sketch, but it is fun to combine my ideas with other prompts. I'm including two of the Inktober lists below that I may refer to just in case you'd like to see some of the ideas that people came up with, or maybe take part. It is fine if you don't do an ink sketch every day this month, but it is fun to try and include a few.

My first sketch follows the first prompt on Koosje Koene's list - "continuous line, no lifting the pen." I really enjoy sketching that way. Kingston's Clam Bar in West Sayville is one of my favorite places to sketch...architecture, boats, foliage...

Here are Koosje's Inktober prompts and what is probably the more "official" list.

#inktober #inktober2026

Farmstand Sketch

After being indoors for 2 days during our nor'easter I needed to head out. Since I wanted some fresh veggies I stopped at The Farm on Lakeland in Sayville to sketch a bit of their selection of plants. This was done in a small sketchbook...maybe 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. 

Continuous Line Sketch

The Creative Spark Scavenger Hunts give me the opportunity to combine some of the prompts and do a continuous line sketch. The promps were used for cleaning, used for travel (a travel adaptor), used for cooking (a spatula), made of plastic (a spray bottle), and used for art (a set of paints). Here is the colorized version with watercolor

Here is just the line design.

 

Bayport - Blue Point Library

With the nor'easter expected to hit Long Island and most of the tri-state area over the weekend, I headed out to get some supplies, food, and enjoy a bit of sketching before I would be stuck home. I stopped at the Bayport - Blue Point Library and sat in their reading area to sketch. It is a bright area even on dreary days. A few other patrons were in assorted places, but I only captured one lady in one of the comfy chairs near the window.

 

Grey Day in Sayville

 Long Island was expecting showers and the views near the Great South Bay in Sayville looking toward Fire Island were a little grey.

Carnival Sketch

I like sketching the rides at the carnival...so many great colors. A good part of this was done with Posca markers. I sketched it the day after the carnival so there weren't any riders. I'm sure the packed this up for transport soon after I finished sketching it. 

In For Repairs

 This boat was being worked on at Shellfish Marine by the West Sayville Dock. They always have such interesting looking boats on the premises. According to Google this is a tugboat and the tires make a good fender for the bow.