Inktober 2022 - Day 6 - Pinecones

My pinecones for my Inktober sketch are from a collection of items that I have for Scavenger Hunts. These were done with Noodler's brown ink which is water soluble. 

Inktober Day 28

Inktober Day 28 took me riding around in Wading River. There is quite a bit of farmland like this with rows from the produce that was growing. I don't know what was growing in this particular field but it looked perfect for Noodler's Brown Ink. 

Inktober Day 25

 There is an area in Oakdale that was once part of an artist's colony. It has these quaint brick buildings but unless you live there you don't have anywhere to park. I roamed around there the other day and found a small parking area around the back of one of the buildings. This part is called Tower Mews. I sat in my mobile studio (just in case I wasn't allowed to park there) and sketched that way. I use the Noodler's brown ink for this sketch.

Inktober Day 18

I used my Noodler's Brown ink in my Lamy pen for this Inktober Day 18 sketch. It was done down by the bay in Blue Point.

Inktober Days 4 & 5

For my Inktober Day 5 sketch I used my Lamy Safari with Noodler's Brown Ink. To me the color looks more like sepia than brow.  The ink is water-soluble so you can get some nice shading. My model was a rooster fountain in front of Bello Poultry Market in Holbrook. I've sketched the rooster before but they seem to have spruced up the entrance to the market.

Today's Inktober sketch was done with my PALS Plein Air group. We met down at Corey Beach in Blue Point on a damp, chilly morning. All of us were bundled up in fleece jackets or heavy sweatshirts. I didn't think I was going to last for too long so I didn't work on actual watercolor paper (mistake) but on sketch paper. First I sketched it with my Micron black pen...but you know how I love color so I added it after I took a photo of the ink only version.

 

Downtown Sayville

 For the last Wet Canvas Scavenger Hunt a street scene was on the list. I did this with water-soluble Noodler's brown ink. I sat in my mobile studio to get a view almost from the center of the street in Sayville.

Palms Past their Prime

Several of the restaurant/bars along the river in Patchogue use tropical palms to give their outside seating a tropical feel. The problem is when it gets cold there is no room inside the buildings to keep the trees trough the winter...and many of them look like this. These were in the parking lot by Harbor Crab.  I hope they find a way to dispose of them before the new ones are brought in. This was done with Noodler's Brown Ink which is water-soluble. I think it looks more sepia than brown, and I like the color.

 

Inktober 2020 Day 27 - Olish's Pumpkins

I love farm stands at this time of year for their fun displays so I headed to Olish's Farm in Eastport and found this great trailer with pumpkins on it. This is my day 27 Inktober sketch. I used a combination of my platinum carbon ink, the brown Noodler's ink, and an orange micron pen to make the pumpkins more colorful. The brown ink just didn't do it for the color. 

Inktober 2020 Day 18 - Patchogue Buildings

 Yesterday I stopped in Patchgue for a few errands. In one of the parking lots I saw this view with the sunlight highlighting the sides of the buildings and decided to sketch it for my Day 18 Inktober sketch. Sometimes a fence blocking the view of something can make it a bit more interesting. This was done with my Lamy pen filled with the Noodler's brown ink and a brush and some water. The water-soluble ink makes for some nice washes.

Inktober Day 4 - Brookhaven Park Stream

 For my Day 4 for Inktober 2020 I used a combination of my Platinum Carbon Black ink and the Noodler's Brown ink. Both are in Lamy pens which I love to use. There is a small park in Brookhaven that has a small stream, a Monet-style bridge, and a gazebo. It is difficult to draw the stream without color because there is just so much foliage in assorted greens and with just ink you can't add in touches of other colors like blue for the sky and some of the reflection in the water. It was fun to give it a try.

Inktober - Day 1 & Day 2 in Sayville

Yes, Inktober 2020 has started. I will be doing my best to do a sketch just using ink for every day in October. I will vary the pens and once in a while the colors I use. 

If you read this blog on a regular basis you know my fondness for the houses in Sayville. My Day 1 sketch is of a house on Foster Avenue down near the beach. I wanted to sketch from my car since it was windy, so I had to find a spot through the hedges and trees where I could see across the street to this house. I used my new Lamy pen which is filled with Noodler's Brown Ink which is not waterproof.

My Day 2 sketch was done in the parking lot down near Sayville Marina Park. I liked the collection of trees leading down to the beach. This was done with Platinum Carbon Ink which is waterproof if you allow it to dry. In order to get the shading I touched the ink with water while it was still wet. For parts I wet the paper and drew right into the wet areas which gave an interesting irregular look.