Inktober Day 17

 Today's prompt was "use three values." I found a Bronco in the parking lot when I went shopping. It was perfect for a black brush pen, a gray brush pen and the white of the paper.

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Inktober Day 16

 

With a prompt of "frames" I wondered if the frames themselves would be the items being sketched or what was in them. Since I sketch mostly from life and en plein air I did a live subject. I headed over to Islip Town Beach because even though it is fall, today's temperature nearly reached 80. There was a collection of about 30 gulls on the sand near where I was parking. Before I could even think about getting out of the car raindrops started falling...slowly at first but with more intensity after a while. So I sat in my mobile studio and designed a few frames. Then I filled each with a sketches of gulls.

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Inktober Day 15

 "Snippets" was the prompt today for Inktober. I know that at this time of year Bellport has their scarecrows hanging so I headed there. These are all small...no larger than 3 x 4. Two are fun scarecrows for the contest...Red Riding Hood and Serial Server. Notice I added a bit of color to Red. Her coat definitely needed the color. The pumpkins and the corn stalk as well as the welcome anchor were on display in front of Porters on the Lane.

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Inktober Day 14

 The prompt for Inktober today was "foreground/background." This was sketched in Sayville by Green's Creek County Park. I used a brush pen for the foreground and then a Lamy Pen filled with Noodler's Gray Ink tof the back bulkhead and the water.

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Inktober Day 13

My prompt for Inktober Day 13 was "water soluble ink." I used Noodler's Brown Ink which is water soluble. I don't think it looks brown. It definitely has a brownish purple look to it. This was sketched in Patchogue by the Leeward Cove Marina. I don't know how they get the boats up top for storage, and I've seen some really large ones up there. I'm sure it would be interesting to watch.

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Inktober Day 12

 Rain was in the forecast, but the prompt was "try many textures" and it seemed that an outdoor sketch would work best. It was raining lightly but I sat near the Islip Grange in Sayville.. I used a combination of a twig, a wooden pencil, a feather (didn't work well at all), a Q-tip, a dip pen, and the edge of a credit card to get the different textures. I also had a small pine cone but I couldn't find a way to dip it into the ink. I should have brushed some ink on it by hand.

Inktober Day 11

 The prompt for these Inktober sketches was to "use a big fat brush." I used a flat brush that was bigger than I usually use. These were done on a trip to Young's Farm in Brookville with my friend, Suzala. She wanted to sketch the sunflowers that were still in bloom there. I worked with Lexington Gray Ink.

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Since we were sitting by sunflowers I had to do a few small sketches in color too.

Before we left we moved down by the sales barn and sketched the field of flowers there.