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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Inktober ( Delayed)

So it was Inktober last month, but after moving house no internet to help share my drawing a day with the world!

Better late than never is a compilation of the 31 days of October.  Not sure whether most people will be aware but I absolutely very much dislike(d) drawing.  Love painting of course, but preparatory drawings/ sketches and planning have not been part of my remit for years.  When a pal challenged me to partake in Inktober I have to admit I wasn't really looking forward to it.  I'm pleased to say, it has re-kindled something in me and ended with a pleasing complete sketchbook, others have even commented that they find these new drawings my best work.  Not sure how I feel about that hahahhahaha

Since around 2007 I've been heckled as an Illustrator and not an artist, so this will only add fuel to that fire, and to be honest, I love it and play on it.  Boundary blurring is my thing yo.  This is a light hearted daily diary over a one month period represented in sketches, and I love Halloween so there was bound to be kitsch Halloween imagery galore, I'm not sorry!!!

All of the drawings I made below were using a trusty Pentel paintbrush pen, with no pencil planning, strictly free hand!

Enjoy! (Hopefully) xx