Inktober 2020 Drawings so far

I decided to participate in inktober this year. Here are some of my drawings from the first 21 days.

 

Filling a sketchbook with mini landscapes

 Filling a sketchbook with gouache landscape paintings.

Mini Watercolour Nightscapes

It's easier to start small! I painted some mini watercolour nightscapes here using references from Pinterest.

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Miniature Paper Plants

Miniature hand painted paper plants. Tools used: white paper, watercolour paints, coloured pencils and craft knife.

Gouache Plants and Landscape Challenge

Gouache landscapes as part of a challenge on Instagram. Some potted plants because I felt like painting potted plants.

Tree Pattern

Repeat pattern design. Watercolour trees put together using Photoshop.

Adventureland film still study

Watercolour and pen of a film still from the movie Adventureland. Reference from Film Grab.

Keeping a Sketchbook - Drawing everyday & art challenges

Every new year or every so often when I make a list of goals, one of them is always to draw more. I'm sure many artists do this too and when people ask illustrators how to get better or how to find your style. The answer is - draw a lot! Create as much work as possible. Keeping a sketchbook is great practice. Scribble, make a mess, make mistakes, that's what they are for! Try not to get too caught up on creating that perfect drawing to post on Instagram. If it's for a challenge, post it anyway, at least you did a drawing today.

I created my own art challenge last November, see the prompt list here. I post most of my drawings on my Instagram and you can see my portfolio on my website.

Here are some of my recent sketchbook pages including some from the challenge.

Feel free to drop me a message if you have any questions.

A Character a Day Art Challenge

I never had enough time to do Inktober this year, so after pondering this idea for a while I have decided to create my own art challenge, which will be to draw a character a day for the whole month of November. I thought about creating this challenge for a while because I want to get better at character design such as people and animals. 

Guidelines: Create one character a day in any medium - ink, watercolour, pen, pastel, digital or it can even be a quick pencil sketch. Each character can be human, animal, mythical or alien. Post it on Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #acharacteraday. 

If you want to join me in this art challenge you can make up your own fantasy creatures or you can follow my prompt list. Each character design can be your own interpretation, you could put your own spin on a griffin for example.

Anyone can join in, don't forget to use the hashtag #acharacteraday or #littleinkings and have fun :)

This is my official prompt list of ideas. I will be posting on Instagram and Twitter.

Scotland Visit

I recently arrived back from a visit back home to Scotland. It had been around 21 months since I left so I was looking forward to going back to see family and friends. Here are some pics from the past 2 weeks. I was at a wedding at Brig o Doon house in Ayrshire and managed to fit in a trip to the Isle of Skye. It was lovely driving up to Inverness through the lovely autumn scenery.

Ashton Lane on a rainy day in Glasgow

Storr, Isle of Skye.

At Glasgow Botanic Gardens.