October 3 and 5 sketches

 Trying some new things, some fall subjects, different sketchbooks - October sketching.

The Black Sketchbook

I started doodling in my black sketchbook with my Posca markers, once I saw that they would actually work on black paper.  

I decided to do some colored ink/marker, maybe mixed media sketches in October instead of the usual Inktober all ink sketching.  The first two are in the black sketchbook, but I may use other sketchbooks also.  

 

A Selfie

 

A self portrait done for Up For a Challenge Sunday Challenge.  Done with a .03 Micron pen that was running out of ink.  I actually did this while looking at myself in my external computer camera because I didn't have a mirror that I could use while seated.  I think I missed some wrinkles.  LOL

Catching Up On Posting

 Some of the sketches I've been doing with ink, watercolor, and sencils.  The chickens were from a photo on Pixabay, and done as a two page spread.  

Sketches with prepainted backgrounds

 These are some of the pages that I've been playing with this summer.  Watercolor/or acrylic stenciling or prepainted backgrounds with direct pen sketching.  

Glass Animals 2

Another try at the glass animals today.  There were dark shadows and light shadows in the glass, but even though it was a sunny day, not enough to make much in the way of cast shadows.  I had to take artistic license.  Ink and pencil

Sketching at Home During Lockdown

I'm sketching at home while we are all doing "social distancing".  I was inspired by a post by Brenda Swenson in January, where she sketched some little bird figurines, and later did a couple of watercolors of them.  It sparked the idea to get out my little glass bird, and since he doesn't have a mate, I picked up some of his glass friends.  I was okay until the elephant, and then I had trouble figuring out where to put the cat and rabbit.  I eventually found a better arrangement, which I will try to remember to sketch tomorrow.