Tracy found the second week of Inktober easier than the first because once you start thinking of images to draw in 10 minutes, your brain starts thinking quicker. Pictures drawn again using the Bic 4 coloured ballpoint pen.
Susan has continued sketching British animals in ink in her 12cm x 12cm sketchbook. Lots of details to see on the images.
Fourteen members met for an evening painting on pumpkins. Most artists used acrylic paint, one painted the pumpkin then added Virginia creeper leaves and one artist forget her acrylic paints so used watercolours, which surprising worked quite well. It was a very relaxed session and we all enjoyed painting on a different surface which was curved.
We often bemoan that our Wednesday evening sessions are poorly lit with the uplighters so we take our own little lamps. At this session it was good to see that spotlights have been fitted below the uplighters on the high window wall and they really brightened up the session, hurrah!
Many subjects were painted on the pumpkins with Hallowe’en being the most popular, but there were animals, flowers and Zentangle patterns too. Some painted three images on one pumpkin so the photos show all sides.
Well done, everyone, it was an interesting and fun evening.
The next session is on Saturday 24th October from 10am to 3pm. Please note that this will be the fourth Saturday of October, not the last one.
Dot is enjoying seeing all the pictures by members with different interpretations of each word. Here are her drawings for the second week of Inktober. Very detailed images, keep up the good work!
Here are Jane’s pictures for the second week of Inktober. She enjoyed sketching every day and switching off from everything else. Good interpretation of the words!
Jane is enjoying Inktober so far as it’s making her draw every day. That’s always a good thing for any artist! She has done good, detailed drawings of all the suggested words.
Here are Susan’s sketches in ink for the first week of Inktober. She loves sketching animals so has decided to not follow the daily word suggestion and draw an animal instead. So far they’re all animals found in the UK.
Susan bought a small sketch book in India about 12cm square with handmade paper inside. Perfect for Inktober! The first photo is the sketchbook’s colourful cover.
Kay has drawn her first week of Inktober images in a sketchbook with each page divided into 6.
She is using a biro pen with several colours and not spending more than 15 minutes on each picture. That way it’s easy to fit this time into a busy day!
Here are Jackie’s Inktober images for the first 6 days. She’s never done the challenge before and is finding it fun. The detailed pictures are 10cm square and Jackie used a biro, acrylic ink and technical and dip pens. A very good start!
Dot and Tracy have completed the first 7 days of Inktober 2026. Both have found it challenging but fun!
Dot is using a sketchbook and black ink for her images.
Tracy has an A4 sketchbook and divided two pages into 5cm x 7.5cm shapes. She is using a biro with 4 colours in it and is researching, drawing then inking the image in only 10 minutes.
Several other members are also taking part in Inktober, so please send your first 7 days images to Tracy when completed. Thank you.
Here’s the whole month of suggestions if you want to have a go!
