Inktober 2015

This October, I decided to try and take part in Inktober- try is the keyword here. I have followed Inktober on Instagram for a while now as many of my favourite artists and illustrators have participated before and I thought it looked like a great challenge to do.

Unfortunately, I only managed 2 ink pieces out of 31. I think this is largely due to Inktober falling in the first term of my A-Levels and my first term at college meaning work is taking my full focus. Also, I would say that I was unprepared for the challenge as originally I had not planned to take part, in fact it was only after being inspired by other people’s ink pieces that I decided it looked like too much fun to miss. I ended up starting about five days into October.

Here are the two paintings I managed:

Despite Inktober not going as I wished, I am still very happy that I tried. It was great for me to experiment with ink- a medium I do not often turn to and I am pleased with the two paintings I did create. Now I know that when taking part in Inktober and similar challenges again in the future it is a great idea to plan. Next time I would definitely write a list beforehand of what I will draw each day as finding time to make art everyday is hard enough without having to come up with 31 new ideas.

If all goes to plan I will be participating in Inktober next year and I will definitely be better prepared after this year’s attempt. As for now, I'm planning some sort of Christmas themed advent drawing challenge for December and I can’t wait!

Thanks for reading!