just a doodle as i contemplate life, the universe, and everything.
sometimes i pretend
the dodo bird is my spirit animal.
the whole wide world
it’s always inktober in my heart
in 2016 i did inktober for the first time…
after thirty-one days of inking
daily
i could not stop
i did not want to stop
and six years later
i am still inking
almost every day
it has saved my life
it has made me a better person
it has helped me grow & heal
so
thank you inktober
you’re my hero.
i do not really participate anymore mostly because i only realize it is inktober several days into october. however, generally i have inked every day without realizing. mostly because i ink every day of the other eleven months of the year as well. when i don’t do art, i can tell, i start to go a little (more) crazy.
last night i had a total meltdown. like sinking lower than i have sank in awhile. terrible monster mom meltdown.
so what did i do? i inked it out…and i felt better…i started the healing process.
i will probably share that inking with y’all considering one of the reasons i share at all is because i want the ugly to not fester in a dark place but to come into the light…however i need a little time to process.
in the meantime, i wish you all a happy inktober.
the above doodle might look like watercolor–but it is totally ink 🙂
it’s still INKtober!
i checked out some books on sumi-e, japanese ink brush technique, as i have all the tools & may even have the talent. and! i have so many empty canvases i have been lugging around. of course, now that madness manor & i have found each other, i hopefully will not be moving again in the foreseeable future.
but i still need to do something with all those empty canvases. one is like 5 feet by 4 feet…or something ridiculous like that. i have it in the back of my head to do something epic with it. i think combining sumi-e with my own style might just be the trick. so i am practicing my sumi-e. above is “second experiment” and below is “first experiment” (per the instruction book but with some artistic license taken by me.)
thoughts on INKtober
five years ago
already an ink artist
i participated in my first INKtober
and when october ended
i just kept on inking
i’m still inking
even though i forgot to participate this year
with so much life getting in the way
nevertheless
every day
for me
is INKtober
here are some inkings i am working on. i will post them over at my etsy site, but you can always buy them straight from me via this website & paypal or by mailing me a check.
happy INKtober!
Quixotic Mama 