Last year I participated in #Inktober. This is a month-long drawing challenge devised by Jake Parker. Here is the description from the Inktober site:
Q: What is Inktober?
A: Inktober is a month long art challenge created by artist Jake Parker that is focused on improving skill and developing positive drawing habits. Every day for the month of October anyone participating in the Inktober challenge creates an ink drawing and posts it online. Remember to use the hashtags #inktober and #inktober2018 if you want your art to be seen by everyone.Q. When is Inktober?
A: Inktober is every October. Post your first Inktober drawing on October 1st and your last on October 31st.Q: Where is Inktober?
A: There is no official location or convention for Inktober. Wherever you live and create is where Inktober is.
My only art qualification is a ‘D’ in Junior Cert Art. I would have seen myself as a bad draughtsman all my life. I still do, but now enjoy doing my best. Drawing also gives one an insight into the world around. For instance a while back I did some pencil sketching at the Rock of Cashel and saw details I had always missed before. Tristan Gooley writes of how artists see things in a landscape few others do, and again without claiming any expertise I have found this to be true.
Inktober also led me to discover artists like Susan Alman and Mark Chilcott
Here is the official 2018 prompt list (you don’t have to follow it, but I do find it gives a structure and a challenge)
The Official 2018 Inktober prompt list! Please RT. #inktober #Inktober2018 pic.twitter.com/WTuNtqwI8Y
— Inktober (@inktober) September 1, 2018
Séamus Sweeney 