Inktober Creatures pt 2

October is only one day away from being over and I am only one day away from finishing my Inktober drawing challenge!! Which is good, because I used up the last page in my creature sketchbook today. (Tomorrow's drawing will have to be taped in.) Inktober has been a blast and I'll definitely participate next year! ^_^

You can see the first half of my creature drawings here.

The Hanging Garden Rabbit Sloth

The Turtle Bull

The Jellybean Bunny Frog

The Eastern Duck Deer

The Dog-eared Yeti

The Western Otterpus

The Axe-nosed Coral Turtle

The Elephant Squirrel

The Duck-billed Racoon

The Brush-tailed Uniferret

The Greater Bug Bat

The Toucan Goat

The Medusa Rat

The Beaver Parrot

onward and upward,

Beth

October '14 Sketchbook

You know how I usually say stuff like "I don't have many sketches from my sketchbook because..., blah, blah, excuses, ect" when it comes time for my monthly sketchbook post? Well, not this month, guys!!! I did so many different things in my sketchbook over the past few weeks; watercolors, pen and ink, life studies, illustrations, collage, confusing scribbles, I've got a little bit of everything!! 

Here's hoping next month is just as awesome!

onward and upward,

Beth

Inktober Creatures

For the past 16 days, I've been participating in an art challenge called Inktober. For each day of the month of October, you draw something in pencil and ink, then share it on the Internet under the hashtag #inktober. The great Jake Parker (you can check out his work at http://mrjakeparker.tumblr.com/) started this challenge back in 2009 and it's been building momentum ever since.

Since this is my first time doing Inktober, I decided to go with the manageable "theme" of creatures/monsters. Although I was slightly terrified at the beginning, I've really enjoyed this challenge so far. Some of my creatures are better than others, but it's been really fun inventing some new, weird combo each day. Since I've been posting my drawings on Twitter, I thought it would be good to gather up everything I've done so far and share it on the blog. So, there you have it; all my Inktober creatures, part 1. I'll post the other half of them in a few weeks, once October is over.

a sleep deprived ghostie (I really like this one! ^_^)

The rabbit donkey

The bristle-tailed fox ferret (which, by total accident, looks a lot like a pokémon)

The stick legged bird

The fearsome hoppasaurous (my attempt at drawing something scary)

The swan mantis (it turned out so well!! ^_^)

The Blue Finned Whisker Fish

The black banned wolf snake

The pink jellypus

The Lesser Gator Shrimp

The Big Horned Blip

The Angler Frog Fish (love this one, too.)

The Stripped Bugbear (which is an actual term that I reinterpreted.)

The White Faced Rat Monkey (which totally sounds like an insult.)

The Cheshire Bat

The Sunfire Chicken

onward and upward,

Bethany

October '14 Skill Building: cats

This month, I practiced drawing cat poses. Cats are beautiful, graceful creatures, but they are very challenging to draw. It took me about a week, but I think I've finally figured out the forms and anatomy. Now, it's just a matter of practice.

onward and upward,

Bethany

Art from My Trip to the Beach

Well, here I am; back from the beach! Our trip was...not as smooth as we would have liked. Adversity took the form of cloudy weather, robust winds, an upset stomach, and an enthusiastic mosquito population. But, with determination, fortitude, and a fair amount of bug spray, we persevered through it all and manged to enjoy ourselves despite the circumstances! That being said, it's good to be back home again. It really is the best of places. ^_^

Since the weather was less than favorable, I couldn't paint outside like I had planned. However, I did manage to take a sketchbook out with me and do a few rough sketches, which I later inked and colored. I also did some indoor studies; one oil landscape of the view out one of our windows and two watercolor sea shell paintings. 

onward and upward,

Bethany