Tag Archives: Inktober

INKTOBER 2026 CONTINUED

Beanie Baby is a rescue cat and I’m all hers!

The one above Beanie is based on the word “mystical” which I changed to Mystic Al, drawing a picture of Alan Watts who studied mysticism, and may himself have been a mystic.

A coin toss illustrates the word Toss.

I attempted to draw in ink a flimsy card table made more flimsy by a broken part. Alas it didn’t come out as I had hoped!

This was painted with ink markers and alas yet again. Using paint and paint brushes would have been much more successful! Lady is a cocker spaniel, from Lady and the Tramp…

I hope this one is self explanatory!

The original word was gangling. Wonder when it became “gangly”!

See if you can figure out what will happen here!

Tomorrow’s drawing is already finished! An Emperor penguin with its chick.

RECENT ART PLUS INKTOBER SKETCHES

Commissioned for a seasonal present last December 2025

Portrait of the president of Ukraine, Volodomyr Zelenskyy

Fractured torso 2026
Pet portrait done after a local humane society society auction, for which the prospective portrait was offered
Josette, half papier mâché and half soft sculpture, who never sold at the HC gallery now greets people sitting on my stairs!
“Jasmine reads Beloved” at the Harmony Artists Collective gallery, where some of my art is displayed and is for sale.

My hand drawing a picture of my hand, ink sketch in sketchbook

The adult son of a good friend, painted as a surprise birthday present. (The orange background photographed much brighter than the actual painting, due to lighting in my home. )

Below are Inktober sketches, which I hope are self explanatory.

Not quite finished but intended as an encounter between a ram and a Dodge RAM truck..

CHAINS,SCRATCHY, SHALLOW, DANGEROUS etc INKTOBER CONTINUES

The word was Chains,, so I drew a bank of fast food store chains, all in a row. I could not find any photos for this so I had to imagine it.

The word was Shallow. My cat scratches the word work, and me, when I walk too fast past her, so she’s my Miss Scratchy Baby!

The word was Shallow. Sea turtles are swimming in shallow water when you can see their shadows on the sea floor beneath them.

The word was Dangerous. This drawing depicts a young man singing in the bathtub while radio blasts out music, but little does he know the vibrations threaten to topple the radio into the tub…and we all know what happens then!

The word was Remove, so I drew an eviction as that’s how landlords remove an undesired tenant from their properties.

This time the word Beast suggested a young girl, understood to be beautiful, who looks in the mirror and sees only a beast. I don’t think this beast successfully captured what I wanted to depict, but there you have it.

This time the word was Sparkle, which stumped me until a friend said “eyes sparkle” and suggested I draw a detailed eye. Thank you, Mizzy!

Angel, Demon, Saddle, Plump, Frost— Inktober2023

Destroying Angel is an extremely poisonous mushroom in the Amanita genus.

Demon or Daimon can mean a god or deity so i chose to draw the Venus of Dolni Vestonice found in the Czech Republic and perhaps as old as 29,000 years. One of the oldest ceramic objects ever found.

Saddle shoes are full of nostalgia for me whereas saddles that go in horses etc mean little.

The word Plump brought to mind a plump ripe fig nearly bursting its skin with sweetness.

First frost of the season is coming soon and there are not enough shelters for all of these fellow human beings…