First up, check out SW's take on 'Stripes'. I really like the strong graphic nature and pleasing composition of this work. The repeating forms of the curves and wild sea hold it all together nicely. Great reaction to the prompt!
'Stripes by SW©
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I thought an animal like a Zebra or Raccoon was too obvious, so for this prompt 'Stripes' I tried to think laterally and came up with the idea of the striped effect of plowed fields. This is based on a couple of images I found on line of the Cotswold region of the UK.
'Stripes' by Linda Weil ©
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Watch out for #4 prompt tomorrow!
A couple of my Inky friends have joined in with Inktober52! Thought you would like to see the wonderful and individual works that SW and EM have been doing.
'Wilde Jagd' by SW©
This is a rather fantastic drawing done with only horizontal line work depicting the Wild Hunt, a common folklore story in various Northern European cultures. Never heard of the Wild Hunt? You can read some fascinating history about it on Wikipedia.
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'Wild' by EM©
EM's garden has gone a bit wild! I wonder if this is where she found her subject for Decay?
'Decay' by EM©
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Feel free to join in! Use the contact form on the right to get in touch with me with your work. This week's prompt is 'Stripes'. The Inktober52 site suggests:
"With this week's prompt Stripes, think outside the box on how you'll interpret its application. What animal doesn't usually wear stripes but would look great wearing them? "
Thursday's prompt made me scratch my head a bit. I really didn't want to draw skulls or graves or dead things (which is what a lot have done). Instead, I drew one of the more remarkable aspects of decay, Fungi. With a worldwide distribution, fungi grow in a wide range of habitats on every continent except Antarctica. As of 2022 around 148,000 species of fungi have been described by taxonomists. Fungi are everywhere, the soil, the air, in lakes, rivers and seas, and and within plants, animals, in food and clothing and in your body. Together with bacteria, fungi are responsible for the breaking down (decay) of organic matter to build healthy soil.
Fungi are important and essential decomposers in our ecosystem - the earth would be a dead place without fungi. So next time you have a plate of mushrooms, give thanks for this humble, hard working miracle organism!
White Wood Fungus #2 Inktober 'Decay' by Linda Weil©
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I had a great time over the past two days running my 'Animal Portrait in Pastel Pencil' workshop. It was a nice group of friendly ladies, each of whom created a wonderful and individual work. We spent a lot of time trying out different techniques using the pencils to blend, mix, wash and make marks and textures on a sanded support before beginning our piece:
A sample of some of the tests we did © Linda Weil
I did a demonstration work progressively over the two days to show how these techniques work and to illustrate 'dark to light' pastel pencil drawing. I choose an open source reference photo of a Jack Rabbit. I have seen these critters on my trips through the US mid-west and love the long ears and loping hop-walk they have. The work was drawn on Art Spectrum ColourFix medium paper. The background was created using soft pastel pencils that was then blended and lightly washed using a stippling brush. The hare was drawn with CarbOthello pastel pencils and touched up with a bright white Sennelier pastel stick.
'Jack' by Linda Weil ©
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And for those who like ink! This week's Inktober52 prompt is a tricky one:
...I need to think about this one for a day or so! Watch this blog....
I enjoyed doing 'Inktober' last year during October, but I do admit that sometimes doing a drawing everyday became difficult at times. But ink is so much fun, and I really like playing around with it in different and imaginative ways... so... I thought I would try and see if I could do the Inktober52 challenge this year. No promises, but will see how I go. Surely a drawing a week would be easier?
Why not join along? Each Thursday a new prompt appears on the Inktober website and the Instagram page - or emailed to you if you have signed up. You have the whole week to think about it and do a drawing! As well a talented artist will be featured each week. The works appear on Instagram, but you can see them without joining (although they do nag you to sign up). HERE is this week's featured artist.
And this week's prompt is 'WILD'. Go wild and have fun with ink!
Week 1: Inktober52 'Wild' by Linda Weil(d)©
Have you tried Pastel Pencils yet? If, like me, you find the dust created by soft pastels irritating, but like the rapidity and wonderful hues of pastels, why not try the pencils? You can achieve some really fabulous results and details with these versatile pastels. And because they are pencils they are immediately familiar to handle and use. As noted previously on this blog, I am running a pastel pencil workshop 12/13 January here in Melbourne at the Victorian Artists Society. Places are still available and you can book HERE.
But maybe you were considering taking the class but thought 'where to get the materials?'. Yes, I found that I needed to restock some supplies - and then found that I would be travelling to 3 or 4 different art shops to get everything I needed. What a hassle that would be!
But I did a bit of further research online and found this fabulous place up in NSW that has all the materials for pastels in one place - with a prompt delivery service!
Soft Pastels Australia. Your Number One Source for Soft Pastels
They have everything you could possibly want here! All the sanded papers, even PastelMatte. Every type of pastels and pencils - and if you just need to replace that single CarbOthello they sell singletons. And guess what? They are having a sale! I am very tempted by the Julia Woning 10 Pan pastel set... hmm, maybe a New Year's Gift?
So if you are still debating about the workshop, or even just want to purchase some pastel materials, get on line - if you order in the next day or so it should get to your door before the 12th. Tell Renae you are doing my workshop and I sent you - she is very helpful and sent my order promptly. Hope to see you all soon.
