RIPE ~ #InkTober2019 Day 31

8.25x5.25 India ink over antique stained vintage book page done today for #InkTober2019 last day.  This young girl is enjoying a slice of ripe watermelon.  Ref courtesy Sktchy online.
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CATCH ~ #InkTober2019 Day 30

8.25x5.25 ink over partially gessoed page in my junk grunge journal using Uniball Vision Elite pen today for day 30 of #InkTober2019.  Image courtesy Sktchy.  Only one more day to go! It has been a fun month doing something new each day using ink in all its forms. 
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Injured ~ #InkTober2019 Day 29

8.25x5.25 ink over watercolor background for today's prompt 'injured' for #InkTober2019 day 29; photo courtesy Sktchy.  I enjoyed this guy with a leafy twig hanging out his right ear, a headwrap of Ace bandage, tattered tee shirt, and a plant stem sticking up in front.  Both his eyes are scary and partially focused so he must have had a run in with a lawn mower.  Uniball Vision Elite pen to sketch and India ink for hair and beard.
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Billy the Kid

8.25x5.25 ink sketch over gesso and watercolor in junk journal for 10-15-19 #InkTober2019 prompt of the word LEGEND.  I used Uniball Vision Elite pen and sketched him while riding in a car.
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Coat ~ Day 27 #InkTober2019

8.25x5.25 ink over watercolor wash and India ink marked background in my junk journal done today for day 27 #InkTober2019.  Image courtesy Sktchy and was a man with his camera wearing a black overcoat.  The bare tree and bench behind him show he was in a park.  I also used ink markers including a black Tombow brush pen fine nib.
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Golden Poplar Trees

5x4 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper painted a few days ago over light green and darker green washes.  These poplar trees are turning golden in the fall's cooler days and nights and this imaginary scene is based on poplar trees I photographed out of state.
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Tasty ~ Day 25 #InkTober2019

8.25x5.25 ink sketch done today in my junk journal.  Image provided by Sktchy.  The man's face and hands were done using a black rollerball pen and India ink for his jacket.  Watercolor used for whites of his eyes and the peanut candy while blue Montana marker makes up the background.
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Coffee Grinder & Pear

7x5.5 watercolor over ink line with Micron 0.3 pen completed today.  The ink sketch was done yesterday for #InkTober2019 for the prompt word 'ancient' which the coffee grinder certainly is.  The red pear adds a nice modern day kitchen touch to this simple still life.
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Horned Toad

5.5x7.5 watercolor on Lanaquarelle 140 lb hot press paper done over the weekend for the Facebook page All Animals Watercolor.  A prompt word for this week was TOAD so I chose the lowly, much aligned west Texas critter known here as a horny toad we don't see many of anymore.  They feast on red ants so I've stopped killing the those and the horned toads have come back around my studio at least.
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Gulls Galore

6x12 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper done yesterday for online weekend drawing event on WetCanvas.com; photo courtesy Valri in Florida.  I added more gulls to the horizontal composition for balance.  These shore birds are waiting for a hand out.
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Two Kittens

8.5x11 watercolor and ink line on paper previously sketched then color added later.  These two black and white kittens do not belong to anyone but are in my imagination.
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Iceland Poppies

8x8 watercolor on Masters 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago of several red orange poppies in a glass vase; photo courtesy WetCanvas.  This image was featured for October's challenge and was a real thrill to paint.
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Afternoon Trees

5x5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago as an exercise in shadows and distance.  These three poplar trees are imaginary in this country summer landscape and I've varied the warm and cool tones throughout the leaves and shadows.
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Running Horse

8.25x5.25 ink sketch along with Magic colored pencils multilead done a few days ago for another #InkTober day.  I sketched the running wild horse outline with walnut ink on a chopstick then added colored pencil marks and a few marks of India ink over gessoed background in my junk grunge journal.
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Rainy Road and Barn

11x15 watercolor on Masters 140 lb cold press paper painted a couple days ago, an imaginary country road and barn wet from rain.  Wishful thinking so maybe rain will come soon.
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Build #InkTober2019

8x6 ink in Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook done earlier for one of the #InkTober2019 days in this month.  The hammer was done from life as were the nails, and the blackest ones sketched with a chopstick dipped in India ink.
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Black Cow and White Bird

5.25x7 watercolor on Fluid 140 lb cold press paper done over the weekend for another timed online event on WetCanvas.  This one was under the 2 hour time limit.  Image courtesy of Susan and is a Florida scene.
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Lamesa Longhorn

4x6 watercolor and white gouache done last week over a magazine card from New Mexico publication. This old fellow lives north of Lamesa, TX on the Stevens place.  When we drive by he is usually resting like this and was when I shot the photo a few years ago.  Now he has another longhorn for company there.
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Sycamore

6.25x4.25 watercolor on Bristol 100 lb/300 series paper done last week from another online challenge. Photo courtesy Virginia Spencer/WetCanvas.  Love the bark on these trees.  Even though this is a miniature it took a long time to get the leaves and branches just right.
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A Modern Day Dragon ~ Day 12 #InkTober2019

5x7.5 ink line with Micron 01 pen, watercolor and colored pencils in Moleskine for watercolor journal done for the word prompt 'dragon' during this month's InkTober.
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Snow ~ Day 11 #InkTober2019

8.25x5.25 ink with Uniball pen and red ink pen in grunge junk journal done today for #InkTober2019 day 11.  The word 'snow' was the prompt.  Image provided by Sktchy online art school of a girl in a toboggan, scarf and red gloves amidst snowy evergreen branches.  Splatter was done with white gouache.
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Guy in Patterned Shirt ~ Day 10 #InkTober2019

8.25x5.25 ink in my junk grunge journal completed today for day 10 of #InkTober2019.  The prompt is 'pattern' and photo image courtesy Sktchy online art school.  I used STA Lictin 0.3 pen to sketch, red ink ballpoint pen for lettering on his shirt, white gel pen for white areas, and black India ink for area behind his head.  That area was done with a wooden chopstick as were the brick lines pattern in background.
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Tom Cat and Leaves

5x9 watercolor on Fluid 140 lb cold press paper sketched yesterday and painted today.  The tom cat photo was provided by fellow artist Dewi in Thailand and I've added my own fall leaves and elongated shadows. In the photo the fellow had only half his tail so with artistic license I've given him his lovely tail back.
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Texas Jack

John Wilson Vermillion, also known as " Jack" or later as "Shoot-Your-Eye-Out Vermillion," was a gunfighter of the Old West known for his participation in the Earp Vendetta Ride and his later association with Soapy Smith (Wikipedia). Mixed media in my junk journal using Micron 01 pen, charcoal, watercolor, colored pencils, oil pastels, acrylic markers, alphabet ink stamps, 8.25x5.25, done last days of September. When time allows I'm still exploring notorious outlaws of the wild west in my series on them.
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Enchanted ~ Day 7 #InkTober2019

10.25x9 ink sketch for day 7 of #InkTober using STA Lictin 0.3 pen in large sketchbook.  Today's prompt word was 'enchanted' and image provided by Sktchy online art school.  This lovely young lady was sketched in about 20-25 minutes.
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Huskey in Ink ~ Day 6 #InkTober2019

9x10.25 ink pen and black India ink applied with a chopstick for this day 6 of #InkTober in my sketchbook. The prompt was 'huskey' and image courtesty of Sktchy online.  Such a lovely dog!
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Mousetrap

8x5.5 watercolor on Strathmore Visual Journal mixed media paper, drawn with Pigma Micron 03 pen, of a field mouse trapped by a Halloween cat.  The mouse was a prompt for All Animals Watercolor Facebook page week one.
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Last Rosebud

2.75x3.75 watercolor painted a few days ago of one of my last red rosebuds.  Today I've seen a few more.  This is on 140 lb cold press paper.
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Wild Donkeys

6.75x6.5 watercolor painted yesterday on 140 lb cold press paper, painted in between doing ink sketches for InkTober2019.  I'll post that one on Facebook.
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Mindless #InkTober2019 Day 2 #mindless

8.25x5.25 ink line and black India ink applied with a wooden chopstick to my grunge journal page that is partially gessoed. Image provided by Sktchy for the #mindless prompt.
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Ringo #InkTober2019

8.25x5.25 Pitt pen and India ink applied with a wooden chopstick done today for first day of InkTober 2019 in my grunge journal.  The prompt for today was the word 'ring' so I selected this magnificent musician, former drummer for the Beatles, Richard Starkey.
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