#InkTober day 31 ~ Orange Tiger Lilies (faux batik)

9x12 alcohol inks on waxed paper done today for the final work during this month's #InkTober.  Tracing one of my earlier florals with black felt tip pen on top of crumpled substrate (with drawing on white paper underneath), I put in yellows and mixed oranges using Pinata brand alcohol inks.  The blue sky was done first with large synthetic brush after mixing blues and greens.  Since these inks dry immediately I was able to start on the petals.  Lastly, the work will be adhered to white archival art paper then spray varnish protectant applied.  October was a fun challenge to do one ink piece per day!
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

#InkTober day 30 ~ Garden Glory/alcohol inks

6x9 alcohol inks on freezer paper, shiny side, begun yesterday as a demo for Colorado City artists, then completed today in time to post for our almost last #InkTober effort.  I began by dropping sapphire blue ink, then juniper green, follwerd by honeycomb then yellow. As colors mingled and formed their own abstract this one reminded me of a garden fading in the warm fall days.  The substrate, or support, freezer paper will be archivally attached to watercolor paper with gel medium and a brayer.  Only one more day of the month for #InkTober! The challenge has been fun and very informative as I was not using this medium last year during October.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

#InkTober day 24 ~ Fowl Mood

12x9 India inks on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done today for the #InkTober challenge, a daily pledge participating artists do each year in October.  Lots of chickens and roosters I've painted and this one was taken from an earlier ink sketch and recreated with inks. Its neck area is more orange in real life and not as red as this photo is.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

#InkTober day 20 ~ Iridescent Irises, alcohol inks

7x10.5 alcohol inks on foamcore done today for the 20th day of the month #InkTober challenge.  For each day of October every year artists vow to produce or create one work in ink.  I'm really enjoying the vivid hues of the Pinata and Tim Holtz brands of inks.  These colored shapes reminded me of iris blooms hence the title.  An upcoming demo will be for the West Texas Art Guild in Colorado City using alcohol inks.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

#InkTober day 18 ~ Underwater Abstract

7x7 alcohol inks on foamcore, a cool color blues and greens abstract that mimics underwater vegetation such as seaweed and water in motion.  This is for day 18 of #InkTober which lasts all of October.  Started in 2009 by artist Jake Parker, it is a fun challenge to create one work in ink per day then post on social media.  I've used various forms of inks and this one has seaweed floating upwards, made by blowing air thru a drinking straw quickly as the inks dry very fast.
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.

#InkTober day 16 ~ Classy Poppies alcohol inks

7x11 alcohol inks on Yupo finished today, an abstract floral for day 16 of #InkTober.  Look closely and you can see smaller blooms just budding out.  We are halfway thru the month of October now!
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

#InkTober day 11 ~ New Mexico Longhorn

4x6 watercolor and ink using Uniball Vision Elite pen on magazine card for the 11th day of worldwide #InkTober challenge.  Here I've used a brown and white steer seen on our trip last week to New Mexico. 
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Abstract Flowers ~ #InkTober 3rd day

7x11 alcohol inks on Yupo, posted for the third day of #InkTober challenge in which artists commit to doing one work per day using various inks.  Here I have spritzed 91% alcohol onto the support then dropped mostly cool colors of blues and greens to form petals. Centers are a purple which look blue or pink depending upon what color was underneath.  Pinata inks used here.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Cosmos on a Card - #InkTober

5.5x4 watercolor and ink of a grouping of pink and dark pink cosmos on The Artist's Magazine insert card.  I used photos of my own cottage garden cosmos taken a few years ago.  The ink used was Pigma Micron 01 for #InkTober.  This work is SOLD. 
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Two Kittens - ink sketch and watercolor #InkTober

8.5x11 watercolor on top image and ink on bottom for #InkTober challenge that is today's work.  I could not resist these two sibling kittens both black and white that is my favorite! Crescent sketchbook and Micron 01 pen used.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Studio Still Life #InkTober

5.5x8.5 ink sketch on paper for the #InkTober challenge, a daily work in which artists must use some type ink.  This is done with Lamy Safari pen and grey Noodler's ink.  I sketched a lamp base, small cup, wooden cat business card holder, china bust of David that are items in my studio.  To the left you can see spider plants and right background part of fake curtains I made out of foamcore, spray paint, and glued on strands of pearls.  All are antiques except the cat card holder and sit on a round glass table top. 
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2015.

White Lion Cub - #InkTober

8x5.5 Tombow ink brush pen on Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media done today, partly for InkTober worldwide challenge and for WetCanvas' Weekend Drawing Event.  Photo courtesy Robert Rongier of France, host for this WDE.  With InkTober you must create one image for each of October's 31 days and post on your blog or social media.  Yesterday's ink sketch was posted to Facebook and I will post it here as well.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.