#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 29 ~ Hibiscus Fun alcohol inks demo

7x11 alcohol inks on Yupo synthetic paper, a demo done today in Colorado City for the West TX Art Guild.  It is now day 29 of the #InkTober October annual challenge and is almost over.  I also did a second demo that will be ready for posting tomorrow.  Ink brands used were Pinata by Jacquard and Adirondack by Tim Holtz.  The Guild has an upcoming show there Nov. 19 at their civic center.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

#InkTober day 28 ~ Pear Group

6x9 ink and watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done today for day 28 of #InkTober, a yearly challenge for artists to do one work per day in ink.  My favorite pen is Pigma Micron 01 by Sakura that makes a very fine line.  These pears will be featured on WetCanvas current weekend drawing event.  It has been awhile since I've painted any of them.  These works with watercolor and ink used to draw outlines is called ink and line wash work.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

#InkTober day 27 ~ Dapple Grey horse

6x9 ink and watercolor sketch on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done today for day number 27 of annual #InkTober challenge. Only 4 more days to go! This dapple grey horse belongs to my brother and this photo was taken on the farm a few years ago. I used a Micron 01 pen for the ink sketch then Daniel Smith paints.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith

INK sketch

#InkTober day 26 ~ Raptor Brown Hawk

9x5.75 ink, watercolor, acrylic on 140 lb cold press Canson wc paper for this 26th day of #InkTober.  Only 5 days left of this annual fun challenge of doing one work per day using ink in some form or totally ink.  This work has 3 mediums in it and was sketched on a backing sheet I use to put behind smaller pieces to catch drips and edges; it makes for an unusual background for the brown hawk.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

#InkTober day 25 ~ Zoo Elephants

9x12 watercolor with walnut ink on Canson 140 lb cold press paper; other colors used were raw umber and Payne's grey.  Sketch done with Staedtler 0.3 pigment liner pen in black.  Today is the 25th day of  #InkTober (October), so only 6 days left.  This limited palette I think captured the elephant hide hues well and walnut ink provided the dusty clouds.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.