Pen and Ink
Inktober Part…Four ?
I wouldn’t say I gave up on Inktober, I just got off track and after that it wasn’t my main focus any more. So it’s taken me until now to accumulate enough drawings, that I just happened to do in pen and ink, to finish the 31 drawings for Inktober. Hope you enjoy:
Drawing #31
I drew this on my last day on my trip to Vancouver over MLK weekend. It feels a bit flat, but I still love the way it turned out. Faber-Castel Black SX Pen & Gouache Embellishments.
Drawing #30
I took advantage of the long weekend and rode the train up to Vancouver for three days to do some drawing and photography. This was my first drawing I did…It was so cold that it was hard to stay outside to finish it.
Also, look for my photographs from Vancouver on the Photography Collections page, coming soon.
Drawing #29
Male and female torso and arm studies. I love the way the whole page of them looks together, but here are closer pictures of each one, below:
(1/4 – Male torso with arms extended)
(2/4 – Female Torso)
(3/4 – Male Torso)
(4/4 – Female torso with arms extended)
Drawing #28
A drawing I did of the Utah State Capitol Building, when I went home for winter break. My buddy Esteban and I drove around for a while, ended up at the capitol, drew it in the freezing cold, and then went to Siegfried’s german deli to eat when it started snowing and we had to stop drawing.
Drawing #27
Nothing more than some doodles really.
Drawing #26
Lake Union, Seattle. I love this one.
Drawing #25
The seam in the cement, the shrub at the base of the walkway pillar, and the black and grey scribbles in the foreground on the left…look like a man sitting with a fishing pole…or so my aunt tells me. (That’s called apophenia)
Drawing #24
Drawing #23
Red Square on UW campus. Perspective is really off…just keep moving. Nothing to see here.
Drawing #22
These were really fun to draw. A VW bug in the parking lot next to my building, from two different angles.
I actually liked these more before I inked them, when they were just pencil. Here I tried something new. I used these box grids to help me visualize how the cars would fit in there. It helped with getting the perspective (almost) right.
Thanks for all your support! Its been a fun project. I’ll try again in October.
Inktober Week Two
This week I definitely had less time to devote to drawing. I still did some good ones, it was just harder to fit it in. Hope you enjoy them!
October 14th
This is definitely my least favorite drawing from my Inktober project so far. I was tired and it was late so I opted to draw another mandala. Im just not super happy with the way it turned out, but that’s all right. Not every drawing is a masterpiece, as they say.
October 13th
Scissors. ‘nough said.
October 12th
“Piper”
Ive only been living away from home for about a month at this point, and one of the many things I miss most is my dog, Piper. So I channeled that into a drawing of her.
Drawing based on this photograph by my mom.
October 11th
I only had about 45 minutes this day to draw. But it was a beautiful day, one of the last this year here in Seattle, so I decided to spend it on a campus bench drawing this building. It turned out well.
October 10th
Drawing on campus this day at the Odegaard Undergraduate Library.
This drawing is very important to me because I think it is the first example when I’ve even tried to include the people in the scene in the drawing. Usually they move around to fast and my pen, which moves much slower only captures the non moving objects…I like to think of it like an old photograph from the 1800s, when it would take several hours to expose and the streets would appear empty. But this time I was able to capture most of them, and even some of the faster moving ones who were walking around or on the staircases.
October 9th
“Ferrous”
Based on this photograph of this lamp that my Uncle Alan made and gave me. He calls it Ferrous.
October 8th
Just a mandala…always fun and relaxing to draw.
Thanks for reading! Week three coming soon.
Austin Overmoe 