And So It Begins

Welcome to October, and welcome to Inktober. My little monkey mind and I have been looking forward to this day … More

Pen and Ink – Famous Works

As I continue exploring the history of pen and ink, I’m awed by the works of famous artists. For me, … More

Ink Dipping — A Catastrophic Failure

Yes, my new dip pens and nibs arrived. Yes, I got out my ink. Yes, I’ve been practicing. No, I … More

It’s Here!

There’s still nearly a month to go before the start of Inktober on October 1, but the official prompt list … More

Getting Ready

It’s almost September… which means it will soon be October… which means Inktober will be here! Yes, surprisingly, I’m excited … More

Coming Soon

I am ready for Inktober. Well, almost. Actually I’m planning to buy a new set of pens since several of … More

‘Tis the Season

…it’s no work of art, but for me, this holiday card was a little victory.

Happy Halloween

I saved one Inktober prompt for today. It’s the gift prompt. When that prompt appeared, I spent a morning making Halloween silhouette … More

Thunder and Friends

I have finished Inktober! My final drawing will appear tomorrow to mark the official end of the month-long celebration of … More

Stretch

The fellow I drew for the stretch prompt didn’t turn out quite as long and stretchy as I’d first envisioned him. … More

Prickly

Along with doodle monsters, I’ve been drawing a lot of comical Halloween-themed figures — playful ghosts, smiling vampires, and cross-eyed witches, … More

Chop

I chopped onions yesterday, so for the chop prompt, that was an immediate thought. I even sketched a trio of onions. … More

Muddy

I came up with lots of possibilities for muddy as a drawing prompt, but at the same time I was baffled … More

Expensive

Other than my wedding ring, I don’t wear jewelry. When I was younger I occasionally wore a few bangle bracelets, … More

Drain

Usually when I see a prompt word for any form of creative expression, my mind skips about in a dozen … More

Breakable

As always, I had several thoughts for this Inktober prompt — breakable. A shattered mirror, delicate china teacups, lovely plates … More

Scorched

For the Inktober prompt scorched, several different ideas came to mind. In the end, I decided to create a new doodle monster … More

Bottle

First, let me say that when Inktober began, I had no intentions of creating drawings or narratives that included cruelty … More

Swollen

While creating people monsters, I recently sketched this fellow. I liked him, and when I noticed swollen as an Inktober prompt, I decided … More

Angular

While drawing weird monsters at the library one morning, I created a very angular man — his body a long, narrow … More