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November Project: Gratitude Doodles
November is right around the corner and I’d like to do something special for the month. It’s been a tough year for so many people. It feels like the world could use more togetherness and thankfulness for what we do have. For the month of November my goal is to help send…
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4 Shading Techniques for Ink & Pencil
This month there’s a flood of people making drawings in ink for Inktober and other drawing challenges! Feedback that I’ve heard from artist friends or those that consider themselves not-yet-artists is that they struggle with shading, so I thought I would take a minute to share some tips! Shading is…
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Inktober 2020: Days 1-4
It’s October, which means it’s time for the annual Inktober drawing challenge! Are you participating this year? Inktober is a drawing challenge that encourages artists to create a drawing each day with ink based on a list of daily prompts. The challenge lasts all 31 days of October and happens…
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Stepping Stones
This week on the blog, I’m featuring one of my favorite ink drawings – Stepping Stones. Ink is a new medium that I’ve learned to love in the past year beginning with the Inktober challenge that I took part in last October. The challenge pushed me outside of my comfort…
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Inktober 2018: Recap of Week 5
I made it through all 31 days of Inktober! So proud of myself. If you’d like to look back at the drawings from each week: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 If you’re new to what Inktober is, Inktober is a drawing challenge created by artist Jake Parker…
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Inktober 2018: Recap Week 4
Just a few days left of the month and of the Inktober challenge! (If you’d like to look back on the past weeks you can do so here – Week 1, Week 2, Week 3.) Inktober is a drawing challenge created by artist Jake Parker which encourages artists to create a drawing each…
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Inktober 2018: Recap Week 3
Can you believe I’ve made it up through the third week of Inktober so far this year? I’m proud of myself! (If you’d like to look back on the past weeks you can do so here – Week 1 and Week 2.) Inktober is a drawing challenge created by artist Jake Parker…
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Inktober 2018: Recap Week 2
Week two done for the the Inktober drawing challenge! If you missed my week 1 drawings you can catch up on the blog post from last week here. Inktober is a drawing challenge created by artist Jake Parker which encourages artists to create a drawing each day with ink based on…
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Inktober 2018: Recap of Week 1
I’ve gotten a few questions about what Inktober is, so I thought I would take a second to explain more about it and share the first week of drawings. Inktober is a drawing challenge created by artist Jake Parker which encourages artists to create a drawing each day with ink…
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Fun Fact Friday: The Etruscans and Portraits
I’m still talking about the Etruscans (they are my favorite ancient civilization after all). And this might just be the thing I find most interesting about them! The Etruscans broke away from the generic style of drawing portraits used by the Egyptians and Greeks and began portraying individualized detail of…
