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Inktober 2015 – Creativity unleashed! (week 2)

10/8/2015

 
​We are well in to week 2 of Inktober, and I’m still having lots of fun! 
Trees © Patricia Pinsk
Trees © Patricia Pinsk
Balloon ride © Patricia Pinsk
Balloon ride © Patricia Pinsk
Sea shell © Patricia Pinsk
Sea shell © Patricia Pinsk
I think what makes Inktober a great experience is that it is the perfect blend of restriction (deadlines and ink medium) with freedom (can illustrate what you want, how you want). The freedom to illustrate along with a certain amount of restriction really helps with the creative thinking process. It’s about problem solving: how to create something with a limited amount of tools and time. Creativity is about allowing yourself to make mistakes, and to simply see where an idea can take you.
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 So ink in hand, I’ve been using the following techniques (on smooth Bristol paper):
  • Drawing with a wet, sharpened wood stick (chop stick)
  • Using blobs of ink with a paint brush
  • Using white ink to overlay over the dark inks – working in layers
  • Using a hairdryer, to blow the ink into certain patterns.
  • Using fine tip markers to refine the illustrations

Throughout this whole process, I haven’t worried about the end result. Many of my pieces have “been filed under G”. However, those that have made it to the Inktober Hall of Fame are because of my trust in the process of experimentation with ink, water, and found tools. 

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