#inktober2019 Day 24

Temperatures were well above freezing: another opportunity to draw from the car. This iron trestle crosses the Cedar River at Main Street. Once on the north side of the river, the tracks take a 40degree turn, so I was able to position myself looking up the tracks. I've drawn this bridge several times before, but never from this side of the river.

Fineliner and watercolour on A6 pad

Today's topic is A Dessert. This is the most basic dessert there can be. Strawberries and Cream. What could be simpler or more delicious than end of season strawberries and a tub of non-dairy cream.

Pigma Micron 0.3

W&N watercolours

Seawhite Sketch book

Inktober 2019 No 15

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Fineliner on A5 cartridge

Part of a series of "It's Rude to Stare"

#inktober2019 Day 25

I'd mentioned to my husband about wanting to draw the moon from our bedroom window, early in the morning, before daybreak, when it hung in the eastern sky. He woke me up from a sound sleep. "This is it. You've got to draw it now.", he commanded. This is a drawing done when I was not fully awake.

Based on my lunch

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day...

Late afternoon at the Fisherman's Terminal. I'm attracted by the anchor and rough wood on the bow of the vessel in the foreground, then spot a fishing boat with my maternal grandmother's name, Alma, and decide this is what I must draw.

From photo

My Inktober 2019 asks for A Stone today. You can pick any stone you want from this dry stane dyke.

Lamy ABC fountain pen

Water brush

Seawhite sketch book

Inktober 2019 No 7

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Who is mindless ???

#inktober2019 Day 12

Last night's temperature dropped below freezing for the first time. Thus, todays farmer's markets--both in Cedar Falls and Waterloo--were flush with peppers: sweet, warm, hot, very hot, or very very hot. Starting at the top right: cheese pepper, poblano, yellow habanero, jalapeño, little Thai, cayenne, serrano, and another cayenne.

After the rain and a few colder nights, our zinnias start looking frail.

Today's topic for the final sketch in my Inktober 2019 list was An Umbrella. This is not just an umbrella, this is a dripping umbrella. Let's face it, those of us who live in Scotland get plenty of opportunity to sketch them, except today. Today was a bright, cold, sunny, DRY day. Typical!

Pigma micron 0.3 (recently washed in the washing machine, but still working perfectly)

Seawhite Sketch book

Inktober 2019 No 31

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One last word. Thank you all for embracing Inktober 2019 and making it your own. Some of you stuck closely to the 'Official' list. Some, like me, chose their own list. Some just drew. To everyone who contributed, I thank you. It was great fun. Let's do it again next year DV.

From a suggestion by my good friend @bardchild on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/B08rdigAk1J/?igshid=1rf2jd84d8g22

No snow around me, so I sketched from a photo of turkeys in the snow from last winter.

via Instagram ift.tt/33vzOCr

The prompt was mindless, but I feel my mind FULL ness. Too much on my to do list. I tried to be mindful of seeing the dark negative shapes.....

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Yes, I hand draw these.

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This is inspired by a second-hand book I found recently “Plains Indian drawings from 1865 to 1935”. During that period, native americans used old ledger books for their drawings. Previously they had drawn these historical records on animal skins on their teepees.

#inktober2019 Day 31

These are Empire apples that the Hoffman family grew. We purchased them at the last Cedar Falls farmers market on Saturday. Now that they've been drawn, I can make something yummy with them.