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To be blunt, October has been a month of failure. I’m glad to see it gone. Pretty much all my plans fell apart, and I accomplished very little. Read on, if you’d like to see a detailed post-mortem of the tenth month of 2015. Art Projects The 80in80 sketchbook project died in flight. October is also “#Inktober” and a nice time to show off ink drawings over the course of the month.

As promised, here’s the results of the sixth week of my 80 Drawings in 80 Days challenge. This covers pages 36-42, drawn Sep 14-20. Here’s the drawings from this past week. (I’m a couple days late on this one, sorry.) Monday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7o_vdABZ4D/] Tuesday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7rg24tBZ7w/] Wednesday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7uKKKWBZ3B/] Thursday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7yZ2ephZ7r/] Friday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7yZ2ephZ7r/] Saturday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/71i_a8hZ5s/] Sunday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/74tjr3BZwt/]

As promised, here’s the results of the fifth week of my 80 Drawings in 80 Days challenge. This covers pages 29-35, drawn Sep 7-13. Here’s the drawings from this past week. (I’m back-dating this post because I totally forgot to keep the weekly posts updated!) Monday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7W-8ZtBZ_0/] Tuesday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7ZxX6nBZzt/] Wednesday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7cHOD_BZ9N/] Thursday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7er4zvhZ6M/] Friday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7hIq0ThZx0/] Saturday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7jpuqhBZzo/] Sunday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7mXr2mhZ7q/]

So I’ve been doing a daily drawing for thirty days now. I posted the 30th last night. [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7ZxX6nBZzt/] That’s thirty down and fifty(!) to go for those keeping track. I’ve posted each one to Instagram, and I’ve managed to not miss a day. There’s been a few days when I really didn’t want to open up the pens. But I did anyway. The drawing might have been simpler than I would’ve liked, but I got it done.

As promised, here’s the results of the fourth week of my 80 Drawings in 80 Days challenge. This covers pages 22-28, drawn Aug 31-Sep 6. Almost half done! This week I experimented with a Rotring ArtPen. It’s a quill pen styled fountain pen that handles well. But I found it’s line is a bit thick. For an extra fine tip, the line is the same as my #1 (0.5mm) Rapidograph, and using the back of the nib is still thicker than the #0 (0.

As promised, here’s the results of the third week of my 80 Drawings in 80 Days challenge. This covers pages 15-21, drawn Aug 24-30. Monday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6y-1KBhZ80/] Tuesday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/61gUf4BZ0m/] Wednesday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/64DkYmBZ0q/] Thursday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/661KUIhZ5t/] Friday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/69StOxBZxG/] Saturday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6__AmjhZ1W/] Sunday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/7CR9p-BZ8D/]

As promised, here’s the results of the second week of my 80 Drawings in 80 Days challenge. This covers pages 8-14, drawn Aug 17-23. Monday: [instagram url= https://instagram.com/p/6g5z_BhZ9P/] Tuesday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6ja_IMBZwi/] Wednesday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6l2zUxBZ3j/] Thursday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6ocdWjBZyI/] Friday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6q8iKEBZ58/] Saturday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6t0MCYBZxM/] Sunday [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6wOgYfhZ0p/]

As promised, here’s the results of the first week of my 80 Drawings in 80 Days challenge. This covers pages 1-7, drawn Aug 10-16. Monday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6OeTG4hZ3t/] Tuesday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6QuvteBZ51/] Wednesday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6Tco6MBZyh/] Thursday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6WVxIXhZ26/] Friday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6Y4-KvBZ0G/] Saturday: [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6bGHEqhZ6n/] Sunday [instagram url=https://instagram.com/p/6eR8FeBZ0i/]

A new sketchbook is a wondrous thing to behold. And slightly intimidating. — me Yesterday I picked up a new sketchbook, and decided to do a couple of things with it. My Rapidographs, let me show you them. First, I wanted to make it into a personal challenge sketchbook. So when its pages are filled, it will be a specific record of a time in my life.

Just a quick update: I’ve added an art supplies page listing the stuff I use and like. Check it out!