Aughost – Week 1

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#Aughost, Art, Aughost, creative, Doodles, Ghosts, Inspiration, Twitter

Aughost is upon us and I am loving seeing Twitter scattered with little ghosties of all shapes and sizes as @TheRealAuGHOST encourages one and all to take on the fun of joining in whatever their skill level …. now that’s a challenge that me and my silly doodles can take on! 😀

#Aughost Prompts

Day – Patience
Day 2 – Red
Day 3 – Charcoal
Day 4 – Lighthouse
Day 5 – Woodwork
Day 6 – Dice
Day 7 – Beyond

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Make sure to check out #Aughost on twitter (link below) and join in where you want to!

👻 🎺 Trumpets sound! Gaze upon the daily prompts for the 5th annual #AuGhost, the all-skills, all-inclusive, no-pressure art-event! #AuGhost2022 pic.twitter.com/ym5IVWwt8h

— AuGHOST (@TheRealAuGHOST) July 20, 2022

@gwendlynd #Aughost Week 1

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One Week of Noob Art

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#Inktober 2017, Art, creative, Doodle, Drawing, Ink, Inspiration, Prompts

Well I said I was going to join in for Inktober and I’m happy to say that I have actually got through the first week without giving up in frustration, and I’ve shared drawings in public that I really wasn’t comfortable with the standard of.

So I call this a good start.

I do have to admit that I got a tad sidetracked from the original mission though, and now instead of using the #Inktober prompts, I’ve switched tracks and joined in with Frenone and #mythicalInktober. Well her prompts just seemed such fun and appealed to my fantasy side.

And here are my doodles so far

Day 1: Moonbunny

Day 2: Dryad – I was a little annoyed that I didn’t start a fresh page for this one as I like it.

Day 3: Valkyrie: Hiding the arms because anatomy isn’t my strong point

Day 4: Cactus Cat: I knew I would like this one even without shading

Day 5: Siren: This was a case of too much adjustment: I decided to adjust the mouth afterwards as it looked like an angry pout, but I really wish I’d left it alone.

Day 6: Direwolf – I used a different type of pen for this one and it flowed more ink that I was expecting so the nose wrinkles got lost.

Day 7: Banshee – This made me see how differently things looked depending on the lighting for the photograph, though I’m still not sure which I prefer.

 

Well so far I’m having a lot of fun, even if some of the prompts are tricky for me to draw. If you decide you want to join in then here are the prompts for the rest of #MythicalInktober and I urge you to go visit Frenone’s Twitter page  HERE to have a look at all her awesome pieces of artwork.

 

Art Noob October

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Art, creative, Drawing, Improvement, Ink, Inktober, Practice

For a while now I’ve seen posts advertising Inktober on Twitter, and reading some of controversy surrounding it, and I have to say that I sit here feeling rather confused; sometimes a little bemused too. From what I understand, an artist called Jake Parker decided to start up Inktober as a way to encourage people to try or improve their art work using ink. For some people it’s not easy, or possible to use this method, and his idea of wanting people to use ink because they won’t get the full enjoyment seems to have been pulled out of context and used against him in some places: I have to say I kinda feel sorry for the guy, who seems to have good intentions.

From what I gather there are no actual strict hard rules to a hashtag movement, and while they are created with a certain intent it’s still in the public sphere and open to interpretation. So for my own part I don’t see why people can’t just join in, in whichever way they feel is best suited to their particular circumstances and indeed this looks to be the case for many an artist. Be that using their own prompts or just using ink in a different way: for instance Alternative Chat is joining in  by using ink to create art in words over on Internet of Words. And this, is exactly what I think is great. Someone starting a movement that others can join in with and improve their skills by being encouraged to practicise daily for a month. It doesn’t matter if that skill is drawing with physical ink, digital ink or writing with ink: what matters overall is that people are joining together in an effort to improve their skill in something which they enjoy and being creative.

In the spirit of this I have decided to join in with Inktober but with the disadvantage of not actually being an artist. I’m creative, however drawing without a picture to copy isn’t really something I can do well. So this October, I’ve decided to just dive in and carry out a drawing aka doodle daily to join in with the Inktober prompts.

They might not be good drawings but perhaps if I actually try, then it might help me to be able to create something better in future: which I believe is what Inktober was originally created to help achieve. Also perhaps my noobish attempt of drawing might encourage someone else to try too, because seeing all these amazing drawing on Twitter is pretty intimidating for the amateur: and if you never get the courage to begin, then you will never actually get any better.

My Swift prompt was created using what was to hand – Biro & post it notes – so you can see the standard to expect for the rest of the month *grins*

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So here’s to noob art in all it’s glory!

 

 

I wish I were a Raccoon

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Animal, creative, Inspiration, poem, prompt, Raccoon, Writing

I wish I were a raccoon with tiny grabby hands
To know exactly what I want and openly demand
I’d sport a nice snug tail and roll instead of walk
to get me places faster and I’d never have to talk
Instead I’d have cute glassy eyes
that no one could resist
and people would just give me cake
because I would persist.

A little snuggly raccoon, full of tenacity
I’d be a chubby, fuzzy ball of voracity.

 

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