Hi my loves and welcome back to my sketchbook.
Like we did a couple of weeks ago, we're just trying to keep up that regular drawing habit
in the inktober sketchbook this time, seeing what we can get done hopefully in an hour
or less.
While I quickly speed through the border and text portion of this page- since it's boring
and it takes ages, let's just say...
I....
I'm way behind!
And I wasn't sure if I'd film today because it might cut into my catching-up time but
I thought this would be a great chance to talk with you guys about this exact topic.
I get comments from people who haven't started yet or who fell behind right at the beginning
and they want to know how to get back on track, or if it's even worth trying.
If you should start from the day you're at and just miss the ones you've missed, or if
you should just quit and try again next year.
And, I mean, I can't tell you what to do, but you know my attitude to these kinds of
things.
Do what works for you.
So at the start of today, I was 9 drawings behind.
Yeah, haven't done any in over a week.
So my plan was to do 3 every day for the next few days.
Sometimes it's nice to wedge in a little sprint anyway.
You can stay in the zone, and it helps you either catch up or get ahead of yourself.
At some point, if I can, I'd love to get ahead.
But for now, I achieved my goal of three drawings.
And yes- I am counting this as 3 drawings.
Which is another point of mine when it comes to catching up.
Now, I was already planning on having three drawings per page at this point, because of
the number of pages in this book and the layout of the next few pages that I have lined up,
but if you haven't thought about doing something like this, it might be a good option if you
need or want to catch up.
Combine prompts, do one big piece, or a few small ones that can be combined.
And that's IF you want to catch up, or think you'll be able to.
There's nothing wrong with skipping a few days and jumping back in wherever it is that
you currently are.
The real challenge is persevering, and doing as much as you can.
I talked about this in one of my older Inktober videos, and I can't remember my exact opinion
on it then but I'm sure it's pretty much the same as it is now, there's very little that
I would consider to be 'cheating'.
If you're copying someone else's work and claiming as your own?
Yeah, cheating.
Ummm, I honestly can't think of anything else at the moment.
Let me know below what you guys would consider 'cheating' during Inktober.
Bear in mind, the purpose of any art challenge, is to gain something from it for yourself.
Whether it's building a daily drawing habit or getting better with using ink.
Getting better at digital inking.
However you manage to do that, as long as you're working on it, you're all good in my
book.
Now then, let's quickly talk about the stuff I'm drawing.
So to go with my theme of Greenhouse Essentials for Potion-Makers and Spell-Casters, I thought
one of the things that comes in handy in a lot of rituals and ceremonies and even recipes
is smoke.
The use of smoke of incense or wood or plants or herbs for cleansing or blessing or it's
other believed qualities has been going on for centuries all over the world.
And I didn't want this to get confused with 'smudging' which is a very specific and very
culturally important ceremony practiced by Indigenous or Native Americans.
I just wanted to make that clear because the more I read up on this, looking at what has
historically been used in smoke-rituals, I learned more about how the 'trend' and popularisation
of 'smudging' has affected indigenous communities.
Really interesting to read up on, and the ceremony itself.
This Inktober project has actually already taught me lot.
I think getting out of my box and adding more of a story to my work has forced me to research
and delve deeper into the things I'm drawing, which ends up breeding more ideas and more
imaginativeness.
Wish me luck catching up over the next few days, and don't forget to let me know what
you would consider to be cheating, and how you're getting along with Inktober now we're
at teh halfway mark.
And if oyu have any advice for people who have fallen behind like me!
We'd love any tips you might have to catch up.
But that'll be all for today, thanks so much for watching and I'll see you next week for
the next one.
Bye!