Old Tree - pen and wash Tutorial for Inktober - Beginners (Patreon)

Hi Patrons,

It’s October and with October comes Inktober! This tutorial features a fairly simple drawing that I think would be suitable for beginners.

Inktober was created in 2009 by Jake Parker. Jake is an illustrator and back in 2009 he wanted to improve his drawing and inking skills so he started a challenge where every day for the month of October he produced an ink drawing. Other artists all around the world also take part in the challenge. If you would like to take up the challenge yourself, Jake has provided a series of prompts for every day in October that you can use to spark your creativity or you can choose to draw whatever you like instead.

If you do an ink drawing and post it online make sure you use the hashtags #inktober and #inktober2022 so others can see and you can follow the work of others.

Here is the link to Jake’s site if you’d like to know more about Inktober: https://inktober.com

I have a YouTube video coming out this weekend where I demonstrate the two ink drawings below.

All of the files you need to complete the old tree drawing are attached below my message here.

The reference photo was taken by Hennie Stander and I downloaded it from Unsplas:  https://unsplash.com/photos/8E5HawfqCMM

I hope you enjoy this tutorial and let me know in the comments below if you are going to take up the challenge.

Louise

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