I undertook the annual Inktober Challenge this year. This challenge is to respond to various prompts and sketch an image in ink every day during October. I am not a fan of ink drawing since it is so unforgiving. I much prefer pencil drawings which are more forgiving and less harsh. Below are a few images:
Scurry
Crabby
Fowl
Ponytail
Uh-Oh
Bad Dog
Booger
Farm
lgloyd (c) 2022
Dragonfly, mixed media painted collage
I’ve tried a lot of different hobbies, crafts, and activities during the pandemic. It seems the one that is going to stick is a drawing practice using colored pencils. I just finished this drawing which may go up on a kitchen wall.
LJGloyd (c) 2021
During the lock down, I spent a lot of time viewing the videos of The Unexpected Gypsy. Based on her practice, I have been trying to do a daily drawing practice as well. I’ve learned a lot from her. I base my warm-up practice on this:
Another take away from being locked up for a year, is that I have zeroed in on colored pencil as a favored medium.
“Sunset: Diamonds on the Water”. Acrylic on stretched canvas, 18 x 24 in.
*Even though things are slowly starting to reopen, I will not consider my quarantine over until I can go back to work.
Ljgloyd 2020
A couple of years ago, I took a photograph of a beach sunset. The photo was lovely but it did not catch the luminosity and vibrancy that I witnessed that evening. I finished this painting last night– actually a triptych of panels since I did not have an appropriate sized canvas– that teased out the truth of my experience of that evening.
Painting by LJGloyd
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/05/12/rdp-tuesday-tease/
Lady of the Roses
Acrylic on canvas panel, 8×10”, 2019
“Lotus Woman”, Acrylic, 16 x 20
Ljgloyd 2019
Miss Pelican's Perch 