Leader of the flock -Inktober

My 5th drawing for Inktober

This is my 5th drawing for the Inktober challenge, I went with the Inktober prompt suggestion of Chicken. I created this piece using my dip pen, drawing inks, and a feather.

I used some of my photographs as inspiration for this piece. Last summer we were having a picnic when we were invaded by a flock of chickens looking to share our sandwiches

I think this one was the leader of the gang!

This month I'm joining in with the drawing fun that is the Inktober challenge. The drawing challenge is to create one ink drawing a day for the entire month of October. You can find more details about Inktober on the website: https://inktober.com/.

Source: https://inktober.com/rules/

Creating my drawing

I drew the image of the chicken lightly on the paper in pencil.

The next stage was to use a dip pen and black drawing ink to go over the lines

I then used a brush to add tones with water and ink. After I used a feather to create a series of marks across the feathered area of the chicken.

Cluck, cluck, cluck!

'Leader of the Flock'

Ink on paper


If you want to see some of my previous ink illustrations check out DWELLING, an illustrated crime novel collaboration between myself and fellow Steemian @dougkarr, set in New York’s Lower East Side. Dwelling is now available in print and ePub.
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