I had to redeem myself and my art journal after the hideous beetle page so I returned to what for me is apparently a favourite subject – skeleton women. I have no idea what in my psyche or imagination keeps compelling me to illustrate these skeletal ladies. I just go with it. This one was an experiment with a colour palette of orange, rusty red, and teal. I like the combination and can see me using it again. While the orange and red suggest rust, the teal suggests verdigris so they all work together quite well thematically as well as in terms of colour.
I probably won’t return to either of my art journals for the rest of this month because I am going to be consumed with other art projects. I am still filling my Brooklyn Art Library sketchbook with zombies and I am also participating in Drawlloween. I have joined in with Inktober the past couple of years but this year I decided to push myself out of the habit of just doing ink linework illustrations by joining in with Drawlloween. I am working bigger than in previous years and I am adding colour. That’s the plan anyway. You can follow the results of both of these projects on my other blog, Pict Ink, or on Instagram.
A Pict in PA 
I love the design elements and color. Have fun with your new art adventures.
Thank you, Sharon. It is going to be a massive challenge as I am never not busy but want to do more than I have done during previous daily drawing challenges. I expect to be creatively exhausted by November.
Keep your eyes on the process. 🙂
This is cool! Also I clearly need to go follow your other blog. 🙂
Thank you! 😀
Love the colors and the skeleton. What is Drawlloween?
Drawlloween is a daily art challenge that takes place during October. The idea is to produce 31 works of art in the 31 days of the month. Unlike Inktober, however, which is also this month, artists can use any and all media rather than being restricted to inks.
That is so cool. I’ve never heard of it before. What a fun challenge.
I like your use of primary-ish-but-not-primary colors! A nice twist! Love the heart in the ribs! Good job!! Will enjoy watching all of your projects! 🙂
Thanks, Sue. I hadn’t thought about the relationship to primary colours. Thanks for pointing that out.
I find it a fun challenge to use 3 not-quite-primary colors (it often is secondary or tertiary colors but I still think of them as “not-quite-primary”) – it makes for a nice color triad.
HI! The Brooklyn Art Library sketchbook sounds like a lot of fun! I love to see it when it is Digitized. And I admire you for doing projects like this. I don’t have the discipline these days so it is inspiring to see you do it.
Thank you, Magny. I think I need projects like this to give me the discipline to find time in each day for art. Daily drawing is incredibly demanding but finding time to draw a few times a week ought to be achievable if I really focus on it. Challenges give me the necessary focus.
Gorgeous!
Thank you. This was just a wee experiment in my art journal but I might circle back to it and do a proper, more meticulous version.
I want to go drink with her.
(and you, obviously)