For the final week, I did an ocelot, a small endangered cat that lives from southwest North America through Central and South America, mostly in woods and rain forests. The background is acrylic wash, with the ocelot and details on the leaves done in various pens & art markers. As usual, it's 5x7 inches on Bristol board paper. And that's a wrap for #Inktober2016

This week's project is a Black Murex shell drawn from life.I love drawing shells and this is one of my favorites, with all the spikes. I'm not completely happy with the outcome, but I've done it twice now and this is the best I can do at this point in time. Micron, Faber-Castell, Prismacolor and Distressed art markers were all used to create this study on 5"x7" Bristol board. #Inktober2016

This week's very late entry is a North American porcupine eating some spring leaves.I'd never done a finished drawing of one before and the quills were easier to do than expected. The background and base colors are acrylic wash, but the porcupine itself, tree bark, leaves and limbs are all detailed in ink from Micron pens and various kinds of art markers.That's what took so long to finish, all those little lines. As always, the piece is done on 5"x7" on Bristol board paper.

This week's piece for Inktober is an orca mom and baby. The water is acrylic wash and the the animals are in India ink, which looks uneven because of the way the scanner light affected it. In real life, it's a more consistent black. I was working on this yesterday at a craft show as a demonstration project. 5"x7" on Bristol board paper.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm doing the weekly challenge again for #Inktober2016 where I'll be posting a drawing every Sunday throughout October. This is a black-footed ferret, a very endangered species which lives in the western part of North America. The background is acrylic wash, but the ferret and the details on the dirt is all various color inks. Done on 5"x7" Bristol board paper.