Get Ready for Holidays in Ink (plus other media) 2022-23!

 

It's almost that time! You're invited to join me and a bunch of my friends for this fun, educational, and motivational, annual adventure. We'll combine inks with other media to complete a sketchbook during the holiday season. This post outlines what you need to know in order to play along.

DATES:

Monday, November 21, 2022 - Friday, January 6, 2023

GOAL:

Based on how quiet or hectic your personal holiday season is, select or make a sketchbook that you will easily be able to fill during those dates. When November 21 arrives, start your book. Use some ink. Incorporate other media if you wish. That's it!

SUGGESTIONS:

THE SKETCHBOOK

You do not have to complete a page a day, nor even a sketch every day. Well, of course you could. But I will not be doing that. Personally, I've opted to complete 36, two-page spreads during the 47 days of Holidays in Ink. I found a fabric with ravens in moonlight that I loved, turned it into bookcloth, and made my sketchbook a couple of weeks ago. 

Sketchbook Tour - Holidays in Ink 2021-2022, including Diamine Inkvent ...

Here's a flip-through for you of the art journal from the Holidays in Ink Challenge! I'll be back with another post to further discuss the materials I ended up using most in this sketchbook. If you have any favorites among these inks or sketches, I'd love to know!

Diamine Inkvent Favorites - 2021 Red Edition

In spite of an overflowing cabinet of fountain pen inks, I purchased the 2021 Inkvent Calendar by Diamine to have 25 new inks to explore during the Holidays in Ink Challenge. (Twenty-four of them are shown in the image above.) Diamine will be releasing these inks in bottles for individual purchase in early 2022, for those who weren't fortunate enough to snap up one of the collections. This post showcases my personal favorites from the set. And, yes, I have a LOT of favorites!