My First Art Sale!

Last year when I was doing Inktober on Instagram, one of my friends saw my work and she that she wanted to commission a piece of art.  She said that there was no hurry, she didn't need it for Christmas or anything, but she wanted a drawing of our church to give to her husband, our parish priest.  She thought that it would be nice for him to have a drawing of his first church done by one of his parishioners.  I had never done a drawing of building before, but I told her I would give it a try.  I did a couple of practice drawing, to build my confidence in my ability to do it, but she never mentioned it again.

Fast forward to June of this year and I get a call from my priest letting me know that he has accepted a call to another church out of state and that he will be leaving the end of July.  My mind almost immediately jumped to the drawing of the church that his wife had asked for.  I got out my paper and pens and drew this up for her.  When I was done drawing all of those little bricks I felt a bit like I was either going to pass out, throw up, or both, but I got it done!  Once it was all finished, I texted and asked if she was still interested in having it.  She said that she definitely was, and she was very excited about it.

I got it to her on Friday and she gave it to him as a Father's Day gift.  The finished piece it 6 x 8 inches on cotton paper.

Full disclosure: This post is back-dated to reflect when the work was done, not when I actually posted it.

Inktober!

So this year I decided to take part in the online phenomenon that is Inktober.  It is a challenge to make art, in pen and ink, everyday during the month of October.  I had never done pen and ink drawing before, but I decided to give it a try anyway.  The whole idea is for it to be a learning experience and I feel like it was for me.  I enjoyed it, but it became something of a chore by the end. 

Here are some of the highlights.  (You can see them all at https://www.instagram.com/jcooper52371/ if you are interested.)  Each day had a separate prompt.

 Build (day 5)

 Dragon (day 12)

 Overgrown (day 14)

 Tread (day 20)

 Dizzy (day 24)

Injured (day 29)