For the first time, I am seriously involved with the famous challenge ”Inktober”, with a schedule and themes which all these 30 works have been based on. But my artworks using ink are exclusively part of my illustration projects, and my principal media in arts isn’t ink to spend hours and hours per day or 15 minutes in a sketch which one would be ”a daily expression of my style”, a reason why I’ve never had any interest in the challenge seriously before. Apparently, this is not an issue, considering how opened has been the Inktober editions, promoting the possibility of other media experiments and explorations.
My artistic process is necessarily based on theories or the famous ” writing” before ”action”..in a simplified version: observing/wondering a/about a phenomenon, formulating some couple of hypothesis and then, doing experiments, notations, creating machines and facing the error and mistakes. Cause and Effect: Schedule is mandatory. 30 days, 30 possibilities em some countless changes of not following all this planning… no worries about this last part.
The Inktober retains a potential capacity as ”abstract and summary” about artists principal themes and current exploring fields; based on this thought, my list contains some ”General Themes”, where the ”secondary themes” are divided in days which ”represents” my ”research lines” of this year in different levels. ”General Themes” includes the ”Physical Representation Aspects” (which englobe some art techniques as secondary themes and colour by material properties), ”Art theory revolutions: Metaphysical Aspects” and ”Art as a tool: Expressive scientifical Aspects.”:
     General Themes             Secondary Themes
Day 1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ATRÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Historical Representation: XV-III Century aspects
Day 2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PRAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Historical Representation: Photo angles
Day 3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ESAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Botanic I: Hedera canariensis variations
Day 4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PRAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Historical Representation: The 3/4 composition
Day 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ESAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Fauna I: Passeriformes – Icteridae
Day 6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ATRÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Naturalism:Â What remains.
Day 7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PRAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Language: Value of eye expression
Day 8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PRAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Renaissance Techniques: Light values
Day 9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ESAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Philosophy & Physics:Â Illustrations
Day 10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ATRÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Plein Air:Â Daily life and natural composition
Day 11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ATRÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Plein Air:Â Highlights
Day 12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ESAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Astropainting I: Mars exploration
Day 13Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ESAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Optical Effects in nature: Northern lights
Day 14Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ESAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Botanic II: fungi species (UN)
Day 15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ESAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Botanic III: fungi species (UN)
Day 16Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PRAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chiaroscuro on created compositions
Day 17Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ESAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Astropaing II:Â Distant Galaxies
Day 18       ESA         Fauna II:  Dragonfly tax (UN)
Day 19Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PRAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Surrealism: Bridges of meanings
Day 20       ATR         Non-reality and Anty-Symbol
Day 21Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ATRÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tention
Day 22Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PRAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Realism of density: Water properties
Day 23Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ESAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Fauna III:Â Â Jellyfish tax. (UN)
Day 24Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PRAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rhythm
Day 25Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ATRÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Der Blaue Reither
Day 26Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ATRÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Der Blaue Reither
Day 27Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ESAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Astropainting III: Newborn Stars
Day 28Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ATRÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Der Blaue Reither
Day 29Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PRAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Physics and Art: Mirrors
Day 30Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PRAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Physics and Art: Lens
 Day 31       ART        Anti-Wisdom & Anti-Dreams as contemporary bricks
All the artworks are daily posted on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/vanniegama/?hl=pt. All of the used media aren’t previously chosen, due to the ” sketch aspect ” of Inktober, will be preserved, as an incentive for creativity and to visual solutions about those themes.
Thank you for your time!Â
Hope you all enjoy this October.
V. Gama
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