Today’s Inktober was inspired by a jigsaw I have been helping to complete over the last few days, the overall image itself contains a range of butterflies common to gardens of the UK and this butterfly in particular is known as a Swallowtail.
Overall I was quite pleased with how this study went. One of the main difficulties I had with it was that the main brush pen I use to create large areas of solid black ran out of ink as I was creating the final drawing. However I was able to use this to my advantage by creating more texture and a range of tone in the wings using more of a dry brushing method.