Inktober 2019 - Southern Gothic Edition

Day 27 prompt “Iron”

When I read that I immediately knew I had to do an anvil and hammer. My great-great granddaddy was a blacksmith, my great granddaddy was a blacksmith among many talents, and my daddy was a steel worker for 42 years. Coincidentally he’s rebuilding my great grandfathers stick welder, the welder he learned to weld with. My hubby has hauled steel over the road for almost 20 years and was a welder in years past. (I dabble with jewelry design and wish I could learn to weld but that stuff is hard!) I decided to pencil this one in and use layers of ink to build up tones for the sketch and only use very minimal pen. I just wish this was better paper. I’m having to finish the month in a different sketchbook and I have to say the multimedia paper just doesn’t take a wash like the watercolor paper does.