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Inktober 2021 Day 9 to Lucky Day 13!

October 13, 2021by michaelbencik 4 Comments

Oh the excitement of Halloween is building, or Samhain as we call it here! One of my favorite holidays, I just love everything about it. Getting dressed up, painting pumpkins, […]

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Art, Inktober, Ireland, Kids Art, Sequential Art, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook

Inkotober Days 5 through 8

October 9, 2021by michaelbencik 2 Comments

Daddy and Skylar’s Inktober Challenge or as we call it Daily Doodle! Ravens and crows are always fun to draw. Plenty of inspirations out here too. Ok, who does not […]

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Travel

Inktober Day 3 and 4

October 4, 2021by michaelbencik 1 Comment

Rolling along on this exciting Daddy Daughter project! Today’s prompts are Haunted House and Knot. Enjoy!

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Art, Inktober, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook

Inktober 2021 – Here we go again!

October 2, 2021by michaelbencik 4 Comments

This Inktober I have decided to make it more fun and light, not so stress inducing. More importantly, Skylar wanted to join in the fun. Why not have a nearly […]

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Inktober, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years

December 28, 2020by michaelbencik 4 Comments

A very rough year for the entire world. Who would have thought 2020 was going to bring in so much pain, fear, and death. A year like no other in […]

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Travel

Inktober – Day 2 Wisp

October 4, 2020by michaelbencik 2 Comments

Inktober continues on, and some words are harder than others. This weeks prompt is wisp. The first thing that came to mind was the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. I […]

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Inktober, Travel, United States, Urban Sketching

Inktober 2020 Day 1 – Fish

October 1, 2020by michaelbencik 2 Comments

Fish Mystic Seaport, Connecticut

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Travel

Gambia with or without a Visa

February 17, 2020by michaelbencik 1 Comment

How does one get to Africa from Ireland? Well, through Germany of course. Everyone one knows that. The great part of going someplace so exotic is that even mundane boring […]

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Adventure, Africa, Germany, Travel

Africa, Why Not?

February 3, 2020by michaelbencik 5 Comments

It’s not every day that you get a text out of the blue asking if you want to go to Africa, but then most of my days are not that […]

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Travel

The Dead Museum

November 6, 2019by michaelbencik 10 Comments

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to sip your brandy while mingling with some of the premier scientists and explorers back in the 1800s. Distinguished gentleman wearing […]

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Travel

Inktober 2019 – My Ireland

November 3, 2019by michaelbencik 14 Comments

This is the accumulation of all Inktober 2019, 31 pen and ink illustrations, from 17 counties in Ireland, all under the combined theme of My Ireland. There is a total […]

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Adventure, Castle, Inktober, Ireland, National Parks, Nature, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

Inktober Day 31 – Ripe, Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

For my final installment of 2019’s Inktober, I am doing ripe. Because as you have seen by the dates some of these buildings have been made, Ireland is at a […]

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Art, Inktober, Ireland, Travel South East Asia, Traveling with Toddlers

Inktober Day 30 – Catch

October 30, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

Now we are very near the end, and things are getting farther and farther in the distance. The prompts are also starting to get harder and harder to work with, […]

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Art, Ireland, SketchADay, Travel

Inktober Day 29 – Injury

October 29, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

Well, it seems that no injury is worse than a man’s pride. In fact, men will go to great lengths when it comes to this very silly, stupid, and useless […]

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Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

Inktober Day 28 – Ride

October 28, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

You see this pile of stones, with the giant cap stone riding on top of the smaller stones? Well this is a Neolithic tomb, with a cap stone. Now, imagine […]

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Sequential Art, Sketch, SketchADay, Travel

Inktober Day 27- Coat

October 28, 2019by michaelbencik 4 Comments

I researched the hell out of this prompt word Coat, trying to find something to tie it with my Irish theme.  I finally found a Blue Coat School in Dublin, […]

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Castle, Europe, Festival, Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel, Traveling with Toddlers

Inktober Day 26 – Dark

October 27, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

This is an easy one to do, it’s in my front yard, Black Castle in Leighlinbridge. This is a small castle that was built to collect tolls for folks crossing […]

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Castle, Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Travel

Inktober Day 25 – Tasty

October 25, 2019by michaelbencik 2 Comments

When I think of tasty, I think Leighlinbridge. Whaaaatt, are you crazy. A village of 2000 people, give or take, that’s less than my high school. What could be tasty […]

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Art, Inktober, Ireland, Sketchbook, Travel

Inktober Day 24 – Dizzy

October 24, 2019by michaelbencik 1 Comment

There is nothing dizzier and sillier then leaning backwards to kiss a stone on the Blarney Castle, yet, people do it. It is one of the number one tourist things […]

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Castle, Inktober, Ireland, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

Inktober Day 23 – Ancient

October 23, 2019by michaelbencik 2 Comments

Well, things are really looking up now, because this one is easy! This country is filled with Neolithic forts, burial grounds, and Stone Age passage tomb. Well, we think it […]

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Adventure, Europe, Inktober, Ireland, National Parks, Nude, Travel

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michaelbencik

michaelbencik

An artist looking to reconnect with the world and himself through travel.

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