InkTracks

I've read that artists use gouache differently from w/c, but I used glazing and washes a bit here and the paint seemed pretty similar. M...

I've been reading w/c books about mixing 3 primary hues to create a palette. My first two attempts weren't so good, then I discovere...

Imagine a loud purring with this. The most consistent thing I see first in the morning is an up-close and personal furface, intently sending...

At Modern Gypsy I found instructions for making a mandala from any triangular slice of an image. Instead of Photoshop, I used Gimp, free Li...

Unfortunately, spammers are the buzzy biting insects, or slimy worms, of the internet. So I've reluctantly enabled the word-verification...

My bear needed a house in the country, so here it is. Wonder if Goldilocks is inside? Watercolor on Canson 140# paper.

Inspired by the work of Paul Madonna of San Francisco (check out his archives of All Over Coffee, an innovative comic), I felt a need to dr...

My teddy bear had a slightly different muzzle, but like this one, his stuffing got flattened and soft. His skin developed odd creases. A pro...

I set up the shoes and bags as a still-life, then added the jewelry drawn in a larger scale. Three more challenges done! I don't like th...

Yesterday I took a little piece of 90# watercolor paper and my favorite Van Gogh paintkit to a local sandwich shop. The table was this orang...

I pulled him out and gave him his own post. Let's call him Troy. He may have a story to tell.

In the EDM group we discussed Tom Judd's style of filling a journal page, so I gave it a try. I started with 2 actual chairs (not very ...

I started with faces this time, then filled in with (literally) brush cleanings and random doodles. I had absolutely no plan except to fill ...

Looking north across Lake Champlain, NY side. That hammock was so comfortable!