InkTracks

Drawing and painting, to create a mindful path through my days.

Saturday, December 31, 2005

The emerging year

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This guy represents the events and activities of 2005. He formed and grew like a stalagmite, adding layers of learning. Now he's looking...
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Thursday, December 29, 2005

Abstract time

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At regular intervals it relaxes my right brain to do an abstract, though in this case a sort of landscape emerged. W/c on 90# paper.
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People practice

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When I don't have a specific thing to draw, I draw imaginary things, and a LOT of imaginary people. This is last night's visitor. I ...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005

scribbled dove

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After all the painting and shaping, time to relax with flat shapes. Filled in with a Pilot PreciseGrip bold gel pen in a Moleskine. It slide...
Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Sleeping cats

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Rarely I can catch the cat's position fast enough before s/he moves. Drawing directly with paint is working better for me as long as I i...
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Monday, December 26, 2005

Just one more Santa

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In spite of being urged to do more, including my favorite smashed can Santa (a very rare and irreplaceable collectable), this is the last Sa...
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Sunday, December 25, 2005

More Santas

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A tiny wooden Santa mug and a flat-heart Santa. Same process as the last three. Dipped pencil (lead only) is almost like paint in small spac...
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Saturday, December 24, 2005

Long-bearded Santas

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Between the big hat and the big beard, there's not a lot of space to show personality. Tech pen, colored pencil on Moleskine sketchpaper...
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Friday, December 23, 2005

Santa star

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I have a small ornament collection of Santa faces. It's time to draw them before they go back into the attic for their long hibernation....
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Thursday, December 22, 2005

Colorful cat

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A quick painting before he moved, so accurate color was the least of my concerns. Impressionistic, for sure! W/c in a Robert Bateman sketchb...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Dipped pencils

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Using w/c pencils dipped in water has never been successful for me. In this case, I had a long sharpened point and stroked it on the side. T...
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Sunday, December 18, 2005

Seasonal celebration

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I designed a Christmas card for the first time in years, choosing Light as the one element that all spiritual people include in their practi...
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Friday, December 16, 2005

Imagine #1

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Imagined (wo?)man imagining that face on the moon. First experiment with oil pastels in a Moleskine sketchbook.
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Imagine #2

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A second profile and it turned out to be a woman. Funny how the slightest difference to features makes a gender implication. Nu-pastels in a...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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