InkTracks

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

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Colorful profile

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I was in a dull meeting last night, so drew this woman and then, later at home, gave her vibrant colors. My little rebellion against mandato...
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Monday, February 27, 2006

cat and cushion

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In contrast to the precision of knitting, I needed to do a loose, fast sketch. I have a ballpoint that creates a mess of blobs and slow-dryi...
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Saturday, February 25, 2006

Color in another form

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Where my creative energy has been the last couple weeks: moving color around with needles instead of a brush. I'm learning to felt and h...
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Saturday, February 18, 2006

soaking in color

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Lately, since the rooster, drawing is just an excuse to play with colors. Background done in w/c on Moleskine. Pottery added for focal inter...
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Friday, February 17, 2006

Catching the cat

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He was sitting beside me on the sofa, so I spontaneously grabbed a pen and paper to catch this angle of his head. Then I added imagined colo...
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Thursday, February 16, 2006

Standing profile

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See post below to know what the "standing" means. Same process and supplies, only the person is imaginary. And the shadows are wro...
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Standing hand

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I'm back to drawing while standing up, using a brush only. In this case, I just held my left hand out and quickly put the shape down wit...
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

He escaped the wall

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A fast, interpretive drawing of the rooster carving, then I set him free on a hillside with some loose washes. Dripping paint onto wet paper...
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Sunday, February 05, 2006

Local sculpture

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While some EDM members were sketchcrawling in the Ruben Museum, I stood outside for five minutes and did my gas meter with snow shovel. Hold...
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Saturday, February 04, 2006

Oak Rooster

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I've been prepainting backgrounds; now I'm looking for things to draw on top. This is a large honey oak rooster wallpiece carved by ...
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Another long phone call

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I was stuck on the phone listening to corporate filler-music and apologies, so filled my time with this. Holding the phone to my ear, I did ...
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Monday, January 30, 2006

Not to scale

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Quick gel pen on a pre-painted page of my current writing journal. This paper is slick and lined, but hey, it was close. I sit amid piles of...
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Sunday, January 29, 2006

Potential in fabrics and yarns

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When I was growing up, a dressform was always around for my mother's sewing. Now my daughter has one. The watercolors here remind me of ...
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Friday, January 27, 2006

The winder

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It's hard to put down the needles when the fever is upon me. However, here's a new tool in my fiber kit, a yarn winder that makes ba...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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