InkTracks

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

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Screened in

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At first I thought she was looking out a window, but now I think these are all the pixel-filled screens that face her each day. Gel pen and ...
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Little boxes

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Pattern doodling, a mental rest from faces, heads, and landscapes. Tombow markers in a Moleskine sketchbook, water washed.
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Monday, March 27, 2006

Self-assignment

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Random activity while waiting. Draw something with a fish, spiral, heart, and rectangle. In my pocket Moleskine with a waterbrush and paints...
Saturday, March 25, 2006

A new character

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Faces keep emerging in these doodles. This may be the orange guy's dog. I think his name is Sycamore. Gel pen and w/c on Aquabee super d...
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Friday, March 24, 2006

Ink mountain

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Doodling with gel pen and w/c on Aquabee super deluxe. This is art as therapy after hours of painting the larger-canvas living room with rol...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Charcoal pencil

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I haven't drawn with charcoal in forever, but found this pencil and gave it a try in a Moleskine sketchbook. I love the intensity of the...
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Sunday, March 19, 2006

Orange arrival

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Back on 3/8 I said I saw an orange guy in that blob. He has solidified. Tom Bow Markers (water soluble) on Aquabee super delux. Better blend...
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Friday, March 17, 2006

The simplicity of pencil

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Instead of posting all the orange people with weird blue skin diseases that appeared last night (sometimes blending doesn't go well), I ...
Thursday, March 16, 2006

Emerging

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It just came out this way, and rather than add hair or a background of water, I decided to let him emerge without embellishment. Subtle colo...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Feet, before they move

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Using up the mud mixes left on my palette, I captured his shoes and one leg before they moved. (He didn't know he was a model.) No time ...
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Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Colorful mess

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I pulled out the water-soluble Tom Bow markers and filled a lot of pages with generalized forms, then colored them in to experiment with app...
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Red Tom (Bow) cat

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Using the markers on a slicker paper, in my journal. The ink doesn't sink in as fast. I'm still working on getting accuracy with big...
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Friday, March 10, 2006

Door to the Sun

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Another doodle on a background. I like making something out of random brushstrokes. And hey, there's no orange! Noodler's ink and w/...
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Moleskine resistance

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I did a bunch of plant paintings in the Moleskine, using the paper's resistance to create texture in the leaves. This one turned out wit...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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