InkTracks

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

Friday, April 28, 2006

The ever-moving profile

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Capturing the subtle contours and shapes of the cat's head constantly challenges me. He sleeps soundly to lure me in, but as soon as I d...
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Thursday, April 27, 2006

Tea, anyone?

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Drawing with a brush and India ink is a move into ominous territory--making permanent marks that can't be changed (or cleaned out of fab...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Rocks and floating

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Yesterday and today the images that emerge have a theme of rocks and levitation/floating. I've been reading an art therapy book, must go...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Aquarian Angel

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This captures an metal angel I have on the wall--I can't do her quirky beauty justice. She's got such Attitude! Tech pen and w/c on ...
Monday, April 24, 2006

Lifting off

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This image came up after several events today. May all your weighty problems rise up and flitter away lightly. Penstix permanent pen and w/c...

Basket and shadows

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Painted while looking down at the basket by my chair. The double shadow was an unusual event, so I tried to capture it. Tech pen and w/c on ...
Thursday, April 20, 2006

Cooling the flames

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After the fire cools, you can see blue sky through the blackened tree trunks. Though perhaps this is better upside down or sideways. We all ...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Fire remnant

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Done with leftover paint from the fire abstract. Who else has a real need to use up the paint on the palette? W/c on 140# Strathmore (smooth...
Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Hill on fire

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Appreciating the colors, before the black ash takes over. W/c on 140# Canson.
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Monday, April 17, 2006

Morning sketch

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Knitting isn't so interesting to draw, so here's a broader view of what's needed. A bag to keep the project clean, a lamp to see...
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Friday, April 14, 2006

Color tornado

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Less precise than the one below. Same media, but wet-on-wet instead of wet-on-dry. The scan seems fuzzy, or is it the tornado effect?
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More dabbling

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I see a yarn image here, after posting. Between knitting and spring events, I'm just swirling pure color as a break from precise stitche...
Friday, April 07, 2006

Reaching out

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When only the crocus (croci?) are up and the predominant color outside is still brown, my refuge is painting blobs and swirls of intense col...
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Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Red bead bracelet

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Imaginary here, but real in other places. W/c on Aquabee super deluxe paper.
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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