InkTracks

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

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Digby driftwood

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This gorgeous piece, about six feet tall, was in the Historic Gardens in Digby, Nova Scotia. Something I would have drawn if there'd bee...
Friday, June 29, 2007

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia

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The view from the deck off our B&B room. The Cove and the ocean beyond the lighthouse. Fabulous place.

Lismore lamb

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In Nova Scotia I enticed the group to visit the Lismore Sheep Farm . They had lambs born in March and May (this guy is May), gorgeous yarns,...

quick knit

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I've just broken a personal speed record. I made these with yarn bought on our trip to Nova Scotia (Debbie Bliss cashmerino, on sale). D...
Thursday, June 28, 2007

farm bell

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This once rang on my grandmother's Kansas farm. We installed it on my deck in the mid-1980s. It had absolutely no rust when we got it, t...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Layered experiment

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This started as a collage, then turned into a random mess. I trimmed off the boring edge areas, most of the glued fabric, and found an anima...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

a blue cocoon?

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Back to playing with color and line. I like putting down random strokes, adding, looking, then stopping when I can't see any more to be ...
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Monday, June 25, 2007

Subtle and slow

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Gray rock in gray pencil on gray paper means a slow tonal study and building up the graphite. I have the same problem I do with drawing cat ...
Friday, June 22, 2007

Five faces plus a bird

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Random doodling and playing with combinations of 4 M. Graham paints, on Super Aquabee paper.
Thursday, June 21, 2007

Most daylight of the year

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Summer colors, summer air, summer playing! Enjoy every minute before the cold dark returns. Tech pen and w/c in a w/c Moleskine.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007

phone doodle

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I never know what will come out when I doodle as I chat on the phone. This one has a piggish face. Pen on envelope.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

McIntyre's chair

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In Baddeck we stayed 4 nights in a shiny new 3-bedroom house with porches and decks overlooking Bras D'Or lake. This is one of the swive...
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Monday, June 18, 2007

Home again

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Back from a great trip to Nova Scotia, 11 days circling the province with 2 longtime friends, and we all came back happy and quite satisfied...
Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Going north

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Tomorrow we're off to Nova Scotia to join up with friends from Kansas for a touring vacation. Art supplies, knitting projects, and camer...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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