InkTracks

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

Friday, November 30, 2007

open for delightful surprises

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Drawing direct with a brush in watercolor is a huge challenge for me. I draw the frontmost things first, then wait for areas to dry and fill...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

model ever present

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When you have a minute, draw what's nearby. Proportions not great, but the model doesn't complain when I make her more plump than sh...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Loving watercolor's flow

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Dabbling with all colors in the mini-paintbox and making it yummy. The pear and the closeup. In my world, pears *are* these colors. W/c on A...
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

I stopped by the woods

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Drawing the inside of the car door against the woods background. One of my goals was to capture the difference between the view through the ...
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Monday, November 26, 2007

Gimped again

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Playing with pure color and digital effects. This one has been shifted through a random number of functions. This seemed a good place to sto...
Sunday, November 25, 2007

Chart of pears

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Idly painting pear shapes, I tried using w/c with almost no water--layering it like oils, though scans don't show the subtleties. Then I...
Saturday, November 24, 2007

making a random mess work

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I was throwing ink and color on the Aquabee paper, idly making buildings and roofs, then tried some old masking fluid for a possible moon. A...
Friday, November 23, 2007

Listening to the Inner Creative

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I'm reading "Finding Your Visual Voice" by Dakota Mitchell and have learned how to describe my favorite one. Imaginary, inner-...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Happy Feast Day!!

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(Random color and form doodle with no relation to holiday, food, or sense). Ink, w/c, and pen on Aquabee superdeluxe.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

digital tweaking

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I randomly striped a journal page with a range of colors using Art-Kure watercolor-ink brushes. It wasn't until later that I thought of ...
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red reaching

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And another one: whirl and pinch.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

pencil capture

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I was reading a book on London and had a big need to draw instead. So I used a mechanical pencil to capture Jim in a rare moment of profile,...
Monday, November 19, 2007

sienna striping

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I draw (using paint, putting it down directly as the drawing medium) the cat in colors I like, not particularly real. This sienna works real...
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Sunday, November 18, 2007

always tea

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My main interest in sitting down to make an image is in the process of flowing color onto the paper. If the shapes work out, that's a bo...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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