InkTracks

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

Sunday, November 30, 2008

color needed

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The blankets weren't this bright, but I needed to add color to a drab, sad scene. Same media as last post.
Saturday, November 29, 2008

oxygen machine

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In the nursing home there's things to draw that I don't see anywhere else. Tech pen and w/c on Canson sketchbook paper.
Friday, November 28, 2008

for once, not a cat

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We hung out with 4 dogs in Kansas. Two tiny bouncy ones I could never have captured, and 2 large ones. This is Scampi, who decided she didn...
Thursday, November 27, 2008

immersed in paint

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Happy Thanksgiving! I'm grateful for many things--good health, caring family and friends, a job, and few debts. And for lots of art supp...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

forced to imagine

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Having drawn all the people I could see from my tiny seat, I was forced to draw an imagined picture. This is what came out--still life with ...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

things nearby

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Having drawn the 2 people I could see, my husband's sleeve was next. Brush pen (with soluble ink), edges washed, on canson sketchpaper.
Monday, November 24, 2008

seat 16c

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He had big ears, but in one of these, I may have emphasized it too much. There was a large shadow of it on his head. Getting that skull shap...
Sunday, November 23, 2008

I draw what I see

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In the cramped seat of a 737, there's not much of a view. Brush pen on canson drawing paper.
Saturday, November 22, 2008

waiting and sleeping

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For once I found a sleeping person to draw. But I drew super fast anyway, sure he was going to move any second. Wall color added later. Copi...
Friday, November 21, 2008

waiting for plane

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We flew to Kansas to visit the elderly relatives before the holidays. Lots of drawing happened. Here's a 4-min capture of a woman in the...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

more scraping

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After I daubed and scraped paint, I intensified some of the areas with colored pencil. These pieces make good book covers, or to glue on the...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

scraped and striped

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Daubs of paint, then scraped down the page, then up, with a credit card. I filled in some empty spaces with black w/c pencil, then dissolved...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

waiting

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All my waiting time isn't nearly long enough now that I'm drawing the scene around me. The waiting area at the art museum, until my ...
Monday, November 17, 2008

pencil and Gimp

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Drawn from my car while I was listening to the radio. This tree had a lot of very pale green fungus growing on it. Quite scabrous. I tweaked...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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