InkTracks

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

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

shifting shades and planes

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An abstract done in layers of gesso, w/c, charcoal, and other random media lying around! On 90# Canson. The scan has brighter and slightly d...
Monday, December 29, 2008

complacency

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I have a clay giraffe who has such a satisfied, quirky expression. I toned the paper first, drew him, then blotched in more background. The ...
Saturday, December 27, 2008

lifting power

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These paperwhite bulbs were below the rim of the bowl when I started them. They've all pushed down long sturdy roots, lifting themselves...
Thursday, December 25, 2008

imagining again

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For once, one of my imagined guys has hair! Quick sketch on Moleskine w/c paper. I wish you a joyous, peaceful, healthy holiday!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Happy Christmas Eve!

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It's been a tough December. May the return of longer days bring brighter Light for all of us. Playing with paint on S. Waterford paper, ...
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Monday, December 22, 2008

back, intermittently

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Until the power outage, I'd only missed posting about 3 days since November 13, 2007. So now I start again, knocked down but not out by ...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

re-empowered

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Power is back, landline re-attached, cable restrung. We can rejoin the modern world. I'm still digging out from the camping experience. ...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

still powerless

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Finishing day 5 with no power. Learning to cook on a woodstove where there's little space, little heat regulation (too hot or not hot en...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

lacking electricity

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Quick post from the public wireless at the public library to say that we have no power at home. Blogging is blocked! There are power lines d...
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trying out the paper

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Experimenting with actual painterly skills (ha!) on 300# paper. I painted the objects while standing (plein air style, but inside). Then aft...
Saturday, December 13, 2008

playing

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Soluble pen and w/c in the Reflexion journal. Great paper for watermedia.
Thursday, December 11, 2008

turned away

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Chaucer held this position long enough that I could actually catch the contours. Not sure what he was doing back there; he wasn't moving...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

graphite man

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People emerge in my doodles. I have no idea who they are. But they're usually bald.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008

dabs and strokes

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Caran d'Ache w/c crayons and w/c in the Reflexion journal.
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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