InkTracks

On Saturday I took a short "travel sketching" class at the local museum. Tips and pointers for what to take, what to look for, way...

Those flying things may be approaching black flies, the horrible accompaniment to long-awaited spring in New England. I'm watching Art C...

A wet sketch deposited smudges on this page. I liked the shape, so added some ink. Dark images from the backside showed through the scan. So...

On Monday the high was still only in the 20s, with a chill wind. So a glowing orange square is a joy to create. These colors are like the gl...

Ignore the bad bird anatomy. I painted a background, then saw these shapes. I only darkened the smaller bird's form and that weird big w...

A full page of brush marks, enlarged, cropped, enlarged, cropped again. Digital zoom makes a page of idle marks more interesting. W/c on Aqu...

I love this term markmaking that artists use. It legitimizes random play that sometime crops to a piece I like. Watercolor smears and Tom Bo...

The cat is real. Her surroundings are color, shape and texture play. W/c on 90# Strathmore.

A palette knife in the hand of a beginner: erratic, unpredictable, and great for color play. On gessoed paper. I'm not ready to commit t...

An angle of the model you've not seen. W/c on 11x14 paper, so this is a center scan of the larger piece. You're not missing anything...

I don't think oils will pull me away from the spontaneity and flow of watercolors, but the intense hues (not here, but in yesterday'...

Playing with oils with a palette knife shows me what all the oil painters have been talking about. It's like spreading frosting. Gloriou...

I make colorful grounds, then try to put something distinctive on top. Palette knife practice with black oil paint is one new exercise. w/c ...

Abstracts, blocks, random play. After I scanned it, Stonehenge came to mind. W/c and colored pencil on 90# paper.