InkTracks

Liquid ink pen on Canson drawing paper.

In the journal, I love how acrylic strengthens the really thin paper into something sturdy. Between the pages of writing, these color spots ...

This started as a random act of paint, then I began to see a landscape through the splotches. All reflections and representations were compl...

Practicing the subtle triangles and shadows on the potato chip bag. I had to eat quite a lot to get the model ready for her drawing session!...

Trying out the Koh-I-Noor woodless colored pencils. I like having a sturdy thick pencil to color with. No frustration of sharpening a woodca...

I rarely draw from photographs,but this face called me. It was published in the Boston Globe last week. 6B pencil in a Reflexion sketchbook....

W/c crayon on journal paper, then sprayed with water to liquify the colors. Then some calligraphic brush pen on top. Random, but so satisfyi...

This Epica paper scans very yellow. It's not great for water, but excellent for dry media. These 5x7-inch sketchbooks are small, thick, ...

Putting a face on the background. Drawn from imagination, but as always, I made the nose too long. I have a Pinocchio complex or something. ...

No plan, just lines, swirls and shapes. 9B graphite on 90# paper.

Looking down at one guy swimming in the heat. Though I concentrated so much on trying to catch his movement, he turned out to be huge in pro...

Any place feels like a vacation spot when it has palm trees. The ones at the pool were light posts, too. Tech pen in the Clester sketchbook

I did a watercolor interpretation of the mountain view from the ninth floor, working in air conditioned comfort. In the Clester w/c sketchb...

Last week while my blog was automatically posting, I was in Las Vegas touring the sights. These are the mountains as seen from the ninth flo...