InkTracks

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

Sunday, November 29, 2009

General woodless pencils

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A back view of chair I drawn so many times. Nice to have a different view of it and the inevitable cat. I like the woodless pencils because ...
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Saturday, November 28, 2009

into a blues phase

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Not music or mood, but the cool side of the palette. Pencil sketch of cat, rolling on acrylic layers, then Sharpie poster paint pen to pick ...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

Nourish yourself

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Happy Thanksgiving! May you have good food along with some creative-art nourishment. This started with a newspaper image as a base. Over tim...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Conte pastel sticks

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I made an acrylic background, then didn't know what to put on it. I finally came up with a stack of Conte pastel boulders. In the journa...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

the neon edge

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This started as just a quick sketch of the cat. But over time I kept adding, just to play with color. I've reached the "it glows...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

acrylic layering

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I made a background with layers and scrapings, then randomly drew the mannikin in. Just to practice acrylic layers. Copic marker drawing, in...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

playing with profiles

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Imagining how features go together, I branched off into dishfaced and beaky ones. I'm fascinated by how many ways features can go togeth...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Gimp leather

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I drew the shoe, then after I painted on the backside of the page, the ripples appeared. I decided to post the sketch anyway, and tried usin...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Cretacolor chunky charcoal

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This is from a set labeled charcoal, but to me they're colored chalks. I like the dull colors, golds, browns, sage greens. Very dusty, b...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

DVD stop action

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I was watching a documentary collection and stopped the action to draw this man. Just to draw. He was in "The Laughing Club of India....
Monday, November 16, 2009

faces I have to draw

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The eyebrows and cheeks on this man sent me right to the drawing paper. He might not recognize himself, but I enjoyed sculpting his face in ...
Saturday, November 14, 2009

ouch

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Just looking at this man's neck and back made mine hurt. I'm sure his do. A reminder to keep taking calcium and doing yoga! Pen and ...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Notice what you notice

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In mindfulness practice, this title phrase means to really focus on what you might have otherwise dismissed. Then you can take action, or re...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Wolff carbon pencil

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Blacker than graphite, and not shiny, but not as dusty as charcoal. This was a 4B. They don't come in as many grades as graphite, but no...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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