InkTracks

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

Thursday, April 29, 2010

a clay pig with slot for coins

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This is a childhood treasure given to me by my mother's distant cousin (their grandmothers were cousins--that's really far back). I ...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

first painting en plein air

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I ventured out to sit on the river bank and paint the top side of the dam with its distinctive red brick building. No bothersome bugs made i...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

arithmetic collage

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A collage to appeal to the math majors and engineers--how many artists put sum symbols in their work? I found the paper with sums on it and ...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

smears and blobs

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This is about a 7x9 inch piece. Too spontaneous to duplicate, but I'd love it in a 3x4 foot size! w/c in the journal
Saturday, April 24, 2010

Same cat, different chair

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. . . from yesterday. With the same Derwent 4b watersoluble pencil in the Canson sketchbook.
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Friday, April 23, 2010

Busy cat

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Putting in naptime in all the chairs is a big job. He works hard at it. I drew this with a Derwent watersoluble 4B pencil. I decided to pain...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

enough, part 2

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Another page that I thought I'd add to, but decided this is finished. I love splotches and randomness! w/c in the journal
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

it turned out to be an enso

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This page was meant to be a decorated one, but after I made the circle, I realized it worked perfectly as an enso . Enough. w/c in the journ...
Monday, April 19, 2010

expanding into a whole scene

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I've drawn the chair, but never the rest of the corner. Getting all the proportions right as I move across the scene is a challenge (bec...
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Saturday, April 17, 2010

hanging out on the wall

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This is a metal sculpture I've drawn before. She has such attitude. W/c in the Aquabee sketchbook. The background is Daniel Smith's ...
Friday, April 16, 2010

accuracy with a brush pen

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So challenging! No matter how often I've drawn the cat, getting the form close to recognizable is always a mix of luck and how I hold my...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Pentel Colorbrush

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There's nothing like drawing with the vivid intensity of ink. Using the Pentel Colorbrushes makes using color easy, though. My only goal...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Cretacolor 4-color pencil

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This was an experiment with the very thick pencil that has 4 colors in the core lead. I ended up turning the pencil to get the color I wante...
Monday, April 12, 2010

grasses out of control

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I can't decide if the lefthand streaks are grasses or ghostly trees. They're too golden to be of a burned forest. Or perhaps the per...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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