InkTracks

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

Monday, May 31, 2010

Memorial Day for Fen

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A last drawing in May of our cat, Fen. Originally named Fendicchio by her former owners, we had her for about 11 years. We estimated her age...
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Sunday, May 30, 2010

construction of a rattan chair

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I don't know how the elements are warmed, bent, and wrapped, but the construction is fascinating. And the chairs have a simple elegance ...
Saturday, May 29, 2010

Bananagrams, Pairs in Pears, and Applewords

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Three good word games you shouldn't miss. And Dino fits among them so nicely! Drawing, just to draw colorful things. Pen and w/c in the...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

painting to Sarah Waters' Fingersmith

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I started randomly painting a background in the journal while watching Fingersmith, the 3-hour 2-part series made out of Sarah Waters' b...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

playing with odds and ends

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I make these colorful pieces out of whatever is around and then use them as border decorations in the journal or as bookmarks. This has a co...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

making colorful pages

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Just decorating the journal so there's a colorful surprise to liven it up. 85 degrees today and tomorrow makes it *really* summer, no ma...
Saturday, May 22, 2010

Prismacolor, it is

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I'm liking drawing direct with the w/c pencils. Then I have the option of awakening the color with water. This is dry only. In the Holbe...
Friday, May 21, 2010

Prismacolor vs Derwent vs Caran d'Ache

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In watercolor pencils, that is. I like the feel of Prismacolor best, but they have only 36 colors. The others have more colors (in w/c penci...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

rediscovering colored pencil

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Doodling imagined buildings as I ponder what supplies to take on a vacation this summer. I miss the intensity and flow of liquid, but know I...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Robert Bateman sketchbooks

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I really like the paper in these, but the cover is just paper about the weight of the sheets inside (spiral bound). So I backed it with 140#...
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Monday, May 17, 2010

pick a new combination

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Trying a new combination (for me) of media--colored pencil on a canvas panel. Not really worth doing again, but the texture is interesting b...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

Dino, upright

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Another version, just practicing. I'm starting to like those blank eyes. Pen and w/c in the Holbein sketchbook.
Saturday, May 15, 2010

everything goes in the chair

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My daughter's childhood favorite stuffed animal, a dinosaur named Dino. He has only white ovals for eyes, just like the people in the ca...
Thursday, May 13, 2010

Derwent Watersoluble pencil

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The feel of different pencils on the same paper fascinates me. This Derwent w/s 4B feels completely different from other graphite pencils--n...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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