InkTracks

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

Monday, October 25, 2010

getting ready for Halloween

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I usually hang a cross-stitched pumpkin on my door for October, one made long ago. But this year I decided to paint something witchy. I to...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

an artist at figure drawing

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I can't scan the big drawings I do from life drawing sessions. I work on 18x24 paper and avoid NSFW posts anyway. But in this case I h...
Friday, October 22, 2010

packing tape dispenser

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When will someone improve these things so that the tape flows on more smoothly and doesn't get hungup so much? Pencil in the Bateman s...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

graffiti tag

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If I were a graffiti artist, this would be the icon I'd paint on walls. In all orientations, colors, sometimes with decorated nails. ...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

scribble energy

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A tiny black mineral carving, scribbled out in pencil. I like the feeling of scribble and the feeling it projects in the drawing. On thin ...
Monday, October 18, 2010

stripes for accent

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After I do a basic practice drawing of something/someone familiar, I invent the colors and patterns. This is not a real shirt but I like the...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

red jasper and red oxide

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One of my birthday presents was a red jasper Buddha for my collection. This sketch is on thin paper, pen painted with thinned acrylic, tra...
Friday, October 15, 2010

David Levine mousepad

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I don't think I've ever actually bought a mouse pad, certainly not for decades. but this one called me. A co-worker put it on our ...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

drawing floats my boat

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An interpretation of a photo in the paper. Pen and pastel in the Paperblanks journal.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

features and faces

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It takes me endless practice to get the eyes, nose and mouth to look right. Pencil in the Bateman sketchbook.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

drawing on acrylic grounds

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I love painting acrylic backgrounds, but am drawn (ha!) to draw on them instead of doing a foreground painting or collaging. Two things w...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

drawing a snuggly model

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This drawing is oriented like I drew it, looking down at the cat snuggled up against my leg. I had to keep lifting my right arm to look do...
Saturday, October 09, 2010

Yes to Carrots

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I love this hand lotion. It comes in a tube and doesn't leave your skin needing more and more. As a random filler in the journal, I pa...
Friday, October 08, 2010

filling the bags

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Filling lots of tote bags with food and art supplies to take to Jan's cottage. I had to stop and draw the colorful mix. Prismacolor Ar...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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