InkTracks

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

Sunday, January 30, 2011

drawing crumples

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Always a challenge, especially to my patience. Disposable brush pen (from jetpens.com ) on Strathmore drawing paper. I put a filler gray i...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Conte pastel pencils

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This was as much of him as I could fit on the scanner. Dusty, but colorful. On 140# w/c paper.
Friday, January 28, 2011

essential equipment

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We've gotten nearly 60 inches of snow so far this winter. I am getting good use out of my inexpensive Totes waterproof boots! Pencil o...
Monday, January 24, 2011

just before the fall

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Waiting for software updates to finish, there's only the tipping router to draw. Pencil on thin paper.
Sunday, January 23, 2011

same old bear in the usual chair

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Quick sketch of what I have painted. Because I can never practice quick sketching enough. Water-soluble pen in the journal.
Friday, January 21, 2011

the perfect creativity . . .

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. . . is to play seriously and work playfully: A master in the art of living  draws no sharp distinction  between his work and his play; ...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

that one paw

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Chaucer is the only cat I've seen who regularly sleeps with one of his front legs twisted back and under him, with only his paw out to b...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

I actually knit these!

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I haven't done a pair of socks in years, not happy with the standard variety of heel structures and having to pick up stitches, etc. T...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

watery acrylic

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Trying a quick standing sketch with 3 liquid acrylics dotted into a plastic lid for a palette, holding the sketchbook, no water. Captured ...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

dancing with fluid

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I'm trying to like painting with oils, but I miss the sponteneity and accidents of watercolor sketching, so had to do a quick blue roost...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

my 2 best models

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Chaucer doesn't want to miss a posing session.
Friday, January 14, 2011

making a new sketchbook

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Sometime back I ordered samples of the paper sold by Legion Paper. Lovely larger-than 8.5x11 inch samples perfect for all kinds of drawing a...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

out in the cold

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The shed where we normally put the teak bench and chair have been filled up with other stuff. So these are weathering the winter with the sn...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

sculpture

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A forbidden picture, capturing a piece in a local museum. Names deleted to protect the guilty (me). Interesting rope hair. The title relat...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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