InkTracks

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

Thursday, March 31, 2011

shading with water

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Though I'm not good at it, I like drawing with soluble ink and using water to wash grays in from the inklines. The socks are done with...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Will Eisner, Cartoonist

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This was a great film on his career and art. I saw it on a Netflix DVD. Stopped the action to do a quick sketch with a brush pen. On Rhodi...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Pilot's Varsity disposable fountain pens

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These pens are so great for sketching. Non-stop fast flow, they never skip even when shading fast, and a great feel on the paper. In the j...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

woodstove coma

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With 23 degrees and a wind this morning, the woodstove had to be started. Which puts Chaucer right into an intense long-extension nap. Usu...
Monday, March 21, 2011

Wolff pencils

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I love Wolff pencils--made of carbon, not charcoal or graphite. They have a lot of drag, but leave no shine and they're not dusty. In ...
Sunday, March 20, 2011

bloomin' thing

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It sits in the kitchen window and gets water once a week. No lavish attention, but it blooms regularly anyway. It deserves a repotting and...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

one sock down, one cuff to go

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The first one fits perfectly. I love my new basic sock pattern based on Cat Bordhi's Houdini sock technique. I knit both feet first to...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

unpaid model

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Drawn with a tech pen, shading added with a soluble ink pen, spread with water. I picked up one of the blues to fill in the background wit...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

vine charcoal on smooth paper . . .

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. . . is a mess. But it fills a page fast. Pastel for the blue background. In the journal.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Lizzie in pencil

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Her hair is a darker red but I don't have that color in this particular set of pencils. The model doesn't care. Colored pencils ...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

off the DVD

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This is on the DVD box of John Cusack's movie, Say Anything. Colored pencil in the journal.
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Faber Castell brush pen

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I'm posting random sketches, just keeping the posts coming and the drawing going. I never have artist's block because I follow Wil...
Friday, March 11, 2011

local tomatoes

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These perfect little tomatoes came from Backyard Farms in Maine. And they tasted as good as they look (better than my sketch). Their pack...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

watery scan

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A lumpy collage is on the back of this page. The scan came out as though Chaucer is looking over the edge of a cliff into water. Pencil in...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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