InkTracks

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

Sunday, July 31, 2011

the traditional fruit plate

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On 8x8 canvas board. An actual painting! Practicing with acrylics. Done in one session.
Saturday, July 30, 2011

what's in front of me

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I was waiting for a phone call and started drawing the jumble on my art table. I got through the whole corner and went off to do something e...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

a clay animal, this time

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A little elephant I bought at a flea market. He's made of an interesting streaky stuff--the woman said it was ceramic. No, just clay, ma...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

shades of gray

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Charcoal and white pastel on random paper. Just playing.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Weber grill

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Cookout season is always a good time. Love our Weber, never wanted a gas grill. Pen and w/c on Strathmore drawing paper.
Sunday, July 24, 2011

the painted-in version

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I redrew this pose from an earlier black and white drawing, to practice with color placement. Pen and w/c.
Saturday, July 23, 2011

cat on green

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He stayed still enough for me to get his markings right. Pencil and w/c.
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Friday, July 22, 2011

the model I work from

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Why so many of my drawings look something like this (if I'm lucky). I only draw from the live model, never a photograph. It's bo...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

speed with accuracy

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This chair is complex enough to make repeated practice from multiple angles, in all media, interesting. This version is sliding down the boa...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

concrete cat

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For years I've had this cat out in the weather. But he can still trick me into thinking he's real. Water soluble pencil in the Fab...
Monday, July 18, 2011

burning a hole

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One way to start a collage. Various things glued down, stamped and painted. In the Fabriano Venezia journal.
Saturday, July 16, 2011

greenman 2

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This one looks more like Wolfman. Ink and w/c on hot press.
Friday, July 15, 2011

previous models reappear in a pile

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Going for color and energy here. Pen and w/c in the Fabriano Venezia journal.
Thursday, July 14, 2011

look for the fish

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Layers of paint, pastel, charcoal and stamping became an underwater scene. It's dim, but there's a fish and some seaweed in there. ...
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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