InkTracks

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

Thursday, September 26, 2013

their last blue sky for months

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The fig tree and dracaena marginata, enjoying their last fresh air before they come in for the cold months. I didn't put in the blue...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

drawing at the zoo, camel and baby giraffe

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This is the single hump camel. I drew the double-humped Bactrian, too, but he was eating and never stopped moving. As he was very pungen...
Monday, September 23, 2013

drawing at the zoo, koala

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The koalas stay much more still than most of the animals. They are busy with a lot of sleeping. black watercolor pencil, w/c, on Strathm...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

drawing at the zoo, elephant

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colored pencil for outline, w/c on Strathmore drawing paper
Saturday, September 21, 2013

drawing at the zoo, lion

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I was so pleased to be able to capture a likeness of this lion at the zoo. I'm fast and she was kindly stationery. colored pencil f...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

1000th cat, at least

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Probably way more, I don't post many of them. The post labels don't match the actual number drawn, by far. Never tired of drawin...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

not quite a doodle, not quite a composition

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What the published art journaling books call doodles is not what I think of, the things I produce while on the phone along the margins of ...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

lion from a photo

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Trying out a new Derwent Polychromos pencil. Really nice feel. From a photo. On PaperBlanks journal paper.
Saturday, September 07, 2013

Alisa Burke's summersketch online

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The wonderful artists who have online video classes are an inspiration for doodling, whimsical drawing, and colorful additions to my journ...
Friday, September 06, 2013

quick drawing of a slow cat

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Pen and w/c on the Holbein multimedia paper.
Tuesday, September 03, 2013

doodle squares

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Doodling with pencil and markers as I listen to a video, resisting alignment and squaring. Click to embiggen, as Yarn Harlot would say. ...
Monday, September 02, 2013

yellow on purple, not a favorite

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I did a lot in purple, then upon a suggestion by a fellow sketcher, added some yellow to create darker shadows. Not so successful. Effort ...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

quick fist

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Ink and wash from the soluble line. On Canson drawing paper.
Thursday, August 29, 2013

green scene

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What's in front of me, but with scan shadows. Green pencil on Canson drawing paper.
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Nita Van Zandt
Living in New Hampshire, loving where line and color take me.
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