WWM: Day 21, VSW Rockport Cow

Posted on July 21, 2018 by


I have NO time so decided to try catching the essence in a
few strokes and brushes of color.  Cow was first try, under five minutes.
Paying attention to the eyes in the end helped give the cow life.

Thanks to Tom Brudzinski for the great images from which to sketch!

As I move along, I’ll put all my Rockport images here!

“Paint as you like and die Happy!*”

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Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal,
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges.
Da Vinci watercolors.

I started a Facebook group page (you must join to view) to allow everyone to share their virtual sketches, and also where we will, from time to time, take virtual sketch walks together.  Come join us On Facebook if you are inclined!
If you want to know more about what a virtual sketchwalk is review my first post.
There are a few more notes/pointers on our first walk through Laguna Beach, California.

I also created an accompanying Flickr group!

NELIPOT IFJM NELIPOT IFJM NELIPOT IFJM

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WWM: Day 20, Laguna Postcard

Posted on July 20, 2018 by


Randy Boyd let’s me use his photos of home, Laguna Beach, to paint from.
His images fill me with cheer; I miss home and the beach so much!


Went for fat inked lines and deep tones on this one —
almost reminds me of an “olde tyme” postcard!

“Paint as you like and die Happy!*”

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Hahnemühle Cold Pressed Post Cards (both at this site),
Lamy Joy with De Atramentis Document Black ink,
Da Vinci, MGraham and DS Primatek watercolors.

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WWM: Day 19 Grape Hyacinth

Posted on July 19, 2018 by


Back to textured, rough Hahnemühle Post Cards.
Love Grape Hyacinths, which I’d never seen until my first Spring in Oregon.

“Paint as you like and die Happy!*”

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Hahnemühle Post Cards (both at this site),
Lamy Joy with De Atramentis Document Black ink,
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges,
Da Vinci, Holbein and  DS Primatek watercolors.

 

 ©D. Katie Powell.
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WWM: Day 18 Moon Palm

Posted on July 18, 2018 by


Any excuse to use my Moonman pen, below!
Added a brush dipped in inks and you have my Moon Palm!

“Paint as you like and die Happy!*”

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Hahnemühle Rough Post Cards (both at this site),
Moonman with Robert Oster Fire and Ice ink, brush and water.

 

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WWM: Day 17 Moms Stuff, Sun

Posted on July 17, 2018 by

My mom’s copper sun hanging in my finish room.

Trying a different route, waterproof inks building them up.
Lexington Grey above…

Brown inks added, De Atramentis Document Brown
and something I mixed up in a waterbrush!

Finally, watercolors added.
And Super5 Frankfurt Grey linework at the end; had to do it!

This is a new paper for me, Harmony.
My review of three papers from Hahnemühle will come shortly!

“Paint as you like and die Happy!*”

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Hahnemühle Harmony watercolor block,
Noodler’s Lexington Grey Ink, Super5 Frankfurt ink,  and De Atramentis Document Brown ink in Pentel Aquash waterbrushes,
Pilot Metropolitan  with Super5 Frankfurt ink,
Da Vinci, Holbein, DS Primatek watercolors, and Daniel Smith Watercolors.

 

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WWM: Day 16 Moms Stuff, Sun Postcard

Posted on July 16, 2018 by


Playing around with Robert Oster African Gold; ink-painting!
In the end added lines… I LIKE lines!

This is loosely based on my Mom’s big copper sun from Mexico.
It now hangs in my finish room… Happy Sun!

“Paint as you like and die Happy!*”

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Unknown cards from ages ago!
Lamy Vista with Robert Oster African Gold ink,
Jinhao with Goulet 1.1 stub nib and Diamine Chocolate ink.

 

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WWM: Day 15, Canvas Project, Bedlam!

Posted on July 15, 2018 by

 

BEDLAM!

I have the word “BEDLAM” for my entry into the Canvas Project 2018…

I started with sketches, as I only have one canvas!
I saw Yaman coming at me one night!


Bedlam is when the “kittens” get CRAZY just before bed.
It is their last hurrah, like kids wanting to stay up late.
They are sleeping, but if we don’t wake them they wake at midnight and start…
So we wake them around 10:00 pm: “WAKEY-WAKEY!”

“WAKEY-WAKEY!”

A black head with green-yellow slits rises from the cat tree or the bottom of the bed…
not sure he is willing to do our bidding, we say it again
“WAKEY-WAKEY! WAKEY-WAKEY!” until he gets his sister up.

All hell breaks loose.  They streak around and sometimes jump clear over us until we finally say, “ENOUGH!  Come to bed.”

Then, shockingly, they settle in with us and sleep like logs all night.

When I decided to do this I didn’t think about canvas and watercolors…
And so, getting my sketch onto canvas has been a bit of a trial!


I tried watercolors and they sat on top of the canvas.
I suppose I could have found out how to prime it for watercolors (shellac?)
but I decided to go back in time to acrylics, my fist love, but here is the thing,
BEDLAM was conceived in watercolor,
and you know how picky we artists are when we get a vision?

I lived with the acrylic version for a couple of days.
I am happy with the thin watercolor transparent appearance I managed
on top of the odd canvas… I painted on primed canvases for years with acrylic
and never had problems like this one — the paint didn’t want to adhere.  Very strange.

My last change: I went back and thickened some of the lines on the canvas.


So trial and error, here it is: BEDLAM!

I saw Yaman coming at me one night!
I always like the energy of an idea best!
Testing expressions…
Sketch on canvas!
How to go from sketch to canvas?
I thought I was done…
Now I’m done!

“Paint as you like and die Happy!*”

Want to join in the fun?
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Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook,
Canvas supplied from the Canvas Project,
Lamy Joy with De Atramentis Document Black ink,
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges,
Da Vinci, Holbein, and Daniel Smith Watercolors and Golden Acrylics.

 

©D. Katie Powell.
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