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Author Archives: D. Katie Powell
How to Draw a Perfect Circle
This is so easy, by Dave Hax. Thanks Cathy!
My “Business” Sketchbook: North Entrance Details
More drawings of the North entrance, with beautiful Corinthian columns, the dome with flanking “tomes”, and many details. Sketched onsite, and watercolors added later. The column was drawn looking up from the edge of the East side of the steps. … Continue reading
My “Business” Sketchbook: Washington Capitol Popular View
It started with a popular view of the Washington State Capitol Legislative Building. This is a view that is on all the postcards, all seasons, which I sketched in early October while we were working in the building. It’s a … Continue reading
Weeping Buddha, One
I fell in love with Balinese Buddha when I first saw him. The monks carve them as meditations. Mine has been on my altar for 20 years, and has a beautiful patina from being held. People call him Humble Buddha, … Continue reading
Posted in art, Buddha, creativity, drawing, gods and goddesses, india ink, journal, lojong, meditation, painting, pen & ink, series, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, buddha ball, weeping buddha
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Tiffany Chandeliers South Entrance
The chandeliers are a crowning point in the Washington State Capitol Legislative Building. The architects felt the most important fixtures were those in the north portico, in the rotunda, and in the entry in the south porte cochere, as well … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, drawing, history, journal, making a living, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, bronze, chandelier, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lamy Safari pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, QoR watercolors, Stillman & Birn, Tiffany, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building, water
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Disney Plum Job
This is a great article with wonderful imagery about animation and sketching! Walt Disney’s South American Research Trip By MessyNessy 5th Jun, 2014 You know you have a pretty cool job when your boss offers you a ten week tour around … Continue reading
Posted in animation, art, history of sketching
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Visiting a museum . . . Art appreciation
This post was inspired by this article in the NYTimes about visitors to museums feeling tired and worn out from running to tag every piece of noteworthy art, rather than slowing down and enjoying what they find interesting. I grew … Continue reading
Posted in art, history, meditation, memory, museum
Tagged art museum, Billy Al Bengston, Centre Georges Pompidou, Jeu de Paume, Monet, museum, waterlily
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Ballroom Rug
Posting a page I am not 100% happy with. I may even try again . . . We’ll get to that! The carpet in the State Reception Room floored me. It is so oddly modern when in fact it is … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, art journal, color, furniture, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, ballroom, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lamy Safari pen, largest carpet, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Stillman & Birn, urban sketcher, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Outside Torchéres
The outside lighting at the Capitol is another one of those parts that must be overlooked by visitors during the day, who are not drawn to the various sconces and torchéres because the light does not draw their eyes like … Continue reading
HyperAllergic: Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement in Pen and Ink
Artists Mobilize to Capture Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement in Pen and Ink by Laura C. Mallonee in HyperAllergic, October 6, 2014 Art has played a role in the Umbrella Movement since day one, from public art installations like Stand By You: ‘Add … Continue reading
Posted in sketchbook, urban sketchers
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Torchére
Mitchell took great images of object details around the Legislative Building, and the torchére caught my eye. Not the same as painting in front of it, but fun nonetheless. I began with a detailed sketch, and almost left it alone, but … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, art journal, color, drawing, furniture, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, elevator, lotus, QoR watercolors, Stillman & Birn, torchére, urban sketcher, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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A Very Old Sketchbook
I wish I could tell you more, but this is a very old sketchbook on display at the Flandrica Museum, in, I believe, Belgium. To move through the images page by page (again, assuming that this is what we are … Continue reading
Posted in art, history, history of journal, history of sketching, journal, memory, sketchbook
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Urban Sketching at Capitol Park
Last Saturday we infilled missing color to the historic shellac. It is one of the few times when Mitchell had time to play a bit more than I did, and he took great images of the details around the Legislative … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, art journal, drawing, journal, painting, sketchbook, urban sketchers, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Capitol Park, Daniel Smith watercolors, QoR watercolors, Stillman & Birn, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, USk, Washington, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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Printable Cheat Sheet for Tea, Milk and Honey Workshop
Originally posted on Citizen Sketcher:
I’ve done up a little ‘cheat sheet’ for my class at the USk Symposium in Paraty. It’s a single page (folded) booklet crammed with notes about my watercolor field sketching process. Naturally it’s meant as a…
My “Business” Sketchbook: At the Capitol
We’ve been working to the point where I’ve had little time to paint or even sketch, however, we’ve been in a place I wanted to sketch: we’ve been repairing historic shellac on the wainscot of two offices in the Legislative … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, art journal, drawing, furniture, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, bronze statue, carpet design, Daniel Smith watercolors, dogwood, QoR watercolors, rhododendron, Stillman & Birn, urban sketcher, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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Odile, Palms, Oceans in Autumn
Heating up in Portland. Today I want to be on a deserted beach, as long as it is not in the path of Hurricane Odile. We must work — and give thanks for air conditioning. Drawn in an OE Cadic … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, beach, palm, sunset
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75 Day Challenge: 48 To 57
Brenda Swenson has a drawing challenge to draw every day for 75 days. We are supposed to use a black or blue pen, but I know I will not do that one. Still, I play along because challenges are fun … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, Booby Gurl, Buddha, challenge, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, buddha, horses, palm, summer, taxes
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75 Day Challenge: 42 to 47
Brenda Swenson has a drawing challenge to draw every day for 75 days. We are supposed to use a black or blue pen, but I know I will not do that one. Still, I play along because challenges are fun … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, Buddha, challenge, drawing, journal, painting, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Brenda Swenson, buddha, Laguna Beach, Pacific Ocean, palm, palm tree greeting cards, weeping buddha
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D.Katie Powell Art 