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Author Archives: D. Katie Powell
VSW: Fremantle AU Boys School
From our Virtual Sketchwalk group on Facebook, Fremantle Austrailia; images offered were mostly by Debi Taylor. We do a different place each month! Info from Wikipedia: The Fremantle Boys’ School is a heritage building on the Register of National Estate … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #danielsmithprimatek, #danielsmithwatercolors, #fremantleau, #fremantleboysschool, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #historicbuildings, #holbeinwatercolors, #lovethestub, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sennelierwatercolors, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk
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When a Creative is Cut Off from Social Media
This is a journal entry edited and expanded for you all to read; I edited it for readability. Instagram, and Facebook too, have been a game changer for me. I work full-time and run a business with Mitchell restoring/conserving various … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, commission, creativity, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #creativity, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolors, #pacificnorthwest, #platinumcarbonink, #Portlandoregon, #robertostersignatureink, #sennelierwatercolors, #super5ink, #urbansketching, #virtualsketching, USk
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VSW: Two Aussie Birds in Direct Watercolor
From our Virtual Sketchwalk group (on Facebook), Fremantle Austrailia; images offered were mostly by Debi Taylor. We do a different place each month. Pen and ink is my jam… In direct watercolor we use no lines (tho’ I sometimes cheat … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, direct watercolor, journal, painting, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #austrailia, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #fremantleau, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #laughingkookaburra, #nightheron, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk
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VSW: Direct Watercolor of Fremantle Market
From our Virtual Sketchwalk group (on Facebook), Fremantle Austrailia; images offered were mostly by Debi Taylor. We do a different place each month. Direct watercolor is a challenge for me. I love drawing with pen and ink… In direct watercolor … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, direct watercolor, journal, painting, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #austrailia, #danielsmithprimatek, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #fremantleau, #fremantlemarket, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk
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VSW: Swimming in the Bay, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Our Virtual Sketchwalk group on Facebook visited Croatia, and the green waters of the bay near Dubrovnik win my heart. Inked sketch using an EF Platinum Carbon pen with Platinum Carbon waterproof ink cartridges. Pentel Aquash waterbrushes added definition or … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, landscape, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #croatia, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #Dubrovnik, #greenocean, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolors, #Mediterranean, #ocean, #pier, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #watercolourbookcotton
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Laguna: Main Beach and the Sixties
Continuing my sketchbook on early memories of moving to Laguna Beach, California. My first summer living in Laguna, Main Beach, above, was one of my haunts, along with Sleepy Hollow and Woods Cove. This was when we lived on Cliff … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, landscape, memory, painting, pen & ink, ritual, series, virtual sketching, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #californianative, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #imabeachgirl, #lagunabeach, #lagunabeachcalifornia, #pacificnorthwestartist, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #twsbieco, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks, home
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Cats: A Dive into Drugs
MY WARNING ABOUT SHORT-ACTING BENZODIAZEPINES: INCLUDING MIDAZOLAM AND OTHER “MEMORY DRUGS” Gibbs had a incident with Midazolam, a drug often used for sedation which led to personality changes. This led us to taking responsibility for what drugs our cats use, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Cat, journal, memory, virtual sketching
Tagged #catantics, #catdrugs, #hesagoodboy, #pacificnorthwest, #Portlandoregon, #tabbycat, #virtualsketching
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NOT Politics As Usual
I am so fucking depressed about the turn of events in our country, about how divided we are, that I have not been able to sketch anything. For the first time in years, I am stuck. Hear me out, because … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #democracy, #politicalimages, #whatisgoingon
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Cats: Yaman
PS. Yaman had a skin issue; that is why the bandage. I’ve been getting questions. I hope this two-page watercolor of Yaman has finally taught me a lesson, and it has nothing to do with the quality of Hahnemühle’s Nostalgie … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #blackcat, #blackcatsaregoodluck, #brothersistercats, #catantics, #cattoy, #danielsmithwatercolors, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #pacificnorthwest, #panthercat, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #Siamesecat, #siblingcats, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book
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ANTS: And a Fall!
As I said in an earlier post, in past, the ants have done a little bit of investigating, they have come in, walked about. We gave them an offering up in the reception room of brown sugar water and they … Continue reading
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Tagged #antinvasion, #antmarching, #ants, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithwatercolors, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #Portlandoregon, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #urbansketching, art, sketching
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Beyond Depressed: Social Media
When I first was starting out as an artist I had a studio and time to explore what I wanted to do as an artist, mostly in acrylics, sometimes in oils. I painted alone in a large barn converted as … Continue reading
Christmas in July, a Challenge!
Teagan has challenged us to create posts about Christmas in July in Teagan Geneviene’s Christmas in July blog hop! ☾ To get in the spirit, we put up a huge cut-out poster of a tree… and added curly bits of … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, painting, pen & ink, watercolor
Tagged #artjournaling, #bloghop, #christmascookies, #christmasinjuly, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolors, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #PilotMetropolitan, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #sennelierwatercolors, #super5ink, #waterproofinks
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Stream of Consciousness Saturday
I’m maybe back to participating in Stream of Consciousness Saturday, a writers challenge led by Linda G Hill. Dipping my toe in to day… Rusty! Linda Hill is our host and you can join in:https://lindaghill.com/category/prompt-2/ Your Friday prompt for Stream … Continue reading
ANTS GO MARCHING!
Pleeeze excuse the photographs… It is next to impossible for an amateur like me to get good images of largely white paper! So there is ghosting of shadow. Oh well! We have an ant invasion of EPIC proportions. Because of … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art, art journal, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, watercolor, writing
Tagged #antinvasion, #antmarching, #ants, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #brownink, #danielsmithwatercolors, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #Portlandoregon, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #twsbieco, #urbansketching, art, sketching
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Kill Winter with Orange
“KILL WINTER WITH ORANGE!” For those of you not involved in the fountain pen community, this is a rallying cry that begins in February, and many posts of orange pens are posted. I’ve been thinking about this concept in a … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #benupen, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #esterbrookpen, #flexnib, #fountainpenrevolution, #fprhimalaya, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #himalyapen, #holbeingouache, #holbeinwatercolors, #killwinterwithorange, #lamyalstar, #lamyjoy, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #orangepaint, #orangepens, #pacificnorthwest, #PilotMetropolitan, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #sailorfudepens, #sailorpens, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #twsbieco, #watercolourbookcotton, #waterproofinks
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Happy Halloweeny
Happy Halloween! I’ve been crazy busy and recovering, but this is a recent effort of cheer! I LOVE October colors! BTW, I did not add the stars… Why can’t they make things simple!?
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D.Katie Powell Art 
How Many Sketchbooks in a Year?
Facebook recently alerted me to 10 years using watercolors in a sketchbook. I had to share that anniversary — it surprised me — and as a result I was asked how many sketchbooks have I gone through in ten years. … Continue reading →