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Author Archives: D. Katie Powell
Making Shellac
Top row, three pieces of artwork with shellac and watercolor or ink! Food grade shellac has been used in past for various foods such as the M&M’s above to keep them from melting (“Melts in your mouth, not in your … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, Buddha, color, gods and goddesses, ink painting, landscape, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, waterbrush
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Crow in the Snow
We feed the birds on the loading dock deck (which we can look down on from our studio) and among the many birds who come to dine daily are the crows. They are the pigs of the bird world, but … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
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VSW: Sunflowers South of France
Direct watercolor. No lines, just wet paint. It is really so hard for me not to use lines! It isn’t that I don’t like my linework images — I do. But I also like what happens when I manage not … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, direct watercolor, flowers, journal, landscape, painting, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
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VSW: Koh Chang Bay
Our group on FaceBook, Virtual Sketchwalk, visited Thailand this month (and next) and the photos we are working with are stunning thanks to Aniko Szedlak. This is direct watercolor, meaning I went in with no sketching lines. Also, the entire … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
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Strange Siamese Habits
Why does she do this? And now, since she started doing it, Izzee is also doing it! Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Sailor Fude De Mannen Calligraphy pen with De Atrementis Document Urban Grey ink, Lamy Al-Star with De Atramentis Document Urban … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
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Gibbs (Grey Tabby Cat) Modeled, 3
Laughing! Gibbs likes a good joke! To make your Monday more bearable! I cannot lie. He was yawning and I caught it on the camera. Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges, White Uniball Signo, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, memory, painting, pen & ink, portrait, sketchbook, virtual sketching
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #cat, #danielsmithwatercolors, #greytabby, #greytabbycat, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #helikesagoodjoke, #holbeinwatercolors, #laughingcat, #pacificnorthwest, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #sennelierwatercolors, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book
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Our Grey Tabby Gibbs Modeled, 2
I think he looks a bit like a pig in this one…. He is a handsome cat, not a pig! He did not want me to post this one. curled into his favorite chair, the Del Rey Monterey rocker. .Hahnemühle … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook
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Gibbs (Grey Tabby Cat) Modeled, 1
HE DOES LOVE HIS FOOD… Kibble. He does not get it all the time as he porks up too much on it. When he gets what he wants he always comes to rub against us to tell us how very … Continue reading
Panthercat: Yamantaka Loves His Daddy!
I see this view nightly, Yamantaka with his head resting on Mitchell’s leg. Usually about the time I try to sketch him, he is on the run. I swear, he can be asleep and realize I am sketching and walk … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook
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VSW: Washington Irving’s Home NY
Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook went to upstate New York to paint Washington Irving’s home (the author of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.) From scribbles to watercolor, the finished product didn’t please me; I like the scribbled version better. I … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, color, drawing, ink painting, journal, landscape, painting, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
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VSW: Christmas Tree Montpellier
From the Virtual Sketchwalk group on Facebook, We walked Montpellier, France, and in one of the malls was this Christmas Tree many stories high. So festive and lively, I tried it two different ways. I don’t know what the gold … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, creativity, drawing, flowers, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #christmastree, #france, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #montpellier, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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Blue Posies
Spring is coming! And the Full Moon! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. “I think not….” Me… why I … Continue reading
VSW: Disaster Sketching the Lyndhurst Mansion
I wanted to tackle this image from our Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook. This is a lesson in positive critique… I want to paint the light. I’m a novice. Nothing wrong with being a novice… But dang how to paint … Continue reading
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