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Author Archives: D. Katie Powell
My Comments Are Not Working!!!
ARGH, so sorry — My ability to comment has not been working and I just didn’t have it in me to fuss with it over the holiday! Will figure it out. It allows me one comment then does a weird … Continue reading
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Happy New year
Wishing you Health, Prosperity, Good Neighbors, and Happiness in 2018! Saying a prayer this Full Moon for Mother Earth. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” … Continue reading
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Tagged #cuppa, #Hahnemühle, #Happynewyear, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, cuppa joe, Daniel Smith watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, watercolor
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Tools: BIG Changes in My Travel Palette
I’ve been asked about my travel palette and here is the primary palette, though I have others, which I’ll talk about later. I have had this basic palette for two years with the exception of adding Da Vinci’s Rose Dore … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, color, painting, review, sketchcrawl, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, M.Graham watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, Primatek, Sennelier, transparent paint, travel palette, watercolor
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Santa Candy Container
Mitchell has memories of his Mom’s ceramic Santa filled with Christmas candy. Santa’s looking much bedraggled (loved) but I restored him to his glory for the image. HO HO HO! I also discovered that you cannot mix honey based paints … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #MGrahamwatercolors, #middleofthenight, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Santa Claus, watercolor, Zig Wink of Luna pen
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Strawberry Garden Fairy Ornament
He started as an ornament, but became a kitchen fairy! He hung with the garlic and pots and pans in her Laguna kitchen. My mom always had a flair for make believe, a belief in the little people and magic… … Continue reading
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Tagged #christmasornament, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Gardenfairy, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, strawberry, watercolor
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Santa’s Drunken Elf
My mom had this drunken elf for many years after I left home.. He has a list of who’s naughty and nice, but you get the feeling that the drink has kept him from reporting this to Santa! To hear … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Santa Claus, Santa's Elf, watercolor
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Bright Ideas, Picked it Up Again!
In 2016 I made a commitment to finishing off wayward abandoned journals. I’ve made great headway in that, with only a couple to go. The Bright Ideas Journal isn’t one of them, Though I picked it up again (found it … Continue reading
Happy Solstice!
Happy Solstice! I’m ready for the shift in light! ☾ ☾ ☾ ☾ ☾ ☾ ☾ ☾ ☾ ☾ ☾ ☾ To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook! ☾ ©D. Katie Powell. My images/blog posts may be reposted; please … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, gods and goddesses, journal, memory, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, watercolor
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Singing Polish Girl
Another ornament from my college days is the small singing Polish girl made from a gourd… She is delightful, her expression perfect! And from that same time, A Lotta Love…. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, memory, painting, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #christmasornament, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, watercolor
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Found: Recipe pages!
I am thankfully finishing up a few journals — and I found a couple of images I’ve not posted! I used to create recipe pages for fun which I used on my foodies blog (which I’ve not been posting too … Continue reading
Holiday Twinkle Lights
Lights are important to us! We grew up in Southern California, where there are more daylight hours and more sun. Portland is a darker climate (8+ hours of light now), and we look for cheer on grey days! We usually … Continue reading
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Tagged #bluecrabs, #crab, #crabs, #Hahnemühle, #holidaylights, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #palmtrees, #twinklelights, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, flamingo, flamingos, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, palm, palm trees, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, shell, shells, watercolor
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VSW: Gardens by the Bay Singapore
December we had two choices in the Virtual Sketchwalk group *though this group goes rogue regularly 🙂 but the rules of the group are “as long as it is drawn from a photograph”* and one of them were the Gardens … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #ferriswheel, #GardensbytheBay, #PilotMetropolitan, architecture, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Sennelier, Singapore, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Holiday Gifts
My mom uses heating pads, and has one she’s practically worn out with lavender and I’m not sure what in it. I wanted to make her a new one, and also made her some to give to friends. I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged #christmasgifts, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Holbein, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, watercolor
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Inking Striped Shirts
Seeing them hanging to dry I had to try the stripey lines! What fun! Drawn with an inked Pentel Aquash! All of a sudden there is a hubbub about putting inks in waterbrushes… They sell inked waterbrushes (Pentel and Wink … Continue reading
More Posies and Writing
Cheryl shared this and it stuck in my head. My passions are journaling, painting, reading autobiographies and Buddhism, ditzing with Mitchell, and playing with the kittens. NOT necessarily in that order, though if I had to choose between writing or … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #passion, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, posies, Primatek, Sennelier, watercolor
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Bears
I love handmade ornaments. I bought many of them at Ashland craft fairs back when Ashland was a friendly sleepy little town. This sweet Momma Bear and Baby Bear is made of dough. I added the starry night… To hear … Continue reading
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Tagged #christmasornament, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, bear, Christmas ornament, Da Vinci Watercolors, Jinhao, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, stars, watercolor
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Finished Fabriano Journal
I’ve not liked the A4 Fabriano Journal. On the upside, the company was responsive to my issues. They sent me replacements, but I think the paper is just not up to snuff. It pills easily, and the color sits on … Continue reading
Mimi’s Cactus
It is the time of the year when my grandma’s cactus blooms. The Fabriano paper was doing its weirdness; I added other colors to the mix and saved the background! “To fully inhabit grief is to hold the contradictions of … Continue reading
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Tagged #christmascactus, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #gouletnib, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #thanksgivingcactus, art journal, cactus, Christmas cactus, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, flower, Holbein, Platinum Carbon pen
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D.Katie Powell Art 