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Author Archives: D. Katie Powell
Sweetpeas
I was called Sweetpea by my brother growing up; I didn’t see a wild sweetpea until I moved to Oregon, and now they greet me in early summer and sometimes have a second blooming in autumn. I hear my brother … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline masking fluid, floral, flower, Lamy Al-Star, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, QoR, sweetpea, watercolor, wild sweetpeas
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Thursday Doors: Justice Building Front Doors
For Thursday Doors, I am looking at the Washington State Capitol Justice Building interior is more pink-mauve than the Legislative building (see the top shell scroll), and perhaps it is because it was painted at a later date. This detracts … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #thursdaydoors, art journal, circulation, Delta journal, Holbein, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, marble, Platinum Preppy, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Sennelier, Stillman & Birn, Thursday Doors, urban sketchers, Washington State Capitol Justice Building
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VSW: Beach Palm Brazil and One-Liner Wednesday
Skies as expressive as a tropical ocean. Deep calm. Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, De Atramentis Document black ink; Holbein and Daniel Smith watercolors. Photograph by Murilo Romeiro of a beach in Brazil. I started a Facebook group page … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #1linerWeds, #WorldWatercolorMonth, beach, Brazil, De Atramentis Document ink, ink and wash, palm trees, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, virtual sketching, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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VSW: Ucluelet BC
I love this image by Joan Wilson of the Ucluelet in British Columbia. Working on skies and washes, they are so not easy. Challenges the zennie in me; they can be overworked in the blink of an eye! Pentalic Aqua … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, landscape, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, De Atramentis Document ink, grisaille, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, Ucluelet, virtual sketching, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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New Moon 4th of July
HAPPY AND SAFE 4TH TO EVERYONE! It’s that time of year when everyone in the West living near forests and fields worries about fireworks. Crazily, they still allow personal street fireworks as part of a RIGHT as if people’s homes, … Continue reading
USk: Mitchell, Saw, ER Kaiser
Mitchell had a saw buck and a piece of wood went flying yesterday. We are very lucky and thanked KaliMa that it missed his artery in his arm by mere mms! Hit him in the middle of his two eyes … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, journal, memory, pen & ink, portrait, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor, writing
Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, Daniel Smith watercolors, ER, kaiser permanente, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Urban Sketchers, Strathmore journal, urban sketcher, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk
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Tools: Watercolors, 5, Violet and Purple!
Each Sunday this summer I am looking at my paint “collection”: Tools: Watercolors, 1, Yellow-Orange; Tools: Watercolors, 2, Red-Pink Tools: Watercolors, 3, Greens to Yellows Tools: Watercolors, 4, Blues to Greens I hated pink and purple as a girl; I was … Continue reading
July is World Watercolor Month!
Charlie from Doodlewash starting World Watercolor Month to celebrate that which many of us love — WATERCOLORS — and to help benefit kids without access to art supplies. Artists from around the world will be posting their daily efforts on … Continue reading
Come Join Me in Cherished Blogfest 2016!
One month until the Cherished Blogfest arrives! Last year my blogger friends organized the Cherished Blogfest in which we talked about the most cherished objects in our lives, sharing stories, memories, and emotions. I wrote and painted about Buddha Ball (above), which … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, journal, memory
Tagged #cherishedblogfest, Cherished Blogfest
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Sale on Tracey Fletcher King’s Class!
Classes are great if you can takeaway even one thing that you use all the time. Tracey Fletcher King’s class helped me to pop or intensify my watercolors. Beginner to intermediate watercolorists, this is a great class! She is having … Continue reading
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VSW: Hawaii, Oahu 2
Amy Lauren Gettys *thank you* gave us wonderful images to paint, and I had fun in this incredibly busy month putting together the second page in the spread. I haven’t done a collage in ages, and because of my shortened … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, drawing, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged architecture, beach, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hawaii, Holbein, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Macaw flowers, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Oahu, ocean, Pacific Ocean, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, sea turtles, Tiki statue, virtual sketchwalk
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Bright Ideas, Week 9
I sketched these in the Bright Ideas journal, and have begun to pick up whatever color ink I want to use. Rules are meant to be broken! We didn’t have a lot of money but Christmas was always a lot … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook
Tagged Anthurium, art journal, Bright Ideas journal, California pottery, Christmas ornament, compass, De Atramentis Document ink, dogs, grandmother, Hallmark, hand made paper, heart, Lamy Al-Star, meat grinder, Mimi, Platinum Carbon pen, Santa Anita Ware, Santa Claus, White Pitt pen, White Uniball Signo
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Tool: Watercolors, 4, Blues to Greens
Each Sunday this summer I am looking at my paint “collection”: Tools: Watercolors, 1, Yellow-Orange Tools: Watercolors, 2, Red-Pink Tools: Watercolors, 3, Greens to Yellows. I had to make myself purchase blues. I love turquoise blues, and bought Primateks when I … Continue reading
Belated Solstice: Black-eyed Susans
Extremely busy week; all work and almost no painting! An exhausting but good week, we are embarking on a new adventure. I’ll talk about it soon; you will get to see what I do when I am using my painting … Continue reading
TOOLS: De Atramentis Document White Ink
I am very excited about the new De Atramentis Document White ink (DeA hereafter). I use white inks from time to time, mostly in sketching, and have finally found good white ink sketch pens: Faber-Castell PITT artist pen WHITE 101 … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, pen & ink, tools, watercolor
Tagged De Atramentis Document ink, Pitt pens, watercolor, white ink, White Uniball Signo
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Tools: Watercolors, 3, Greens to Yellows
Each Sunday for the next few weeks I am looking at my paint “collection.” In the last weeks: Tools: Watercolors, 1, Yellow-Orange; Tools: Watercolors, 2, Red-Pink One general comment about the greens is MANY of them are based with Phthalocyanine (sounds … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, process, watercolor
Tagged Daniel Smith watercolors, favorite, green, Holbein, opaque, pan paints, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, transparent paint, tube paints, watercolor, yellow-green
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Creative Blocks: What does that Nagging Voice Want?
When I am stuck, I play in color and texture. I see where materials take me without expectation. To have the feeling of blah, no vision, heavy, stupid, dim, is hard on any creative. Especially as being creative — at … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, journal, making a living, memory, process
Tagged child's play, color, creative block, critic, critical voice, materials, play
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Watercolor and Ink Palm Sunset
Just having a bit of fun, playing with Ancient Copper ink OVER washes of watercolor. There is a method to my madness in terms of the experiment… Pentalic Aqua Journal, with a Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Lamy … Continue reading
