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Inktober 18, Turning Point Birthday
Mitchell always celebrates our happenings and events — As do I, never forgetting, finding ways even if money is tight! Cards from the cats (how do they get out to shop?), silly things that make each feel known to the … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, challenge, drawing, ink painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, waterbrush
Tagged #deatramentisdocumentink, #frankfurtink, #Hahnemühle, #inktober, #inktober2018, #karascustompen, #lamyjoy, #middleofthenight, #momentsketchers, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #super5ink, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Sunflowers
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Inktober, 6 Hari-Kitty in Terror Mode
He’s settling in nicely, but gets into terror modes, or tiger modes, where he rips through toys, cats, boxes, and gets into so much trouble… Maybe he is Trouble. Or Terror. We’ve named him then it is not quite sticking. … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, challenge, drawing, ink painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, waterbrush
Tagged #frankfurtink, #Hahnemühle, #inktober, #inktober2018, #jinhaowithgouletnib, #kitten, #middleofthenight, #momentsketchers, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, #super5frankfurtink, #super5ink, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen
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VSW: Flamingos
Love me some Flamingos. Goes very well with that silly meme. If you want to join a virtual sketchwalk, all from pictures, come join us! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, challenge, ink painting, pen & ink, sketchcrawl, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #jherbinink, #middleofthenight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #twsbieco, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, flamingo, Schminke watercolors, virtual sketchwalk
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Chinese Lion Guards
We get such interesting projects in the studio. These pocket-sized Chinese Lion Guards were beautiful after treatment. I drew her in De Atramentis Document Brown ink. After grisaille work in Lexington Grey ink, I began layering watercolors. Posting images taken … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Buddha, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #brownink, #browninksketching, #chineselionstatues, #chinesestatues, #deatramentisdocumentink, #foodogs, #fudogs, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #mpfconservation, carved, Chinese Lion Statues, Chinese statues, De Atramentis Document ink, Fo Dogs, Foo Dogs, Fu dogs, grisaille
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VSW: Florida Trailer Park 2
This sketchwalk of trailer parks in Florida, some of which are now gone, was so much fun to draw! I had so little time but kept coming back, and sketching fast sketches , here adding shadow with diluted Lexington Grey … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, challenge, ink painting, pen & ink, sketchcrawl, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #chevy, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #trailerpark, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, flamingo, grisaille, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Schminke watercolors, virtual sketchwalk
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Sketchpack Project 2018: Pen and Ink, Week 4
This year’s theme: Pen & Ink This year my Sketchpack is to be all inked drawings with a bit of water to move ink color. I almost passed on Di’s challenge but I always have a good time! Making it … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, calligraphy, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, tools
Tagged #akkermanink, #fredfornow, #jherbinink, #kitten, #Lamy, #lamyvista, #monteverdeink, #Moonmanpen, #penandink, #PilotMetropolitan, #platinumcassisink, #platinumcitrusink, #platinumlavenderink, #robertosterink, #Sketchpack, #sketchpackproject, #super5ink, Artsauce, August Challenge, Capetown, De Atramentis Document ink, folded jurnal, Jinhao, Sketchpack Project, tools, TWSBI
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Whale Dream
I turned to speak with her and it appeared she was walking on water. Then I saw them, huge whales just under the surface of the water. They knew her, and were coming to say goodbye. I adore whales, and … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, journal, loss, memory, ritual, watercolor
Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #dream, #HahnemühleDSSketchbook, #savethewhales, #stopusingplastic, #vision, #whale, boycottchinooksalmon
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