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Canal du Midi: 30X30 Direct Watercolor
The month of June is when many watercolorists around the world participate in the 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, … Continue reading
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Sleepy Izzee
Izzee at her most peaceful, asleep on a chair on a fuzzy. Usually she is a force of movement, always investigating, causing trouble, pushing where she doesn’t belong. I would never characterize her a sweet — though she has her … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
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Working Cats
Buzy Izzee cam in to inspect the furniture when it was delivered. She was just a kitten then, curiouser and curiouser! Fun to draw this from the image I took of her, shown bottom. I am not happy with the … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
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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
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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
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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
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Chinese Lion Guard
We get such interesting projects in the studio. These pocket-sized Chinese Lion Guards were beautiful after being cleaned and oiled. I drew her in De Atramentis Document Brown ink. After grisaille work in Lexington Grey ink, I began layering Robert … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Buddha, gods and goddesses, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook
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Got the Blues
Sketching to get out of my depression… I really have the blues! It doesn’t have to be good, just keep the pen moving…. When I’m depressed I struggle with all my images. Cats never seem to get depressed! ☾ To … Continue reading
Thinking, Thinking… Two
Continuing from yesterday’s post… When I am thinking about a larger piece I use my Nostalgie Journal to sketch out ideas… This takes me back to days as an architect when my thinking was done with pen to paper. The … Continue reading
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Cat Fort
We build cat forts for the cats to play in… Elaborate or simple play area that sometimes use their travel carriers, which makes them love their carriers too. Long packing paper is woven through the carriers, and they love the … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #betterthantele, #blackcat, #catfort, #catswhoplay, #catswhowork, #greytabby, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #uskathome, #waterproofinks, #whogivesacrap, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Holbein, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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30X30 Direct Watercolor, Week 4, The End
The month of June is when many watercolorists around the world participate in the 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, challenge, color, flowers, food, furniture, painting
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30X30 Direct Watercolor, Week 3
The month of June is when many watercolorists around the world participate in the 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, … Continue reading
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Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor, #bleedinghearts, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolor, #indianpaintbrush, #jacksonvilleoregon, #MGrahamwatercolors, #Nicolaiview, #ocean, #pacificocean, #pansies, #Portlandoregon, #rainclouds, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #stormyskies, #tractor, #tropical, #watercolourbookcotton, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Primatek, watercolor
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USk: BOOM!
We weren’t at work long when we heard and felt a boom or crack, that is as close to the experience I imagine a bomb going off feels like. It nearly knocked me off my feet. The cats shot out … Continue reading
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Tagged #bomb, #catswhowork, #interiorurbansketching, #nwportland, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #studiocats, #studiosketch, #transformerblew, #urbansketcher, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland, Alphabet District, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, urban sketchers, USk, watercolor
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30X30 Direct Watercolor, Week 2
June is when many watercolorists participate in the “30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge”, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, just straight watercolor. I’m giving it … Continue reading
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30X30 Direct Watercolor, Week 1
The month of June is when many watercolorists around the world particpate in the 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, challenge, color, flowers, food, furniture, painting
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #watercolourbookcotton, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Primatek, watercolor
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D.Katie Powell Art 