Category Archives: cards

Hahnemühle Post Cards, 14, By the Sea

Posted on February 17, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

More postcards…. I want to find more shells to paint… The sand-dollars are from my brother Patrick when he was living on Pismo Beach. Except this one… from another state altogether! Sending this one off to my mom… She saved … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 13, Palms

Posted on February 14, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

These are my happy place doodles… Not quite California but reminiscent of a less crowded California! I had no idea when I began playing with the Hahnemühle Post Cards that I would love them so much! I wanted to mitigate the … Continue reading →

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YouTangle: Notes for Mitchell

Posted on February 13, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

My favorite thing to do with the Hahnemuhle’s YouTangleart Tiles it to make notes to leave for Mitchell to find: in his calendar, on his computer, on his toothbrush! They are not built for watercolor, but if I clip the … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 14, Hearts for Valentines

Posted on February 11, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Lover’s Day is coming…. I’m practicing my hearts… I find my ideas evolve if I just play, and I loosen up as I play! These are all on Hahnemühle post cards… I started the way all my doodles start… The … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 8, Hydrangeas

Posted on February 1, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Hydrangeas are on my mind; my mom loves them and the post cards cheer her! I made these to send to her. This one was watercolors and Platinum Lavender ink, which runs just a little when touched with water. This … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards: Saying Thank You

Posted on November 3, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I’ve thanked blogging friends before for offering their amazing images for the Virtual Sketchwalk group to draw… but now I have little postcards with which to thank them. Dan Antion‘s Dunkin’ Donut! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook … Continue reading →

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YouTangle, Inktober Review!

Posted on October 15, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I have one regret… I didn’t find these before Inktober! I know why… I’m not an official zen-tangle person so I would not be looking. But I doodle, and these are great for that! These are perfect for Inktober — … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 10, Palms

Posted on September 1, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

A lot to want to ESCAPE from this last couple weeks… Sad angry politics, riots, and my MAC is a lemon and screwed with my reports. So I go to my happy spot… doodling Palm Trees and Daisies and Stars … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 11, Stuff for Friends

Posted on August 26, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

When I wake in the middle of the night I can’t sleep I need something to do… I reach for a Hahnemühle Post Card and a stack of images I keep by the bed… Friends prompt middle-of-the-night postcards… silly comments … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 9, FORGOT

Posted on August 23, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

“For surely you are never forgot!” I’ve been going a bit crazy trying to find the rest of this poem about forget-me-nots. Literally got me out of bed going through books at 2am searching for likely places I’d have it… … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 5

Posted on July 15, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

A second image of Randy’s Gardenia created during the video. Terry Phillips’ Morning Glories climbing her bird feeder, showing a bit of the layering process from ink to finish. Hahnemühle makes a longer post card, which I played with above. … Continue reading →

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Hood River Strawberries

Posted on June 21, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Summertime in Oregon is announced when the Hood Rivers are ripe. They have a burst of the sweetest flavor, and they are gone too quickly! I missed the official Solstice since it came on the 20th this year — But … Continue reading →

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Posies

Posted on May 5, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I can’t get enough of these crazy Hahnemühle Post Cards. I am so swamped with deadlines right now I barely have time to make marks, but I have a stack of these next to my bed in a tin … Continue reading →

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My Lino101 Book

Posted on March 9, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I usually make study books, and this one was made in a little block print book that Tracey gave me — purr-fect for a block print memory of my first dive into the medium! This little book is a wrap-up … Continue reading →

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Lino 101: First Day Out

Posted on March 5, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I am taking Tracey Fletcher King’s Lino Printing 101. Today was my first day to play — I watched the videos through my fuzzy-headed cold/flu thang, and finally gave the carving a go in bed over a tray! Mitchell puts up … Continue reading →

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Hearts + Flowers

Posted on February 14, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Fooling around with cheerful flowers for a handmade card for Mitchell. Doodling while watching British Mysteries… Grabbed some of my shellacked papers to play with, and a dip back into markers and pencils. SPRING IS COMING!!!!!! I swear. Even though … Continue reading →

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Gratitude

Posted on November 24, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

☾ I am also thankful for my blog and the connections it has brought into my life. The wonder of the new and unexpected should be appreciated through new eyes! Have a day filled with Gratitude… ☾ UNKNOWN Watercolor paper … Continue reading →

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Holiday Memories at Hearst Castle

Posted on December 23, 2015 by D. Katie Powell

Our business gets us in the back door to some amazing places. We conserved the Gothic Sofa for the Hearst Castle, near Cambria, California. We visited just before Christmas to see it installed in William Randolph Hearst’s private library (between … Continue reading →