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Tools: Watercolor Palettes, Updated
There is not much I buy that thrills me like a new paint color to play with! To those who say “true artists” mix colors and have a simple palette of 3 cool primaries, 3 warm primaries, + white, I … Continue reading
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Tools: New Watercolor, a Test Palette
I’ve been a little depressed lately, some for “good” reasons but some because I-don’t-know. The world has gone mad, and I’ve been journaling about it to get to the truth of it. I think talking about it helps others and … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #holbeinwatercolors, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #travelpalette, #watercolorpalettes, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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TWSBI Eco Fountain Pen Review
I LOVE TWSBI Ecos. Well made, good price point, and they hold a lot of ink. They are my go-to sketching pens, and the only pens where I have all the variations inked up. (See bottom.) The when the two … Continue reading
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Tagged #newpenday, #NPD, #twsbieco, #twsbiecoreview, #twsbinewcolors, #TWSBIreview
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Seehof Castle: 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
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, challenge, color, flowers, food, furniture, painting
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolor, #holbeinwatercolors, #pacificnorthwestartist, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #watercolourbookcotton
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Seehof Bamberg Poppies: 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
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, challenge, color, flowers, food, furniture, painting
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolor, #holbeinwatercolors, #pacificnorthwestartist, #poppy, #redpoppies, #seehoffbamberg, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #watercolourbookcotton
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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
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, challenge, color, flowers, food, furniture, painting
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolors, #landscapeartclub, #MGrahamwatercolors, #pacificnorthwestartist, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #watercolourbookcotton
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Making Shellac
Top row, three pieces of artwork with shellac and watercolor or ink! Food grade shellac has been used in past for various foods such as the M&M’s above to keep them from melting (“Melts in your mouth, not in your … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, Buddha, color, gods and goddesses, ink painting, landscape, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, waterbrush
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #makingshellac, #pacificnorthwestartist, #paintwithshellac, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #portlandoregonartist, #shellac, #shellaconpaper, #sketchbookcotton, #watercolors, #waterproofinks, buddha
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VSW: Washington Irving’s Home NY
Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook went to upstate New York to paint Washington Irving’s home (the author of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.) From scribbles to watercolor, the finished product didn’t please me; I like the scribbled version better. I … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, color, drawing, ink painting, journal, landscape, painting, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithprimateks, #Hahnemühle, #holbeinwatercolors, #LegendofSleepyHollow, #middleofthenight, #paintinglight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #primatekwatercolor, #schminkeHoradamWatercolors, #schminkesupergranulating, #upstatenewyork, #virtualsketch, #WashingtonIrving, #watercolorjournal, #watercolourbookcotton, art journal, daniel smith primateks, Daniel Smith watercolors, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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VSW: Christmas Tree Montpellier
From the Virtual Sketchwalk group on Facebook, We walked Montpellier, France, and in one of the malls was this Christmas Tree many stories high. So festive and lively, I tried it two different ways. I don’t know what the gold … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #christmastree, #france, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #montpellier, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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VSW: Disaster Sketching the Lyndhurst Mansion
I wanted to tackle this image from our Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook. This is a lesson in positive critique… I want to paint the light. I’m a novice. Nothing wrong with being a novice… But dang how to paint … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, color, drawing, ink painting, journal, landscape, painting, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithprimateks, #Hahnemühle, #holbeinwatercolors, #LyndhurstMansion, #middleofthenight, #paintinglight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #primatekwatercolor, #schminkeHoradamWatercolors, #schminkesupergranulating, #upstatenewyork, #virtualsketch, #watercolorjournal, #watercolourbookcotton, art journal, daniel smith primateks, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lyndhurst Mansion, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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Kill Winter With Orange!
“Kill Winter With Orange is an winter tradition that’s been happening for many years! I love it because I love ORANGE! I penned the inks below with a dip pen: Birmingham inks are not usually feathering inks but WOW Relative … Continue reading
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D.Katie Powell Art 