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VSW: Basílica de Guadalupe, 2
This leaning portion of the facade of the Basílica de Guadalupe in Mexico city is from an image from Margaret Metcalfe. It was fun to do… ink then watercolor. I also tried this odd reflection and played with it, took … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, color, landscape, painting, sketchbook, timed painting, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, #BasílicadeGuadalupe, #church, #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #mexicanchurch, #mexicocity, #terracota, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, Basílica de Guadalupe, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Mexico City, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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VSW: Basílica de Guadalupe, 1
This month, we are painting the Basílica de Guadalupe in Mexico city, with images from Margaret Metcalfe (and a little help from Google maps). I am also trying, with resistance, the no line work first. I place a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, color, landscape, painting, sketchbook, timed painting, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, #BasílicadeGuadalupe, #church, #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #mexicanchurch, #mexicocity, #terracota, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, Basílica de Guadalupe, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Mexico City, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Painting Without Inking
The 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge started June 1… The idea is to begin to paint directly with no inking and no real pencil work. (I cheat.) If it were not Marc Holmes thang, I might not try it. He is … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, color, creativity, ink painting, journal, painting, portrait, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor, writing
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #virtualsketchwalk, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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VSW: Mexican Church
Growing up, I attended a Mexican mass at the San Juan Capistrano mission church. The shapes of Mexican architecture and the sounds of the language feel like home. The colors are also my colors in our home, warm and bright. … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, color, landscape, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, #church, #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #mexicanchurch, #mexicocity, #terracota, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Mexico City, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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VSW: Diego Rivera’s Museum
From Frida to Diego! Or the place they shared together…. That amazing blue of hers is on her building! Sometimes it is simply better to leave line drawings alone… I liked them and I didn’t take but a couple pics. … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, color, landscape, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #fridakahlo, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #mexicocity, #MGrahamwatercolors, #PilotMetropolitan, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Diego Rivera, M.Graham, Mexico City, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Tools: My Watercolor Journal
So you’ve seen the back of this journal… my Ink Journal! Paints are in the front! I wanted to see all the paints I own and the ones I no longer own! *yesh, i pass on paints i don’t like … Continue reading
Posted in color, painting, process, watercolor
Tagged #colorcharts, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolor, #jazperstardust, #MGrahamwatercolors, #pfeifferart, #sennelierwatercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, DaVinci watercolors, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, M.Graham watercolors, Primatek, watercolor
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VSW: Frida Kahlo’s Museum
This virtual walk is exciting for me because I love the vibrant colors of Mexico! For food, Chinese or Japanese is home; for color and furnishings, it is Mexican or Spanish! I started our walk at Frida Kahlo’s home/studio and … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, color, landscape, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #fridakahlo, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #mexicocity, #MGrahamwatercolors, #PilotMetropolitan, #super5ink, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, M.Graham, Mexico City, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Tools: Ink Journal
In the back of new journals, I make sure I try all inked pens on the new paper. It is the second test I have for inks to see if they are waterproof, the first here. I also get to … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, review, sketchbook
Tagged #diamineink, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #KWZink, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline masking fluid, Hahnemuhle Watercolour Sketchbook, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink
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Hahnemühle Post Cards, Posies
It is such fun to try handmade paints from JazperStardust and PfeifferArt. I played with them in posies on Hahnemühle post cards… I use masking for ease, and to get the white dots at the end… Jazper’s Lapis up against … Continue reading
Hahnemühle Post Cards, 16, Jazper Stardust Hearts
It is such fun to try handmade paints… I ordered just a couple of colors from JazperStar and PfeifferArt. I played with two colors on Hahnemühle post cards… Jazper’s Cortillion is the star, oozing with color! (BTW, if he doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in art, cards, color, ink painting, meditation, pen & ink, watercolor
Tagged #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #handmadepaints, #handmadewatercolors, #jazperstardust, #perfectred, #pfeifferart, #star, #texasstar, #valentines, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Hahnemühle Postcards, heart, hearts, lovers
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Tools: Travel Palette, Three
Part 3, on other palettes and changing brands! Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… Okay, remember when I said that I was going to stick with December’s travel palette? I lied… I’ve changed it up twice and think … Continue reading
Posted in color, review, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, palette, Primatek, transparent paint, watercolor
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Pink and Orange Posies
New Nostalgie Journal… at the new moon I played with pen and a wet brush and moved the Nemosine inks around… After they dried I added watercolor to deepen. Made up flowers are posies! I try to do SOMETHING daily! … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #daisies, #diamineink, #Hahnemühle, #hydrangeas, #inkpainting, #Lamy, #PilotMetropolitan, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Diamine Ink, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, Jinhao, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, posies, Primatek, Sennelier, watercolor
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Tools: Studio Palette, Two
Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… After the travel palette sort, and after successfully trading some paints I didn’t want, I began to look at the paints that have ended up on the sidelines, and wondered about my … Continue reading
Posted in color, review, watercolor
Tagged #allthecolors, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #studiopalette, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, palette, Primatek, transparent paint, watercolor
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Tools: My First Schminke Palette
Getting new paints, for an artist, is like being 5-years-old on Christmas morning. It is THAT exciting. You unwrap the paints, ooh and aah, play with each one, and discover everything you can do with each color! My disappointment in … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #schminke, opaque, Primatek, review, Schminke watercolors, transparent paint, watercolor
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Tools: Taking Another Artist’s Palette Advice
Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… An aside… Recently I took the advice of a USk sketcher I admire and bought a series of Holbein’s Antique “IRIDORI” Watercolors pigments… AAACK, bad paints! Be glad if you didn’t buy … Continue reading
Posted in color, creativity, review, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, palette, Primatek, transparent paint, watercolor
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Tools: BIG Changes in My Travel Palette
I’ve been asked about my travel palette and here is the primary palette, though I have others, which I’ll talk about later. I have had this basic palette for two years with the exception of adding Da Vinci’s Rose Dore … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, color, painting, review, sketchcrawl, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, M.Graham watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, Primatek, Sennelier, transparent paint, travel palette, watercolor
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Mimi’s Cactus
It is the time of the year when my grandma’s cactus blooms. The Fabriano paper was doing its weirdness; I added other colors to the mix and saved the background! “To fully inhabit grief is to hold the contradictions of … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, journal, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #christmascactus, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #gouletnib, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #thanksgivingcactus, art journal, cactus, Christmas cactus, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, flower, Holbein, Platinum Carbon pen
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CC’s Sunflower
When I was sick with this cold, I painted things that made me happy. CC had such a cheery image of one of her sunflowers! A huge sunflower with a deep brown center… To hear about classes, follow me on … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, journal, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #gouletnib, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, flower, Holbein, Jinhao, sunflower, Sunflowers
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D.Katie Powell Art 