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Grey Inks: Day Two of One Week 100 People 2020
I’ve always loved greys in their many forms, but grey inks hold a special fascination for me especially as I play with them with a waterbrush. Blue-greys, purple greys, green-greys leaning into muted greyed browns. Grey inks are better than … Continue reading
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Goals for 1 Week 100 People 2020
My first year I hated it and said screw this challenge after one or two days. Last year (third year) I really pushed to do 100 people. I didn’t enjoy it because I hated the push to speed… But I … Continue reading
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Tools: Beauregarde From Birmingham
I wanted this pen for a long time. Stunned by it’s simple beauty and clear drenched color, I waited for over a year. I was not seduced by other pens in similar colors… Then when it became available, I could … Continue reading
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VSW: Pittock Mansion, West Bedroom
What do you do with a really bad drawing in your nice new art journal? I started this on a day of talking and talking and a little sketching with an art friend. We went to the Pittock Mansion to … Continue reading
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VSW: Last of Bellingham
Bellingham city sketched with a Sailor Fude De Mannen Calligraphy Navy Blue Angle 40 Degrees pen with Robert Oster Muddy Water ink. I can’t believe I like the 55-degree fude better! I had a hard time feeling the edges of … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #bellinghamwashington, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #muddywater, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #SailorFudeDeMannen, #sailorfudepens, #virtualsketchwalk, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Perfect Blues
Got the blues…. A bottle of (shimmering) PenBBS #103 Hyacinth Macaw ink leaked… It replicates the color of the beautiful hyacinth macaws perfectly! This glittering ink is Mitchell’s! (Image by Hank Gillette in Wikipedia**.) Got me thinking about my blue … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #blueinks, #Hahnemühle, #hyacinthmacaw, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #penbbs, #robertosterink, #trueblue, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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SoCS: Election
I journal mornings with stream of consciousness exercises, and participate in Linda Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday whenever I have time. I write to a timer, 15-20 minutes, no editing except spelling, and of course I add my art! You … Continue reading
Memory PenBBS
Thomas Blanchard was an online friend. We traded watercolors, pens, and ink, and chatted on two platforms. He knew I wanted this PenBBS and it was no longer available, and was going to sell his to me because that was … Continue reading
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VSW: Whatcom Falls
View of the Whatcom Falls, near Bellingham, WA; from an image on Wikipedia. Sketched with a Sailor Fude De Mannen Calligraphy Bamboo Angle 55 Degrees pen with Robert Oster Muddy Swamp ink. The fude nibs have given me nothing but … Continue reading
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SoCS: Meowr
I journal mornings with stream of consciousness exercises, and participate in Linda Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday whenever I have time. I write to a timer, 15-20 minutes, no editing except spelling, and of course I add my art! You … Continue reading
Morning Coffee
I wanted to be writing a different kind of blog about my artwork “Morning Coffee” today. I sketch about our lives, and especially times with Mitchell and the cats, the best times of the day, cooking, laughing, color, sharing. Mitchell … Continue reading
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Comfort Food
I made the best spicy chicken pot au feau! Mitchell loved it — and I love it in all its incarnations but he loved this one because of the rich beet broth addition. This WILL help heal a cold! BTW, … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #certifiedhumane, #certifiedorganic, #chickensoup, #freshfarmveggies, #Hahnemühle, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #potaufeau, #recipepainting, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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1584 by Hahnemühle, Journal, Review
The new “1584 by Hahnemühle” notebook was sent to me for review by Hahnemühle. I am both a fountain pen user and daily journaler, so this journal was a timely gift! I have been happy with all my paper products … Continue reading
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Purple Lilies
Ink-painting with lovely new ink colors… Nostalgie sketchbook takes watercolor washes well, but sometimes ink washes get bogged down in the paper… Especially inks I have not played with enough to see how they move. Troublemaker Sea Glass (green) is … Continue reading
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VSW: Bellingham, Larrabee State Park
View of the Larrabee State Park, near Bellingham, WA, from a photo by “Complicated” on Flickr. Doodling in keeping my commitment to a sketch a day, with a Conklin Duragraph w/ 1.1 Stub with Super5 Australia ink. This one started … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #bellinghamwashington, #danielsmithwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #lakelarrabeestatepark, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #super5inkaustrailiaink, #virtualsketchwalk, art journal, doodle, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, watercolor
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VSW: Egypt, 4 Giza Sphinx
View of the Sphinx, from a photo by Evalyn Baker. Doodling in keeping my commitment to a sketch a day, with a TWSBI Eco 1.1 with Robert Oster Aussie Brown ink. If you’d like to take our virtual sketchwalks the … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #aussiebrown, #egypt, #gizasphinx, #Hahnemühle, #inkpainting, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #valleyofthekings, #virtualsketchwalk, art journal, doodle, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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VSW: Egypt, 3 River
View of the river banks near the Valley of the Kings, from a photo by Evalyn Baker. If you’d like to take our virtual sketchwalks the images are posted in this closed facebook group — come join us! To hear … Continue reading
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D.Katie Powell Art 