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SoCS: Posies!
I journal and do morning stream of consciousness exercises, and I’m again participating in Linda Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday. I write to a timer, 15-20 minutes, no editing except spelling, and of course I add my art! You … Continue reading
Patrick’s Yahrzeit
Seven Years ago today. I did a tip-in from one of his music books and am thinking that I’d like to do more of these but the paper is so brittle and everything feathers on it… Still, it is interesting … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #babybrother, #Hahnemühle, #labellaluna, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #pilotink, #Yahrzeit, #yamabudo, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Yippee Ki-yo-ki-yay!
This big push is over. All the decorative parts are accounted for and assessed. Yippee Ki-yo-ki-yay! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita Loos, Gentlemen … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, furniture, ink painting, journal, making a living, pen & ink, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #carouselhorses, #Hahnemühle, #jantzenbeachcarousel, #jinhaowithjowonib, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #parkercarousel, #super5ink, #super5inkdarmstadtink, art journal, carousel, horses, Jantzen Beach Carousel, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Parker Ponies
The little Parker Ponies are set on the table as if they racing. I see these wooden horses in movement in my imagination all the time, and what they might have been like in their glory! I’m sitting next to … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching
Tagged #carouselhorses, #cwparkercarousel, #Hahnemühle, #jantzenbeachcarousel, #jinhaowithjowonib, #nostalgiejournal, #parkercarousel, #parkerpony, #super5ink, #super5inkdarmstadtink, #watercolorjournal, art journal, carousel, horses, Jantzen Beach Carousel
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Doe Library Palm
We did some work for UC Berkeley. The Doe Library is one of the most beautiful spaces I’ve seen, and there is a window with the palm through it and it is just like this. Last week was our anniversary … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #doelibrary, #fountainpenrevolution, #Hahnemühle, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #palmtrees, #robertosterink, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, #ucberkeley, #ultraflexnib, anniversary, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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SoCS: Our Country
I journal and do morning stream of consciousness exercises, and I’m again participating in Linda Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday. I write to a timer, 15-20 minutes, no editing except spelling, and of course I add my art! You can … Continue reading
VSW: Sky View
A fantasy overview of conifers next to water… A quick and easy doodle of the trees, a jumble of different colored ink lines. Pentel Aquash waterbrush touching the lines lightly and not overdoing it, letting some white breathe through the … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, landscape, pen & ink, process, waterbrush
Tagged #christmastree, #diamineancientcopperink, #Hahnemühle, #pentelaquash, #PentelAquashWaterBrush, #robertosterink, art journal, lake, ocean, sea, tree, virtual sketchwalk, water
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Peony, Young and Old
From young to old, fading… When the peonies are young they are firm and vibrant. So easy to fall in love with them. When they get older, and begin to fade, I love to watch the lessening of vitality. I … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #lamyalstar, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, flowers, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, peonies, peony, posies, Super5 ink, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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1 Week 100 People, After, I Continue: 73-88
I am SO surprised, but after #1week100people I am choosing to draw more peeps… I’ve just never been interested in sketching people before! AND, I’m intent on finishing my Hahnemühle Cappuccino Sketchbook. So imagine my surprise when Sketchbook Skool’s Danny … Continue reading
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Tagged #1week100people, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #CappuccinoSketchbook, #drawingfaces, #drawwithme, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #lamyalstar, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #robertosterink, #sketchingpeople, #super5inkdarmstadtink, #twsbilove, art journal, Hahnemühle Cappuccino Sketchbook, Lamy Al-Star
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SoCS: Strain
I journal and do morning stream of consciousness exercises, and I’m again participating in Linda Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday. I write to a timer, 15-20 minutes, no editing except spelling, and of course I add my art! You can … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #Hahnemühle, #SoCS, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, strain, Stream of Consciousness Saturday, stress, writing
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New Journal: Healing
I love it when my new journal begins on the New Moon. I start each new journal out with a deity image. What deity symbol could be more appropriate than the symbol for the Great Mother herself, the lovely spiraling … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #deatramentisdocumentink, #diamineink, #Hahnemühle, #inkpainting, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, new moon, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, shell, spiral, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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Tazzie View, Process Ink Painting
*Note: I hit publish by accident, and wouldntyaknowit no spelling errors so ask me if something doesn’t make sense!!!* No time for watercolors and an abundance of new inks led me in a new direction. Some were samples… yummy to … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #diamineink, #diplomataero, #Hahnemühle, #inkpainting, #Lamy, #lamyvista, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Super5 ink, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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Brioche
Ink Painting, my favorite comfort food, BREAD! No better than a brioche! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. “I think … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #brioche, #comfortfoods, #diplomataero, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #lamyvista, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #super5ink, #super5inkaustrailiaink, art journal, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen
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VSW: Notre Dame, 2
I have NO time, and yet want to keep my hand in the game. I am really trying to do fast sketches… no pencil on this one I used a Lamy Al-Star with Robert Oster Graphite ink. I dropped in … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, class, creativity, drawing, ink painting, meditation, pen & ink, process, virtual sketching
Tagged #diamineink, #Hahnemühle, #howtodraw, #howtodrawarchitecture, #iloveparis, #notredamecathedral, #pentelaquash, #PentelAquashWaterBrush, #robertosterink, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Paris, virtual sketchwalk
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VSW: Notre Dame
Many peeps from Virtual Sketchwalk (Facebook group) are having a bit of a nutty right now. It has to do with a Paris walk, and wanting to try Notre Dame, and being a bit overwhelmed! It is a complex building, … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, class, creativity, drawing, ink painting, meditation, pen & ink, process, virtual sketching
Tagged #darmstadtink, #fireengineredink, #Hahnemühle, #howtodraw, #howtodrawarchitecture, #iloveparis, #notredamecathedral, #pentelaquash, #PentelAquashWaterBrush, #robertosterink, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Paris, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk
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Gratitude Tulips Mitchell
I have a Jinhao that came with a purchase and the nib was swapped out — Lovely writer with the JOWO nib. Filled it with Super5 Darmstadt, which has never had its own pen. It is now my always-gotta-have-it pen! … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #darmstadtink, #diplomataero, #fireengineredink, #Hahnemühle, #ilovemyhusband, #jinhaowithjowonib, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #super5ink, art journal, gratitude, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Super5 ink, tulips
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Pooh Bear
A page ready for journaling… Sometimes that is all I have time for and that is enough. Bear and friends dispense such wisdom. Love that Melon Tea ink. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #fprhimalayan, #Hahnemühle, #lovethestub, #melonteaink, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Chicken in the Road, Creativity
Many of you saw the oxpecker I inked for the writing prompt, above. Getting my juices flowing again is a godsend. Loving the bold graphics (the architect in me is so happy with black) I turned to an image from … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #diamineink, #diplomataero, #Hahnemühle, #inkpainting, #Lamy, #lamyvista, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Super5 ink, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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D.Katie Powell Art 