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WWM: Day 10, VSW Rockport Sailboat
I sketched the sailboat in ink and added shadow in waterproof grey ink. I’m not a person who can ever be in a boat for more than a few moments — I get deadly motion sickness! I love their shape … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, landscape, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #middleofthenight, #rockportmaine, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, bay, Holbein, Primatek, sailboat, Sennelier, trees, watercolor
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WWM: Day 9 Moms Stuff, Pelican
I love this pelican. More than most objects of mom, this and the whale (which someone in her building STOLE while we were packing) will be the best of my mom and I. She loved the ocean, we moved there … Continue reading
WWM: Day 8, VSW Rockport
Thanks to Tom Brudzinski for the great images from which to sketch! Today I tackled a sweet image of a walkway to a home with many flowering plants. Almost all of these sketches are a wonderful escape to unwind after … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, landscape, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #gouletnib, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #middleofthenight, #rockportmaine, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, house, Jinhao, neighborhood, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, trees, watercolor
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My Sketchbook Project Is LIVE and Touring!
My entry into the Sketchbook Project is live online at the Brooklyn Art Gallery! Their scanning leaves a little to be desired (they left out pages and scrunched pages) so I published it again, below. It is touring the country … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #dolphin, #holbeinwatercolor, #middleofthenight, #octopus, #polarbear, #politicalaction, #porpoise, #saveourocean, #seaurchin, #sketchbookproject, #skinnydipping, #takeaction, #underwater, #waves, fear, Fineline masking fluid, garibaldi, Holbein, Hope, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, polar bear, political art, sea urchin, Sketchbook Project, starfish, watercolor, whales
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WWM: Day 7 Firework
I did this to commemorate our 4th of July — I do one every year. Ours is a unique night, and often includes a night or two before. This is because we conserve institutional and private antiquities for a living; … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, painting, pen & ink, process, recipe, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #4thjuly, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleDSSketchbook, #middleofthenight, #recipepainting, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, fireworks, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, watercolor
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WWM: Day 6 Crazy Quilts
Finally moved from the postcards to the Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal and got serious about these quilt studies. Seems I love painting them! Maybe I’ll do many squares to sell! This one didn’t turn out quite as well as I’d liked… … Continue reading
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Tagged #crazyquilt, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #deatramentisink, #diamineink, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #PilotMetropolitan, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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WWM: Day 5, VSW Rockport
Thanks to Tom Brudzinski for the great images for us to sketch with; First up was a great image of a bay with boats moored at a small dock. As I move along, I’ll put all my images here with … Continue reading
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Tagged #gouletnib, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #middleofthenight, #rockportmaine, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, bay, boats, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Jinhao, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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WWM: Day 3 Crowe Estate Highboy
Lately I’ve been sketching design motifs in the studio; Mason Monterey is one of my favorite decorative lines and I rarely paint them! This estate of historic Mason Monterey is for sale by MPF Conservation. The sketches are from the … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournaling, #davinciwatercolors, #deatramentisdocumentink, #decorativeobjects, #HahnemühleDSSketchbook, #inkpainting, #masonmonterey, #montereyfurniture, #mpfconservation, #paintedfurniture, #penandink, #WorldWatercolorMonth, flower, MPF Conservation
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Trip to Southern Oregon
During the trip from Portland to Southern Oregon down the I-5 corridor I sketched. I’d made a small folding journal from some grey arches paper for the trip. Never at the last minute before a trip take to gluing your … Continue reading
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Tagged #archespaper, #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #foldingjournal, #freewaysketching, #handmadefoldingjournal, #I5corridor, #middleofthenight, #sketchingduringdrive, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingoregon, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, USk, watercolor
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Direct Watercolor Sunflower in DS Hahnemühle
Okay, done a non-line sunflower… but it is missing sumthin’. LINES!!!! I love lines, sexy lines, fluid lines, free-wheeling lines. Much better now…. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is … Continue reading
Mom’s Stuff
Mother-daughter relationships can be difficult. I love my mom AND ours is a difficult relationship. It is much more common than most are willing to admit. Mom has been moved to a Memory Care Facility this week… She only stepped … Continue reading
Pink Posies on both Hahnemühle Post Cards
Loving the options of the two types of Hahnemühle Post Cards! Cold pressed on the left, above, and rough on the right. I found a way in to painting without line-work through a fellow painter, Tom Brudzinski… His is more … Continue reading
Posted in cards, creativity, drawing, painting, review, watercolor
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, #davinciwatercolors, #HahnemühlePostCards, #pinkflowers, flowers, pink, posies, watercolor
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Tools: New Cold Press Hahnemühle Post Cards
Loving Hahnemühle Post Cards as I do, I am thrilled to have the cold pressed option! Fabulous! Perfect! I am in love!! When I started with the first batch of post cards, highly textural, I loved the size/shape but struggled … Continue reading
Posted in cards, creativity, drawing, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, review, tools, watercolor
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, #davinciwatercolors, #HahnemühlePostCards, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, flowers, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, review, Sunflowers, Super5 ink, 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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Sketching for Presentations: French Sofa
More design sketches for our client, the owner of the Louis XVI Settee. Silk bolsters for the arms, with flirty tassel-dangly-bobs. French knotted India silk creating scrunchy pillows for the back. The entire sketch… You may remember that the LouisXVI … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, furniture, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #designdrawings, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #houles, #janetyonaty, #Lamy, #LouisXVI, #middleofthenight, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, designer, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, furniture, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, MPF Conservation, Passementerie, pillows, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, settee, silk, sofa, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Curry is Magic
A good meal feels like it can solve anything. Or maybe it is just the cooking and the smell of curry filling the house. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory … Continue reading
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Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #deatramentisink, #diamineink, #foodillustration, #HahnemühleDSSketchbook, #Lamy, #PilotMetropolitan, #recipepainting, #robertosterink, Hahnemühle D & S Sketchbook, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy LX
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USk: Walk in NW Portland
Late Spring walk in NW Portland; people are gardening! Passion-flowers, late daffys, lavender… seem a bit confused as we are having such strange weather! Had mom on my mind… Loving the Platinum Lavender Black ink, black with a touch of … Continue reading
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Tagged #HahnemühleDSSketchbook, #lavender, #PilotMetropolitan, #platinumlavenderink, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland, #uskportland, Hahnemühle D & S Sketchbook, passionflower
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Sketching for Presentations: Pair of Louies
I created design sketches from images and samples, so that we could better talk with our client about ideas for her sofa pillows. These are fancy pillows and the colors are lovely rusty jewel tones with touches of green and … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #designdrawings, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #Lamy, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, designer, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, MPF Conservation, pillows, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, settee, sofa, Super5 ink, watercolor
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