Category Archives: drawing

VSW: New Caledonia Pier

Posted on September 28, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

The Virtual Sketchwalk group on Facebook is exploring New Caledonia this month with wonderful images from Aniko Szedlak (pic below)! They are a balm to this beach-loving gurl’s soul. I am so oriented around linework, but wanted to try a … Continue reading →

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VSW: New Caledonia Sunset

Posted on September 23, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

The Virtual Sketchwalk group on Facebook is exploring New Caledonia this month with wonderful images from Aniko Szedlak! They are a balm to this beach-loving gurl’s soul. Because this process had so much waiting time, I decided to image the … Continue reading →

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VSW: Echinacea Field

Posted on September 21, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

Dreaming of Monet… I saw an image of a field of echinacea in many colors and had to try to paint it — so cheery! I did not have the image to look at, from memory. Lots of artfully placed … Continue reading →

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Inky Thots: Birmingham Kentucky Bluegrass

Posted on September 19, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

Above, Kentucky Bluegrass ink on two different watercolor papers; right, in a Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook. Writing samples on a Post-it and on fountain-pen friendly paper in my Moo Journal, below Birmingham Kentucky Bluegrass ink is from the Crisp Formula ink … Continue reading →

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Doodling, Drawing, Whatever

Posted on September 15, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

I draw whatever is in front of me while I am listening to just about anything. When I was listening to my brother talk about being on his way home from the hospital (no one called me to say he … Continue reading →

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Tools: Updated M.Graham Palette

Posted on September 15, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

Recently I reorganized my palettes, and the M.Graham was moved into a smaller Schminke palette. I still find MG watercolors a bit stinky, but remember I returned the following pigments out of my palette and that stopped the headaches: Sap … Continue reading →

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VSW: New Caledonia Palms

Posted on September 12, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

The Virtual Sketchwalk group on Facebook is exploring New Caledonia this month with wonderful images from Aniko Szedlak (pic below)! They are a balm to this beach-loving gurl’s soul. I did a very fast sketch because I was showing a … Continue reading →

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Portraits

Posted on September 7, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

I am not a portrait artist so this was a huge stretch for me — A wedding present (only a few years late) for two people we love. I like this one a lot. Details — click to make these … Continue reading →

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Dieting… Ugh

Posted on September 5, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

I hate dieting but I need to do something because I have to lose some weight. I decided to try something with a tiny A6 Hahnemühle Toned Watercolour Book. Each night I draw my food… So far I am just … Continue reading →

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Wildflower Sketchbook Workshop

Posted on August 30, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

While I was sick I took the Wild Flower Sketchbook Explosion (workshop) with Lucia Leyfield (she goes by the name Wild Ink). I had a lot of fun, and the price (around $20 US) is good for the class. I … Continue reading →

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Gibbs Reclining, a Masterpiece

Posted on August 28, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

HA HA HA HAHAHAAAA! I don’t know what we’d do without the cats for laughs… Tough pose, finally tackled it, not liking it… Good practice but yeows, I need to do this again… foreshortened legs, all so very wrong! To … Continue reading →

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Ancho Chili

Posted on August 27, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

. Ink Painting with Birmingham inks (Black Olive and Ancho Chili) and Robert Oster inks (Red Candy)… A meditation on a dried chili! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory … Continue reading →

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Sunflower

Posted on August 25, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

Sometimes I just want to leave the ink drawings as they are. Sexy Lines. Thank you Tracey… still missing you today. My favorite flower, joyfully following the light! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out … Continue reading →

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Wisteria Streets

Posted on August 24, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

I see wisterias in Portland sometimes, but not like I used to see them in Southern California — streets lined with them all over the older parts of Los Angeles and San Fernando, so old they created purple and green … Continue reading →

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Frank

Posted on August 20, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

I had two images from which to refer while sketching this softly grey-brown long-hair cat. (See one below, along with my first sketch of Frank done in 2014 — I’ve learned a LOT!) Frank’s eyes came out bit too blue, … Continue reading →

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30 Posies: Cynthia’s Sedum, Redo

Posted on August 19, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

I gave this image another go — see below for the first rough sketches in a Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook. Cynthia shares her gorgeous garden images all the time, and lets me sketch from her flowers. This image unstuck me, and … Continue reading →

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Dieting…. Argh!

Posted on August 18, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

I hate how easily my body puts on weight, and how slowly it takes it off, slower than slow, slower than anyone I know! Two weeks in bed and I put on about 10 lbs, which will take me a … Continue reading →

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30 Posies: Yellow Daisies

Posted on August 16, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

Maybe these are Black-eyed Susans? I liked the image of the sunny daisies! Started with a good line drawing…. Background and first layers… Final touches. Okay, the leaves bother me but here I am dealing with the paper in this … Continue reading →