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Quick Studies
I haven’t done these kinds of formal studies since college, drawing shapes for buildings in the abstract. BTW, USC taught me nothing about drawing. Ed “Big Daddy” Bowen from Laguna Beach High School drafting classes taught me everything I used … Continue reading
Posted in art, color, drawing, graphite, painting, process, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged color-block, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lyra, negative space, QoR watercolors, shadow, Stillman & Birn, Texas star, water-soluble graphite
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Tools: Ball Point Pens
Playing with my tools in this exploratory, and thinking of Andrea Joseph, I had to also play with the various types of ball-point pens in my stash. Uniballs have been my favorite for so many years, first the older Vision … Continue reading
Posted in Buddha, drawing, pen & ink, sketchbook
Tagged Andrea Joseph, ball-point pen, contour drawing, Pilot, Uniball Vision Elite, weeping buddha, Zebra
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Watercolor Pencils, Ho-Hum
I was challenged to use a tool I have but am not fond of for a week, and to figure out why I never reach for it; mine was watercolor pencils. I have a mess of them that I bought … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, drawing, painting, pencil, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged Caran D'Ache, journal, Neocolor II, sketching, watercolor pencils
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My “Business” Sketchbook: North Entrance Chandeliers
I think these are my last lamps for a while. I’m not sure I want to become Kate-light! To draw this last Tiffany chandelier I could stand and rest my notebook on the marble railing, next to Big George. All … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, drawing, history, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, chandelier, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Lamy Safari pen, MPF Conservation, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, QoR watercolors, quinacridone gold, quinophthalone yellow, Sennelier, Stillman & Birn, Tiffany, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Tiffany Chandeliers Mark Pathways
It is unusual for me to start my sketchbook posts with photographs, but this Tiffany chandelier is simply too beautiful. I did not do them justice! They line the hallways and mark entrances to the various rooms, providing a delicate … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, drawing, furniture, history, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, chandelier, Daniel Smith watercolors, Mason Monterey, MPF Conservation, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, Tiffany, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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My “Business” Sketchbook: AYA Sushi
Aya Sushi sustained us during our days in Olympia. I am a sushi aficionado; I was hooked during university. Aya Sushi is the best sushi I’ve had since Lalaland! I reserved a page in our business sketchbook because we ate … Continue reading
Posted in art, drawing, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Aya Sushi, Olympia restaurants, orchid, Stillman & Birn, Super Washington
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Washington State Campus
Stepped outside at the end of the day while waiting for Mitchell to fetch me, and decided to do a couple of quick sketches of the two main buildings on campus, the Legislative Building (where we are working) and the … Continue reading
My “Business” Sketchbook: Sketching the Senate from the Floor
Like my earlier post on drawing the Senate gallery details, I came around to draw the Senate from a different angle. I sat on the floor of the first entry arch looking up into one of the corners, in order … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, color, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Heart of Darkness, Noodlers ink, Senate, Stillman & Birn, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building, waterproof
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Senate Gallery Details
More drawing challenges in the Washington State Legislative Building. Before I went running around, I asked where I could go with the pass we used to get into the Senate office area. It was nice to sit in the Senate … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, color, drawing, furniture, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, dogwood, egg and dart, oak, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Senate, Sennelier, Stillman & Birn, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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My “Business” Sketchbook: The Rotunda
This week at the Washington State Legislative Building I had a good deal of free time, as it was Mitchell doing the lion’s share of the work on the Senator’s offices. In the middle of a dark downpour, (the building … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, drawing, history, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, chandelier, Daniel Smith watercolors, dome, Noodlers, QoR watercolors, rotunda, Sennelier, Stillman & Birn, Tiffany, Urban Sketchers Portland, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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How to Draw a Perfect Circle
This is so easy, by Dave Hax. Thanks Cathy!
My “Business” Sketchbook: North Entrance Details
More drawings of the North entrance, with beautiful Corinthian columns, the dome with flanking “tomes”, and many details. Sketched onsite, and watercolors added later. The column was drawn looking up from the edge of the East side of the steps. … Continue reading
Weeping Buddha, One
I fell in love with Balinese Buddha when I first saw him. The monks carve them as meditations. Mine has been on my altar for 20 years, and has a beautiful patina from being held. People call him Humble Buddha, … Continue reading
Posted in art, Buddha, creativity, drawing, gods and goddesses, india ink, journal, lojong, meditation, painting, pen & ink, series, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, buddha ball, weeping buddha
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Tiffany Chandeliers South Entrance
The chandeliers are a crowning point in the Washington State Capitol Legislative Building. The architects felt the most important fixtures were those in the north portico, in the rotunda, and in the entry in the south porte cochere, as well … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, drawing, history, journal, making a living, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, bronze, chandelier, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lamy Safari pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, QoR watercolors, Stillman & Birn, Tiffany, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building, water
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Torchére
Mitchell took great images of object details around the Legislative Building, and the torchére caught my eye. Not the same as painting in front of it, but fun nonetheless. I began with a detailed sketch, and almost left it alone, but … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, art journal, color, drawing, furniture, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, elevator, lotus, QoR watercolors, Stillman & Birn, torchére, urban sketcher, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Urban Sketching at Capitol Park
Last Saturday we infilled missing color to the historic shellac. It is one of the few times when Mitchell had time to play a bit more than I did, and he took great images of the details around the Legislative … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, art journal, drawing, journal, painting, sketchbook, urban sketchers, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Capitol Park, Daniel Smith watercolors, QoR watercolors, Stillman & Birn, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, USk, Washington, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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My “Business” Sketchbook: At the Capitol
We’ve been working to the point where I’ve had little time to paint or even sketch, however, we’ve been in a place I wanted to sketch: we’ve been repairing historic shellac on the wainscot of two offices in the Legislative … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, art journal, drawing, furniture, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, bronze statue, carpet design, Daniel Smith watercolors, dogwood, QoR watercolors, rhododendron, Stillman & Birn, urban sketcher, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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75 Day Challenge: 48 To 57
Brenda Swenson has a drawing challenge to draw every day for 75 days. We are supposed to use a black or blue pen, but I know I will not do that one. Still, I play along because challenges are fun … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, Booby Gurl, Buddha, challenge, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, buddha, horses, palm, summer, taxes
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D.Katie Powell Art 