Category Archives: graphite

T is for Texture: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 23, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

Where would we be without texture? Click on the details and look at the texture, not the color. I am now agreeing to the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which you can learn more about by visiting the … Continue reading →

Posted in acrylic, collage, graphite, handmade paper, painting, pencil | Tagged texture | 4 Comments

L is for Lines: A-to-Z-Challenge

Posted on April 14, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

Not the lines a guy gives you at a bar. Not the ones in the script you read for when you thought you wanted to be a movie star. Doodles are lines. Cartoons are linear. Architects communicate with line drawings. … Continue reading →

Posted in art, drawing, graphite, sketchbook | Tagged earth, ground, lines, stars | 7 Comments

Working With Watercolors in My Journal: Paint Party Friday

Posted on March 28, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

I know that the best way to get over fear-of-watercolor-mistakes is to make a lot of them. So I finally dove into my journals, coloring sketches and moving graphite with water. the sketch above was partly made on-site; then colored … Continue reading →