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Pain
It showed up Tuesday morning, pain so bad I could barely move… Seriously, I’ve dealt with pain all my life (dancer injury) But I said to Mitchell, Shoot me NOW!” I had pain killers and muscle relaxers and used them … Continue reading
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VSW: Église Saint Germain l’Auxerrois, Paris
A comparison, direct watercolor versus linework…. I’m struglling with the 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge. I’m doing it because marc Holmes is such an amazing teacher — I learn things from him all the time and his work is so exciting … Continue reading
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Coyote Cries
*warning… sad angry political post* I love coyotes. I love animals period. The feds are going to allow them to be hunted for sport and are even making a game out of it. I wept. I am so over the … Continue reading
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Inky Thots: Robert Oster Jade
From Robert Oster’s website: “My great interest in fountain pen inks – and by extension inks that combine many creative applications – began with the birth of my love of fountain pens in 1989. The contents and packaging of my … Continue reading
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Inky Thots: Sharing My Enthusiasm
This year I fell in love with ink painting. I’ve painted with inks for a time, and moved them about with water, but this year my heart really flipped over inks. Years ago I began with a swatch book of … Continue reading
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Memorial Weekend
The bliss of having several days unplugged from the business: The ability to do a personal check-in with my psyche. It is hard to process tragedies when you are swamped at work. To sleep in — Omi, so nice, and … Continue reading
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VSW: Paris Street
Paris walk in Virtual Sketchwalk… this image from Joyce Harbin Cole. As I remember Paris, colorful and crowded in an intimate way. Ink painting… I am loving using inks in my sketchbook! Quick, not thinking too much, middle-of-the-night. To hear … Continue reading
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VSW: Centre Georges Pompidou
Paris walk in Virtual Sketchwalk… this image from Joyce Harbin Cole. I saw the Centre Pompidou just after it opened. Parisians were protesting the building, calling it ugly, but also protesting that they had moved many small museums into this … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Hari-Fred-Gibbs Hurts: Versed/Midazolam
Gibbs was limping. When you see the way the cats tear around playing it isn’t such an odd thought… BUT, he also has put on weight (he is going ot be a BIG cat) and worse, he was moving stiffly. … Continue reading
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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
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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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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
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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
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D.Katie Powell Art 