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Beaded Palms and a Tiger!
This began because I was blocked. The stress and worry over what is happening in the USA was keeping me from sleeping, and also pushed my sketching and art creativity out the window. Hand sewing is a meditation. Slow-stitching my … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #beadedart, #beading, #beads, #beadwork, #dragonflies, #helpercats, #middleofthenight, #palms, #palmtrees, #recycling, #savingtrash, #seedbeads, #Siamesecat, #slowstitch, #tiger, art, beadedtiger, miniquilt, palms
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USk: Playing Hookie
The stresses have been getting to us. But not so the cats… and yet they loved that we spent a day watching movies and yes, I tried to draw them and asked that they hold still for a moment but they … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
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Tools: Watercolor Palettes, Updated
There is not much I buy that thrills me like a new paint color to play with! To those who say “true artists” mix colors and have a simple palette of 3 cool primaries, 3 warm primaries, + white, I … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, creativity, drawing, journal, painting, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #handpaint, #holbeinwatercolors, #jasperstardust, #MGrahamwatercolors, #munsellsystem, #schminkeHoradamWatercolors, #schminkesupergranulating, #sennelierwatercolors, #travelpalette, watercolor
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Pussycootis, a Friend’s Cat
I sketched this for my friend from an image he posted, because he loves Pussycootis and the image was compelling! Simple line drawing in a EF Platinum Carbon (waterproof) ink, followed by adding pale greys and brown in diluted brown … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #catantics, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #greytabby, #greytabbycat, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #tabby, #tabbycat, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks
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Gibbs: All About the Food
Gibbs is all about the food! It wasn’t always this way, but Gibbs had a incident with Midazolam, a drug often used for sedation which led to personality changes. (See the article on various drugs for cats and humans — … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pencil, portrait, virtual sketching, watercolor
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Two Wonderful Videos
I enjoyed them — they speak of another time, and in my opinion, a gentler, more exciting and friendlier time in our country. .
VSW: Palms is Where I Wanna Be
On the last day of one of the worst years, 2024, I looked to a Virtual Sketchwalk palm-tree-and-beach image from Vietnam to lift my spirits, and said prayers, partly because I knew where our country was headed in 2025. I … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #beach, #danielsmithwatercolors, #deatramentisdocumentink, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #holbeinwatercolors, #lovethestub, #ocean, #palmtrees, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sennelierwatercolors, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, #vietnam, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk
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Izzee Keeps me Company
Izzee is always a happy gurl when she can sit close and watch me sketch. Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Platinum Japanese Art Pocket Brush Pen, Platinum Carbon pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges, De Atramentis Document Urban Grey ink in … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #brothersistercats, #catantics, #greytabby, #greytabbycat, #greytabbykitten, #greywhitetabbycats, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #Izzee, #platinumbrushpen, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #shopcat, #studiocat, #studiocats, #tabby, #tabbycat, #urbansketching, #waterproofinks
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USk: Dogwood Blossoms
The only thing good about my trip to the dentist were the Dogwoods in bloom. Pink and white blossoms everywhere, and this year the blossoms are heavy in the trees. They remind me of trips to visit Mimi and Pa … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, creativity, direct watercolor, drawing, gouache, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, waterbrush, watercolor, writing
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USk: Cherry Blossoms Alphabet District
My trip to New Seasons yesterday was glorious with the pink and white and yellow blossoms everywhere… Cherry and dogwood (just starting) and forsythia and dandelions and daffodils and those teeny white flowers in the grass! I took a moment … Continue reading
VSW: Vietnam End of 2024
I used my A4 Hahnemühle 100# Cotton Watercolour Book which I rarely use, because I prefer to work in the A5 size. But here I took several photographic images from our Virtual Sketchwalk group, and created a montage: a family … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, landscape, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #beach, #buddha, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #goddess, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolors, #lakshmi, #palmtrees, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sennelierwatercolors, #vietnam, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk
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Yaman the HelperCat
Yaman is his Daddy’s best friend. Where Mitchell is, Yaman is. If I can’t find Mitchell in the studio I look for our panther-cat to be sitting outside a closed door, waiting impatiently to be let in. There is jealousy … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #blackcat, #blackcatsaregoodluck, #catantics, #danielsmithwatercolors, #HahnemuhlePaper, #holbeinwatercolors, #mpfconservation, #panthercat, #Portlandoregon, #sennelierwatercolors, #shopcat, #Siamese, #Siamesecat, #studiocat, #virtualsketching
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How Many Sketchbooks in a Year?
Facebook recently alerted me to 10 years using watercolors in a sketchbook. I had to share that anniversary — it surprised me — and as a result I was asked how many sketchbooks have I gone through in ten years. … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, commentary, gouache, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor
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VSW: Fremantle AU Boys School
From our Virtual Sketchwalk group on Facebook, Fremantle Austrailia; images offered were mostly by Debi Taylor. We do a different place each month! Info from Wikipedia: The Fremantle Boys’ School is a heritage building on the Register of National Estate … Continue reading
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VSW: Two Aussie Birds in Direct Watercolor
From our Virtual Sketchwalk group (on Facebook), Fremantle Austrailia; images offered were mostly by Debi Taylor. We do a different place each month. Pen and ink is my jam… In direct watercolor we use no lines (tho’ I sometimes cheat … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #austrailia, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #fremantleau, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #laughingkookaburra, #nightheron, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk
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VSW: Direct Watercolor of Fremantle Market
From our Virtual Sketchwalk group (on Facebook), Fremantle Austrailia; images offered were mostly by Debi Taylor. We do a different place each month. Direct watercolor is a challenge for me. I love drawing with pen and ink… In direct watercolor … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #austrailia, #danielsmithprimatek, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #fremantleau, #fremantlemarket, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk
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Laguna: Main Beach and the Sixties
Continuing my sketchbook on early memories of moving to Laguna Beach, California. My first summer living in Laguna, Main Beach, above, was one of my haunts, along with Sleepy Hollow and Woods Cove. This was when we lived on Cliff … Continue reading
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D.Katie Powell Art 
How Do I Use My Journals? What Do I Write About?
Facebook recently alerted me to an anniversary of 10 years using watercolors in a sketchbook. As a result a friend asked me how many sketchbooks have I gone through in ten years. After counting, I found it is between 6-8 … Continue reading →