Category Archives: journal

Ganesha and Matteo Grilli’s Paints

Posted on August 30, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Sometimes I try small handmade paint companies. I took a chance on Aussie painter and paintmaker MatteoGrilliArt handmade paints! and liked his so much I ordered more! LOOK AT THOSE COLORS!!!! Intense pigment, beautiful, not as creamy smooth as a … Continue reading →

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A Change in Posting

Posted on August 28, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

As I move along for the next couple of months my posting habits will change: I have a PAINTING project in our business that is in oil paint. The DAR is commissioning a formal reproduction of the Washington State Flag. … Continue reading →

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Thankful for Cooling Rains and more

Posted on August 22, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Tibetan Windhorse Flags from my donations to Save Tibet organized my gratitude entries this week… nice to be back in my hand-sized journal…. Cooling Rains. I’ve always been a fan of rain, and the heat wave breaking with cool rains … Continue reading →

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The Grace of Ritual

Posted on August 14, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

My gratitude was easier even though it was a tough week. Politics is effecting me, making me so sad. While we try to live in the present, we also look to the future, as Chagdud Rinpoche once said, “with a … Continue reading →

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Art Journal of a High and Low Week

Posted on August 5, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

This was a week of highs and extreme lows. I am glad I started the journaling again last week because sanity prevailed, if for no other reason than I had a page to write in instead of laying it all … Continue reading →

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USk: Yama Sushi

Posted on July 31, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Yama Sushi, named after Yamantaka, apparently! First time was for our anniversary. Discovered just before we found the kitties.  A sign. Amazing sushi, clean, fresh fish, good sushi man, and a woman sushi chef (wow a first!) No more having … Continue reading →

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New Art Journal

Posted on July 29, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I’ve been so busy getting my new website live and cleaning my studio and sorting art *and then that pesky thing, making a living at our business* on top of managin to keep up with World Watercolor Month, that I … Continue reading →

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USk: Cargo Portland

Posted on July 27, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Picking up an old Fabriano Watercolor journal that I really don’t like *but will finish off in some way, like the 100 faces challenge*  I came across an old drawing of the building in the Pearl that originally housed Cargo, … Continue reading →

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Tools: Hahnemühle Carnet de Voyage (Bamboo)

Posted on July 23, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Today I played with the Hahnemühle Carnet de Voyage (the Bamboo Journal). First off, I love the cover!  Hahnemühle uses lovely pieces of art for all their covers, and if I were to use this as an actual journal, after … Continue reading →

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USk: PAG Trip to Monitor

Posted on July 21, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

This shows you how busy I’ve been! April 29th PAG took a field trip to Donovan Harding’s amazing woodworking shop, Monitor Millworks.  He creates doors and windows the way they did them in the late 19th century.  He was kind … Continue reading →

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HBG: Dr. Prull

Posted on July 18, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Lest you think that the saga of the quarantine will be forever, I think this is my last post on the quarantine days. *they are now with us, you know* But really, it is a testimony to the power of … Continue reading →

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HBG: Squirt!

Posted on July 17, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

For most of my life, cats have been deterred and trained with a squirt gun. These two are not succumbing! Yaman loves water… more on that later. Savitri doesn’t like it but she is so tenacious that only a time … Continue reading →

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HBG: Ice Cream Sticks

Posted on July 11, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

The ice-cream-stick game. The only good thing to come from the botched kidney stone surgery! Began with Jai and Kamala, and now the torch has passed to Yaman and Savitri. *sammy looks at the sticks, then at us, as if, … Continue reading →

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HBG: Scary Things!

Posted on July 7, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

It is not nice to be scared but they are so freaking funny when they are… Yamantaka (who I keep calling Charlie, as in, “Listen Charlie…”) was running pell-mell with his new-found freedom in our studio when he came face … Continue reading →

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HBG: The Back Story

Posted on July 6, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I am sure there are hundreds of amazing and honest foster parents in the world, but ours wasn’t one of them.  Because of her lies and antics, our guys cost us roughly a thousand dollars more than they “should” have … Continue reading →

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HBG: Dosha Types

Posted on July 4, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

*btw, that is not a rat… it is he with his head under a roll of cotton trying to find a rattle mouse he thinks went under the roll. Also, this was written when they had not yet come off … Continue reading →

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HBG: Toilet Paper Box

Posted on July 3, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Building a fort for them reminded me of the forts I built as a kid! They are so tiny that we built it out of the toilet paper boxes for the studio… When my mom and I moved into a … Continue reading →

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HBG: Savitri Is So Gurlie!

Posted on July 2, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I can say these are gurlie traits because I am one… You know how women can change their minds? Be unpredictable?  Seem soft but BE hard as nails? That’s Savitri… On the other hand, Yaman wears his heart on his … Continue reading →

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