Category Archives: journal

In Your Pocket: Anniversary of Meeting my Soulmate

Posted on May 9, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

Happy Anniversary Loverman!  Bring on the vacation!          I am now agreeing to the  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which you can learn more about by visiting the site, or, visit my web page for a more user-friendly summary on my … Continue reading →

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Mug of Hope: Mix-it Monthly Challenge

Posted on May 3, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

Pia Rom’s prompt this month for her challenge grabbed me immediately, though the colors for this month are not me at all!  We collect coffee mugs!  Mitchell and I have names for them — Our Happy Mug (white roosters stamped … Continue reading →

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Y is for Yellow: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 29, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

Gee, can’t I just use the yellow from yesterday’s post? No? Okay, timed stream of consciousness writing begins . . . When I was twelve my favorite color was pure lemon yellow.  I was a tanned beach girl so I … Continue reading →

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Process: Sunday Palms!

Posted on April 28, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

Working on mastering this medium enough that I can move away from realism and make art that moves me. Today I finally just moved away — playing with palm trees and deep color and texture. I experimented with watercolor graphite, … Continue reading →

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W is for Willendorf: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 26, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

I am reblogging my post from zenkatwrites, my other blogging identity, with changes: I am entranced by this small figurine, known as the Venus of Willendorf.  I began drawing and painting her twenty years ago.  I saw her in a … Continue reading →

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Journal: Trip to Southern Oregon

Posted on April 25, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

We have a guy that is our beloved pal, and he is getting old.  He is driving us nuts, because he somehow thinks that he has earned the right to boss us, and have everything the way he wants it.  … Continue reading →

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S is for Little Folded Sketchbook: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 22, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

 Cathy Johnson is a wonderful source of classes and inspiration. She is part of the Artist Journal Workshop: “28 ARTISTS & JOURNALISTS their work and words, interviews, blogs, images, hints, tips, websites and more…” And product reviews.  Saved me money! … Continue reading →

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Prayer Flags in the Wind

Posted on April 18, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

Originally posted on zenkatwrites. Prayer flags begin as we do, bright colors, full of the promise, like wishes on a dandelion. People notice them, cheered by their vibrancy. They oh-so-quickly fade, and begin to tatter here and there. Many people … Continue reading →

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In the Garden: Memory

Posted on April 13, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

(I can see the difference in my second nasturtium, much looser. . .  and I like this background.) I was feeling blue.  I was also so disappointed because Daniel Smith did not get my paints to me for our time … Continue reading →

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J is for Art Journal: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 11, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

I had to make a change.  Running and working in our business means I don’t have the time to set up for painting at an easel and painting with acrylics, which in my case means canvases and 4 oz tubs … Continue reading →

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D is for Drawing Pens: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 4, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

My favorite drawing pens are Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens, shown right as the top three pens with their caps off.  I love them because they are wonderfully waterproofed India ink, and work best of all the pens on shellacked … Continue reading →

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B is for Brush Pens! A-to-A Challenge

Posted on April 2, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

I am just learning to use brush pens, as I move to smaller formats and water colors to work my artistic ways.   Brush pens are these super devices where the water is carried in  tube which attaches to the watercolor … Continue reading →

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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 →

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A Very Cool Journal Company Here In Portland

Posted on March 20, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

I am promoting a very cool, very GREEN business here in Portland Oregon, Ex Libris Anonymous.  They take old books that are beyond reselling status that have good hardcovers, and turn them into wonderful writing or sketching journals! From their … Continue reading →

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Emotional Art: Images as a Dream

Posted on March 7, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

A moonth stretches out in front of me, 1994.  My former husband is in South America, screwing a woman he met there on the pretense of traveling with a male friend, my friend too.  (No longer my friend too.)  The … Continue reading →

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PROCESS: Patrick in my Art, or Detox Series 1995

Posted on March 4, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

In 1995 I was painting a hundred hearts, and in the middle of that series, my brother Patrick called from Seattle with hiccups that would not end, terrified, and said he was on his way to my house, hundreds of … Continue reading →

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Weeping Buddha, or as I like to think of him, Compassionate Buddha

Posted on March 2, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

The Buddha statue made by young monks in Indonesia and Vietnam touched me when I first saw one at a retreat, and has been on my altar ever since.   He is now known popularly as “weeping Buddha,’ but I … Continue reading →

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#29faces: The Worst Cold in History and I Painted Buddha

Posted on February 27, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

I’ve had the worst cold in history.  This cold virus should be packaged as a weapon.  After the first two days, going stark mad with boredom but having trouble standing due to dizziness, I finally got my wits about me … Continue reading →

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