Category Archives: landscape

VSW: Koh Chang Buddha

Posted on April 14, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

One of Aniko’s images posted for the Facebook Virtual Sketchwalk, Of course I had to do this lovely Buddha-in-the-Trees (my naming). An ink-painting, with just a touch of watercolor in the greens. ☾ Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal, Pentel Aquash waterbrushes with … Continue reading →

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VSW: Koh Chang Buddha, 2

Posted on April 11, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Another of the lovely images posted for the Facebook Virtual Sketchwalk, a lovely HUGE Golden Buddha, image shown above tilted as one might have seen it when looking UP! This one I decided to do over shellac, which changes the … Continue reading →

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Making Shellac

Posted on April 10, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Top row, three pieces of artwork with shellac and watercolor or ink! Food grade shellac has been used in past for various foods such as the M&M’s above to keep them from melting (“Melts in your mouth, not in your … Continue reading →

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VSW: Sunflowers South of France

Posted on April 5, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Direct watercolor. No lines, just wet paint. It is really so hard for me not to use lines! It isn’t that I don’t like my linework images — I do. But I also like what happens when I manage not … Continue reading →

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VSW: Washington Irving’s Home NY

Posted on March 11, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook went to upstate New York to paint Washington Irving’s home (the author of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.) From scribbles to watercolor, the finished product didn’t please me; I like the scribbled version better. I … Continue reading →

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VSW: Disaster Sketching the Lyndhurst Mansion

Posted on March 5, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

I wanted to tackle this image from our Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook. This is a lesson in positive critique… I want to paint the light. I’m a novice. Nothing wrong with being a novice… But dang how to paint … Continue reading →

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USk: Falling Snow

Posted on February 28, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

I gave it a shot, painting the snow falling under the light from the window in our studio. Everything was sooo dark, but the falling snow popped. To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my … Continue reading →

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VSW: French Country House

Posted on February 24, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

. Playing on our FaceBook group Virtual Sketchwalk, I loved this image — woudl want to live here in teh South of France! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory … Continue reading →

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VSW: IM Pei, Louvre, France

Posted on November 21, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

This was sketched quickly in waterproof inks. A lot of controversy surrounded the Pyramid in front of the Louvre, by I.M.Pei. I have some of those trepidations myself, but it has grown on me. It was created to allow for … Continue reading →

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VSW: Oysterbeds, France

Posted on November 18, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

I rarely do a piece more than once… But I so loved this image and my first try I did not get the depth of color in my washes. I am here to say, once that happens start over, do … Continue reading →

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VSW: Corbusier in Ronchamp, France

Posted on November 16, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

Had to do one Corbusier, and what a history this architect has with me. This is the Catholic Chapel in Ronchamp, France. Drawing this brought up so many negative memories… maybe I can begin to clear them out by getting … Continue reading →

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VSW: Berlin Wall, 5, Crayons

Posted on November 13, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

Berlin is our city this month, with contributions from two photographers, Rich Matheson and Eli Weisz. (Note: For regular followers, I have been busy working on our business website and then got the flu… Dastardly flu bug but I did … Continue reading →

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Street Scene

Posted on October 3, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

I wish I knew where I obtained this image… I know it is a friend’s but I just don’t know whose! Bad on me for not labeling! Direct watercolor, done quickly. ☾ To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, … Continue reading →

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VSW: Rumpler Tropfenwagon, 4

Posted on September 23, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

Berlin is our city this month, with contributions from two photographers, Rich Matheson and Eli Weisz. The Rumpler Tropfenwagon is in the Duetsche Technikmuseum. It was built between 1921-1925, but only 100 were made. The Rumpler Tropfenwagon is SO OFF … Continue reading →

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VSW: Berlin, 4, Tiergarten Again

Posted on September 19, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

Berlin is our city this month, with contributions from two photographers, Rich Matheson and Eli Weisz. I gave the Tiergarten another try, on watercolor paper and taking the whole sketch much more seriously. I got this far and Mitchell begged … Continue reading →

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VSW: Ich Bin Ein Berliner, 3

Posted on September 16, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

Berlin is our city this month, with contributions from two photographers, Rich Matheson and Eli Weisz, though todays image comes from the famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech. I played fast and loose with this sketch using a Sailor Fude … Continue reading →

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VSW: Berlin, 2, Direct Watercolor

Posted on September 12, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

As a lover of inky lines, the class in direct watercolor changed me. I LOVED creating this very fast watercolor by diving in, no planning. I wish I had a bit more foresight about placement, (the image was crowded to … Continue reading →

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USk: Oregon on Fire

Posted on September 10, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

Wildfire season is upon us again. I sketched this quickly in in the studio in hopes I would get the worry and the words out of my system and be able to paint today on actual projects… It looks to … Continue reading →