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USk: Mitchell, Saw, ER Kaiser
Mitchell had a saw buck and a piece of wood went flying yesterday. We are very lucky and thanked KaliMa that it missed his artery in his arm by mere mms! Hit him in the middle of his two eyes … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, journal, memory, pen & ink, portrait, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor, writing
Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, Daniel Smith watercolors, ER, kaiser permanente, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Urban Sketchers, Strathmore journal, urban sketcher, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk
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Come Join Me in Cherished Blogfest 2016!
One month until the Cherished Blogfest arrives! Last year my blogger friends organized the Cherished Blogfest in which we talked about the most cherished objects in our lives, sharing stories, memories, and emotions. I wrote and painted about Buddha Ball (above), which … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, journal, memory
Tagged #cherishedblogfest, Cherished Blogfest
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Bright Ideas, Week 9
I sketched these in the Bright Ideas journal, and have begun to pick up whatever color ink I want to use. Rules are meant to be broken! We didn’t have a lot of money but Christmas was always a lot … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook
Tagged Anthurium, art journal, Bright Ideas journal, California pottery, Christmas ornament, compass, De Atramentis Document ink, dogs, grandmother, Hallmark, hand made paper, heart, Lamy Al-Star, meat grinder, Mimi, Platinum Carbon pen, Santa Anita Ware, Santa Claus, White Pitt pen, White Uniball Signo
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Belated Solstice: Black-eyed Susans
Extremely busy week; all work and almost no painting! An exhausting but good week, we are embarking on a new adventure. I’ll talk about it soon; you will get to see what I do when I am using my painting … Continue reading
Creative Blocks: What does that Nagging Voice Want?
When I am stuck, I play in color and texture. I see where materials take me without expectation. To have the feeling of blah, no vision, heavy, stupid, dim, is hard on any creative. Especially as being creative — at … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, journal, making a living, memory, process
Tagged child's play, color, creative block, critic, critical voice, materials, play
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VSW: Hawaii, Oahu Palms
Ink drawing, shadow inks (grisaille), then watercolors. Moleskin 8×11 watercolor journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Lamy Al-Star with De Atramentis Document Black, Noodler’s inks, and Daniel Smith , Holbein, and QoR watercolors. I started a Facebook group page (you must join … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, landscape, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged architecture, beach, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, grisaille, Hawaii, Holbein, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Oahu, ocean, Pacific Ocean, palm trees, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk
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Bright Ideas, Week 7
I sketched these in the Bright Ideas journal. I had to use Freshly Minted Suggestions for the best designed bottle cap opener thangy ever! If you don’t have one of these 50+-year-old gadgets then you haven’t lived. And the memories … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, memory, pen & ink, writing
Tagged AA token, art journal, bottle opener, Bright Ideas journal, cats, compass, De Atramentis Document ink, Dyson vacuum, Eldajon palette, hand made paper, heart, Lamy Al-Star, mala, Marilyn Wold, pepsi-cola bottle, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Oregon, rock, rocks, strawberry huller, Toes, White Pitt pen, White Uniball Signo
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Bright Ideas, Week 6
This week I’ve taken care of business — my jewelry business, as I am hoping to wind it down and close shop this year. (If my readers fall in love, note the 40% off using the code “SPECIAL”. Shameless plug.) … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, Buddha, gods and goddesses, journal, meditation, memory, pen & ink, writing
Tagged art journal, Bright Ideas journal, color, De Atramentis Document ink, Guadalupe, heart, Lamy Al-Star, mala, meditation, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Oregon, prayer, turtle, Virgin Mary
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Thursday Doors: The Doe Library’s Leather Doors
My sketch, above of the unpainted and beautiful doors in the Doe Library. The Doe Library in Berkeley still has the solid redwood doors, covered in thick hides with brass details. We were hired to assess the doors, and explain … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #thursdaydoors, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Doe Library, Holbein, leather doors, Platinum Preppy, Platinum Preppy pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, QoR, Sennelier, Stillman & Birn, urban sketchers
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Bright Ideas, Week 5: Gratitude in Gifting
A tough week; on top of our Kamala being sick, the astrological forces (Mars retrograde or whatever is going on) have conspired to make some of the people in my life complete arseholes. Fortunately, none are very close to me. … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, drawing, gods and goddesses, journal, memory, pen & ink, urban sketchers
Tagged art journal, Bright Ideas journal, De Atramentis Document ink, dragon, dragon tea, Lamy Al-Star, orchid, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Oregon, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, White Pitt pen, White Uniball Signo
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Tough Week
It’s been a tough week. Our little girl got sick, and while we now know it is from her new condition and the meds for hypothyroidism, it was a hard week, staying up all night with her, worried, et all. … Continue reading
National Train Day: Portland Union Station
This is in response to a friend’s request to post for National Train Day! (Go visit him here if you love trains and that will lead you to others who are posting, and the logo also was stolen from him….) … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, drawing, history, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged architecture, Daniel Smith watercolors, details, Fabriano Watercolor journal, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, industrial age, NW Portland, Pearl District, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, train station, trains, Urban Sketchcrawl, urban sketcher, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk
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Bright Ideas, Week 4
I’m concerned about having drawn my mala because after drawing my thirty-year-old basket the handle broke. But maybe after all these years it is time to replace my broken-winged unconventional mala bead with a different bead… Okay, yes, I added … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, gods and goddesses, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook
Tagged art journal, Bright Ideas journal, cats, compass, De Atramentis Document ink, hand made paper, heart, Lamy Al-Star, mala, Marilyn Wold, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Oregon, rocks, Toes, White Pitt pen, White Uniball Signo
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Palms Waves Sand Surf = Home
Longing for home, the one I can’t go back to… It is never the same as when we were kids. An all-class reunion was this week. Part of me would love to have gone, part of me never ever wants … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, memory, watercolor
Tagged beach, De Atramentis Document ink, going home, home, Lamy Al-Star, palm trees, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Sennelier
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Gratitude Journal: Chocolate Bunny
What is it about the power of a chocolate bunny? And more importantly, we’ve had SO many years without them because we stopped eating non-organic sweets! If we are going to fill our bellies with sugar and all means of … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, gods and goddesses, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, caramels, Daniel Smith watercolors, Easter Bunny, Holbein, Moleskin Watercolor journal, non-GMO, organic, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Oregon, spring., sugar, watercolor
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Still Weeping
Missing Govinda Jai so… One week, and I feel sometimes like I am worse now, because I constantly forget he is gone and look for him. ©D. Katie Powell. My images/blog posts may be reposted; please link back to dkatiepowellart.
Posted in art journal, drawing, journal, loss, memory, pencil
Tagged Cat, colored paper, colored pencils, death, Govinda Jai, grief, Kahlil Gibran, loss
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Sketching Memories of our Staycation: Ever Hopeful
I didn’t fill our Staycation sketchbook, so am continuing it with sketches on our days off. Jai is doing better with his IBS (carrageenan in wet cat food), but there are changes that will be with him as long as … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, carrageenan, Cat, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Delta journal, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Hero pen, IBS, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, sick cat, staycation, Stillman & Birn, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Gratitude Journal: Our Winter Traditions
2015 was a pretty horrible year… I’ve heard this from lots of people; maybe it was in the stars? Surgery, bad urologist, fear, pain, stress, craziness, burdens. Not all bad, and some incredible gifts came our way, but a year … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, color, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged architect, art journal, bows, buddha, cups, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, dragonfly, Fiesta Ware, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, growing older, Hero pen, lights, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, Platinum Carbon pen, romantic, snowflakes, Super5 ink
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D.Katie Powell Art 