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1 Week 100 People, After, I Continue: 73-88
I am SO surprised, but after #1week100people I am choosing to draw more peeps… I’ve just never been interested in sketching people before! AND, I’m intent on finishing my Hahnemühle Cappuccino Sketchbook. So imagine my surprise when Sketchbook Skool’s Danny … Continue reading
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New Journal: Healing
I love it when my new journal begins on the New Moon. I start each new journal out with a deity image. What deity symbol could be more appropriate than the symbol for the Great Mother herself, the lovely spiraling … Continue reading
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Tazzie View, Process Ink Painting
*Note: I hit publish by accident, and wouldntyaknowit no spelling errors so ask me if something doesn’t make sense!!!* No time for watercolors and an abundance of new inks led me in a new direction. Some were samples… yummy to … Continue reading
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Brioche
Ink Painting, my favorite comfort food, BREAD! No better than a brioche! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. “I think … Continue reading
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Gratitude Tulips Mitchell
I have a Jinhao that came with a purchase and the nib was swapped out — Lovely writer with the JOWO nib. Filled it with Super5 Darmstadt, which has never had its own pen. It is now my always-gotta-have-it pen! … Continue reading
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Pooh Bear
A page ready for journaling… Sometimes that is all I have time for and that is enough. Bear and friends dispense such wisdom. Love that Melon Tea ink. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #fprhimalayan, #Hahnemühle, #lovethestub, #melonteaink, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Chicken in the Road, Creativity
Many of you saw the oxpecker I inked for the writing prompt, above. Getting my juices flowing again is a godsend. Loving the bold graphics (the architect in me is so happy with black) I turned to an image from … Continue reading
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Bother! Creativity, Depression, Doodling…
I hate it when I lose my mojo. I’ve been depressed as hell. My usual antidote is to write THAT paint THAT… In other words to use my juices to get through the blues — and if all else fails … Continue reading
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USk: Pot Dispensaries
I kid you not, I sometimes write quotes that strike my fancy on the edges of my journal then later am sketching in that page… but really, what are the odds I picked this quote on a page of … Continue reading
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Notre Dame
I started this Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal in April 2018. Last night I finished it processing the grief of the day, the grief of a year of sadness in many ways. Mitchell told me in the morning he had an alert … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, virtual sketching, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #davinciwatercolors, #fountainpenrevolution, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #lovethestub, #memories, #middleofthenight, #momentsketchers, #notredamecathedral, #notredameisburning, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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1 Week 100 People: 60-72
I thought I was done but last night I rallied and did another dozen… Craig Eckersley and Gwen Scott (MUCH prettier than I draw her). Wanting to try Robert Oster Aussie Brown helped…. Also, finding one person with many images … Continue reading
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1 Week 100 People: 52-60
Let’s see… behinder! My excuse is a major power outage (several hours at work) and then deadlines… HOW DO YOU SKETCH TEETH??? Seriously, somebody show me. Gads. AOC should sue me! I am only at 60… Neva gonna make it. … Continue reading
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Tagged #1week100people, #1week100people2019, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #CappuccinoSketchbook, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #Moonmanpen, #politicalfigures, art journal, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Hahnemühle Cappuccino Sketchbook, Lamy Al-Star, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen
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1 Week 100 People: 35-52
I count it when I do it twice… Sometimes the proportions are just too far off. Gotta work on my sexy eyelashes. This Sktchy model can look very sexy and very nerdy — She is fun to sketch! I landed … Continue reading
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1 Week 100 People: 19-34
Peeps 19-34; 16 people and I am already behind… More I draw the behinder I get *sigh* I hate challenges. Above I had a hair-brained notion to draw the same face several ways. *hahahahaaaaa* Well let me tell you if … Continue reading
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1 Week 100 People: 1-18
Okay, here we go. 1 week, 100 people… groan. I do it because I hate drawing people and yet sometimes I have to and so… It is only a five days… and mine will be Sunday night through Friday morning. … Continue reading
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Crescent Moon
Heading into the Dark of the Moon, I saw the crescent tonight. I love the inks overlapping. Ink painting, Robert Oster (Bronze, Thunderstorm, and Orange) and Birmingham but not sure which. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or … Continue reading
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Ganesha Heart
When sick, I started a day off with watercolors. Gads I am rusty… Groans… I’ve been painting with inks! This is a mixture of ink and watercolor, an experiment, actually mixing them together and it is a failed experiment… oddly … Continue reading
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Half Moon
Waking to a half moon so bright it was like a full moon! Cat cuddles followed when they saw I was awake. Robert Oster Graphite ink does all that color… To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check … Continue reading
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D.Katie Powell Art 