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30X30 Direct Watercolor, Week 4, The End
The month of June is when many watercolorists around the world participate in the 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, … Continue reading
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30X30 Direct Watercolor, Week 3
The month of June is when many watercolorists around the world participate in the 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, … Continue reading
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30 Posies: Flowering Quince
I discovered Flowering Quince when I moved to the Pacific Northwest, now it is a favorite flower/bush. Below, stages as I worked it toward the finished product. ☾ To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, flowers, painting, pen & ink, process, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #floweringquince, #flowersfightdepression, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #holbeinwatercolors, #pacificnorthwest, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #quince, #schminkesupergranulating, #sennelierwatercolors, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks
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VSW: Porto Gate
Detail of a gate in Porto Portugal, which was so so charming I hung onto it until I could sketch it. To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, flowers, journal, painting, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #PilotMetropolitan, #portoportugal, #tiledetails, #virtualsketchwalk, #waterproofinks, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Holbein, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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30X30 Direct Watercolor, Week 2
June is when many watercolorists participate in the “30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge”, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, just straight watercolor. I’m giving it … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, challenge, color, flowers, food, furniture, landscape, painting, sketchbook, urban sketchers, virtual sketching
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Tools: Gouache
I’ve not given gouache a real chance to woo me, so I decided to play with some very old gouache before I purchased better quality tubes. When I moved into watercolors, I enjoyed them for their transparent washes, so gouache, … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #MGrahamwatercolors, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #travelpalette, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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Keeping an Art Journal
I’ve kept a journal with sketches since college… I started using lined journals I bought in Chinatown in San Francisco, above, for architectural notes, and every page has drawings made during lectures or tours or just thought about what I … Continue reading
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30X30 Direct Watercolor, Week 1
The month of June is when many watercolorists around the world particpate in the 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, challenge, color, flowers, food, furniture, painting
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #watercolourbookcotton, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Primatek, watercolor
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1950 Ford F-1
Love me an old truck! Platinum carbon ink with diluted waterproof grey ink as shadows. Watercolor to finish. ☾ To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #babybrother, #chevy, #danielsmithwatercolors, #fordf-1, #fordtruck, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #nwportland, #oldfordtruck, #oldtruck, #patrick, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks, brother, truck
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VSW: Porto Blue Tiled Cat
How can I NOT paint a building that has a GIANT BLUE TILED CAT on the wall of the alley? Lotta lotta sketching then paint! Middle of the night images of Porto, from Virtual Sketchwalk on FB. And my quickie … Continue reading
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Inky Entries
I am playing with ll my grey inks this month… Some inks call themselves grey and are not (see above). Greys seem to lean purple or blue or red… Graphite and Grey Lux are lovely inks, though the strong smell … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, history, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor, writing
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VSW: Porto
The colors and textures of the buildings drew me to the image. Middle of the night from images of Porto, from Virtual Sketchwalk on FB. Omigoddess I have never overworked any image like I did this one… I just kept … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, landscape, painting, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
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VSW: Galway Blue
The deep blue of the water drew me to the image in the middle of the night when I couldn’t sleep. Fast sketch in the middle of the night from images from Virtual Ribble on FB. Hahnemühle 100# Cotton Watercolour … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #boat, #galway, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #water, #watercolorsketch, art journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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30 Posies: 24th Avenue Camelias
This was a little bit of urban sketching, a little virtual sketching…. sketched on a walk with watercolors added in the middle of the night! Above, a detail of the line drawing and the finished camellia watercolor. 24th Avenue is … Continue reading
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Tagged #24thavenue, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #camelias, #camellia, #camellias, #danielsmithwatercolors, #deatramentisdocumentink, #handbookjournal, #holbeinwatercolor, #holbeinwatercolors, #lexingtonpolarbrownink, #MGrahamwatercolors, #middleofthenight, #nwportland, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #redcamellias, #redflowers, #sennelierwatercolors, #takeawalk, #urbansketchingportland, art journal, Fineline masking fluid, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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Inky Thots: Robert Oster Dragon Night
It is no surprise Robert Oster inks my favorite inks. Dragon’s Night is such a gorgeous sketching BLURPLE ink it has a permanent home now in my purple leopard Pilot Metropolitan. I art journal many nights with this one, a … Continue reading
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Tagged #blueink, #blurple, #blurpleink, #darkofnight, #dragon, #forest, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #inkreview, #lupine, #newmoon, #nightsky, #PilotMetropolitan, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #purpleink, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, art journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Super5 ink
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Spicy Ginger Teriyaki Chicken
I have a recipe watercolor journal I work in but sometimes I don’t take the time as that one is a bit special. Ginger People’s Spicy Ginger Teriyaki Sauce is a great shortcut for a different taste, and works best … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #chicken, #chickenrecipe, #food, #gingerchicken, #GingerPeople, #Hahnemühle, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #recipepainting, #SpicyGingerTeriyakiSauce, art journal, ginger chicken, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, teriyaki chicken
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Laguna Beach 1950
Inspired from an old postcard from the fifties, and I wanted to do it because my mom and dad honeymooned in their second marriage at Hotel Laguna (a looong story, not interesting except to family) but in a nutshell … Continue reading
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Tagged #fifties, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #lagunabeach, #middleofthenight, #palmtrees, #southerncalifornia, #WorldWatercolorMonth, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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D.Katie Powell Art 