Category Archives: paper

Tools: My Current Palette

Posted on April 20, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

Whenever I start a new journal, I always record my current main watercolor palette. I have a few palettes for specific tasks, but this is the largest main palette with a mix of a few Daniel Smith Primateks and many … Continue reading →

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My Perfect Journal

Posted on February 4, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve been journaling for 50 years, art journaling for forty (first architectural ideas, now art). I’ve tried many journals before finding my perfect journal. I bought the Chinese Journals (left, and btw, review in links) from Chinatown in San Fransisco … Continue reading →

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How-To: Simple Folded Journals

Posted on September 9, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

There are good online tutorials on fancy precise folded journals, with hard covers at each end and measured numbers. I can do THAT… BUT it takes a long time to be precise, and the journal becomes quite precious! I want … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle: Cézanne, Harmony, and Expression Papers with Watercolor

Posted on August 28, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

In Part 1 I tested inks on the papers, creating a simple journal; now I added watercolors to each Hahnemühle paper: Harmony, Cézanne, and Expression. Let me cut to the chase. I am probably going to buy these papers in … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Review of Cézanne, Harmony, and Expression Papers, 1, Ink

Posted on August 24, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

I use a journal MOST of the time, mostly because right now I am still working full time. But I have lovely watercolor blocks from Hahnemühle, and they were bought or given to me (full disclosure) to review. I finally … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle: Cezanne, Harmony, and Expression Giveaway!

Posted on August 22, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

You know that I am enjoying making folded journals… (Above and below, a hand-made journal from Harmony paper.) I will be writing a bit more in the next couple of weeks about how I am using them. AND, I am … Continue reading →

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Tools: Review: Hahnemühle D and S Sketchbook

Posted on May 26, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

What is it about a new journal? I love the blank page — not one of those peeps who hates them. The Hahnemühle D & S Sketchbook (Draft and Sketch) is a new journal for me. I wanted to try … Continue reading →

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Sketchbook Project, FEAR

Posted on June 18, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

This year I participated in the Sketchbook Project out of Brooklyn. The idea of being part of hundreds of artists and writers creating books on the topic of Fear or Hope at this time in our country’s history was a … Continue reading →

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HWB: Boy and Gurl Come to Own Us

Posted on June 16, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

My journal of Boy and Gurl will be told in the Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, my spring gift to me! I wish I’d done this for all my kitties… but back then it was architectural drawings or big acrylic paintings. I LOVE … Continue reading →

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Every Day in May, 22, HaHaHaaa

Posted on May 26, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

DRAW something that makes me laugh… Mostly it is a turn of phrase, a silly song Mitchell makes up, or a few completely hysterical movies. Calvin and Hobbs (copyrighted). So I listed the things that make me laugh, and spritzed … Continue reading →

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Every Day in May, 22, Mugs

Posted on May 22, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Mitchell and I collected them before I knew how much fun they are to sketch. We like big cups, and they have to feel good in the hand. They have to be colorful or hand-painted. There has to be one … Continue reading →

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Every Day in May, 19, Buddha’s Feet

Posted on May 20, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

I went for something a bit more meaningful to me than my feet. WAIT… oops, my feet are meaningful to me! Where would I be without them? “Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?” … Continue reading →

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Every Day in May, 15-17

Posted on May 19, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

i cannot believe i am so swamped at work that i posted two of these before. *sigh* losing it… edited It is not fancy, not pretty, and not expensive. It has many annoying design qualities. But in the end, the … Continue reading →

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Every Day in May, 15-16

Posted on May 16, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

There are a lot of things about the Platinum Carbon pen that are just plain stupid — like it doesn’t post (have a place for the cap) but dang this baby just writes and writes, and after all, that is … Continue reading →

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Every Day in May, 1-4

Posted on May 6, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

I mistakenly bought a couple of A6 Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, not my size! Teeny-tiny! I decided to use it and put myself through fast paces of the Every Day In May challenge, with a twist — I am doing NO … Continue reading →

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Tools: Hahnemühle Watercolour Book

Posted on April 16, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve been looking forward to finishing my last A5 book (Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook) so I could start the new Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, my spring gift to me! I am picky about my journals and have tried several, only to find … Continue reading →

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Tools: Hahnemühle Post Cards

Posted on April 9, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Okay, I admit it… I bought these for the TIN. My studio paints are overflowing into lots of little tins, and I loved the flowers on these tins and the size. (How I used these tins and organized my paints … Continue reading →

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Tools: Favorite Journals

Posted on November 27, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

NOTE: This is about my preferences and why. Other artists will have other preferences, so reading what they like and what they say about this or that journal is good. The only negatives I will write are very bad experiences…. … Continue reading →