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Category Archives: pen & ink
Posies: Cherry Blossoms
“I cannot go out tonight. Tonight everything scares me. Blossoming insanely are cherry treees and I don’t know how to blossom like that.” ~ Imants Ziedonis, Latvian Poet. Watercolor of cherry blossoms in a Handbook Journal. To hear about classes, … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, flowers, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor, writing
Tagged #cherryblossoms, #handbookjournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Cherry blaossoms, Daniel Smith watercolors, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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Chinese Lion Guard
We get such interesting projects in the studio. These pocket-sized Chinese Lion Guards were beautiful after being cleaned and oiled. I drew her in De Atramentis Document Brown ink. After grisaille work in Lexington Grey ink, I began layering Robert … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Buddha, gods and goddesses, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook
Tagged #brownink, #browninksketching, #chineselionstatues, #chinesestatues, #deatramentisdocumentink, #foodogs, #fudogs, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #mpfconservation, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, carved, Chinese Lion Statues, Chinese statues, De Atramentis Document ink, Fo Dogs, Foo Dogs, Fu dogs, grisaille
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Sharada Navratri Goddess, 2
Sharada Navratri, nine nights (ten days) which celebrates the many faces of the goddess, is a post monsoon season autumn Hindu festival which often falls in the Western calendar months of September-October. MahaDurgha is honored in the Durgha puja, and … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, gods and goddesses, ink painting, journal, lunar cycle, pen & ink, ritual, series, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #9nightsofthegoddess, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #divinefeminine, #durgama, #empoweredgoddess, #goddessawakening, #goddessrising, #goddessworship, #kakimorinib, #ladymadonna, #lunarcycle, #lunarrituals, #madonna, #navadurga, #Navaratra, #navratri, #ninenights, #notinktober, #setintentions, #settinggoals, #shakti, #super5ink, #vedicastrology, #venusofwillendorf, #virgonmary, #willendorf, goddess
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Sharada Navratri, 1
Sharada Navratri, nine nights (ten days) which celebrates the many faces of the goddess, is a post monsoon season autumn Hindu festival which often falls in the Western calendar months of September-October. I take liberties to honor the Goddess in … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, gods and goddesses, ink painting, journal, lunar cycle, pen & ink, ritual, series, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #9nightsofthegoddess, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #deatramentisdocumentink, #divinefeminine, #durgama, #empoweredgoddess, #goddessawakening, #goddessrising, #goddessworship, #jyotish, #kakimorinib, #lunarcycle, #lunarrituals, #navadurga, #Navaratra, #navratri, #ninenights, #notinktober, #robertosterink, #setintentions, #settinggoals, #shakti, #super5ink, #vedicastrology, durgha, goddess, Mahadurgha
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Got the Blues
Sketching to get out of my depression… I really have the blues! It doesn’t have to be good, just keep the pen moving…. When I’m depressed I struggle with all my images. Cats never seem to get depressed! ☾ To … Continue reading
USk: NW Portland USPS
The USPS moved our office which was in the Alphabet District to another location. It is not a safe location, as it is deserted and is surrounded by homeless people (not that they are all dangerous, but they attract nutcases … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchcrawl, urban sketchers, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged #alphabetdistrict, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #holbeinwatercolors, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #sennelierwatercolors, #urbansketcher, #urbansketching, #usps, #waterproofinks, USk
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Remembering 9-11
I created this last year on 9-11. Just couldn’t post it, don’t know why. Now, maybe, with the state of the world it is time. This was a frightening day for us. At the time there was no facebook, no … Continue reading
VSW: Berlin, 1, Tiergarten
New month, new walk for the Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook. Berlin is our city this month, with contributions from two photographers, Rich Matheson and Eli Weisz. I played fast and loose with this sketch using a Sailor Fude pen. … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, journal, landscape, pen & ink, process, sketchcrawl, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #berlin, #brandenburggate, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #holbeinwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #tiergarten, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #waterproofinks
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VSW: Quibao
Virtual Sketchwalk (group on Facebook) from our Shanghai walk, led by Aniko; this is from the town of Quibao. I had the flu when doing these and made mistakes, oh well, and one of them is I put Aliska on … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #PilotMetropolitan, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #quibao, #sennelierwatercolors, #shanghai, #virtualsketchwalk, #waterproofinks, architecture, art journal, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Holbein, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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D.Katie Powell Art 