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Category Archives: pen & ink
VSW: New Caledonia Palms
The Virtual Sketchwalk group on Facebook is exploring New Caledonia this month with wonderful images from Aniko Szedlak (pic below)! They are a balm to this beach-loving gurl’s soul. I did a very fast sketch because I was showing a … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, journal, landscape, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #beach, #handbookjournal, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #newcaledonia, #ocean, #palmtrees, #pentelbrushpen, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Joy, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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30 Posies: Lupines, or Bluebonnets
I’ve always loved lupines (or bluebonnets, as the purple ones are called). In South Laguna there were wild yellow and pink and blue lupines all over the hills. I’m still struggling to not have streaky watercolor washes in this Handbook … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #bluebonnet, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #handbookjournal, #holbeinwatercolor, #linework, #lupine, #makearteveryday, #middleofthenight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #purpleflowers, #sennelierwatercolors, #sexylines, #squarejournal, #wildflowers, floral, flowers, watercolor
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Dieting… Ugh
I hate dieting but I need to do something because I have to lose some weight. I decided to try something with a tiny A6 Hahnemühle Toned Watercolour Book. Each night I draw my food… So far I am just … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #dietbook, #HahnemühleTonedWatercolourBook, #ihatedieting, #middleofthenight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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USk: Studio Sketch
Messy messy studio as it was on August 23. I realize that by USk rules this doesn’t qualify as an urban sketch… but if someone else walked in to sketch our conservation studio it sure would! Yes, our desks are … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, furniture, journal, memory, pen & ink, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #eameschair, #equachair, #HahnemühleTonedWatercolourBook, #hermanmiller, #mpfconservation, #officesketch, #studiosketch, art journal, Oregon, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland, Primatek, Sennelier, urban sketchers, USA, USk, watercolor
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Wildflower Sketchbook Workshop
While I was sick I took the Wild Flower Sketchbook Explosion (workshop) with Lucia Leyfield (she goes by the name Wild Ink). I had a lot of fun, and the price (around $20 US) is good for the class. I … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #LuciaLeyfield, #onlineclass, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #wildflowers, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, floral, flowers, online classes, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, technique, watercolor
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Gibbs Reclining, a Masterpiece
HA HA HA HAHAHAAAA! I don’t know what we’d do without the cats for laughs… Tough pose, finally tackled it, not liking it… Good practice but yeows, I need to do this again… foreshortened legs, all so very wrong! To … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged #catswhoplay, #catswhowork, #gibbs, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #haribol, #ilovemycats, #madeyoulook, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #recliningcat, art journal, Cat, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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Sunflower
Sometimes I just want to leave the ink drawings as they are. Sexy Lines. Thank you Tracey… still missing you today. My favorite flower, joyfully following the light! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #penandink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #rumi, #sketching, #sunflower, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, #wendellberry, #writeitdown, art journal
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Wisteria Streets
I see wisterias in Portland sometimes, but not like I used to see them in Southern California — streets lined with them all over the older parts of Los Angeles and San Fernando, so old they created purple and green … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #purpleflowers, #streetslinedwith flowers, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, #wisteria, art journal
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Frank
I had two images from which to refer while sketching this softly grey-brown long-hair cat. (See one below, along with my first sketch of Frank done in 2014 — I’ve learned a LOT!) Frank’s eyes came out bit too blue, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #catportraits, #greycat, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #ilovecats, #Lamy, #longhaircats, #persiancat, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #portraits, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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Dieting…. Argh!
I hate how easily my body puts on weight, and how slowly it takes it off, slower than slow, slower than anyone I know! Two weeks in bed and I put on about 10 lbs, which will take me a … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, food, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #coffee, #coffeewithgingersugarmilk, #everydayjournal, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #Ihatediets, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #onadiet, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, #writeitdown, art journal
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30 Posies: Yellow Daisies
Maybe these are Black-eyed Susans? I liked the image of the sunny daisies! Started with a good line drawing…. Background and first layers… Final touches. Okay, the leaves bother me but here I am dealing with the paper in this … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #daisies, #handbookjournal, #inkpainting, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #makearteveryday, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #orangeflowers, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #yellowflowers, daisy, floral, flowers
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Izzee the Climber
She is incorrigible… A climber, and as she is an indoor, and mostly in studio cat, she climbs the metal racks (scares the crap out of us) and then makes sure we see her. We’ve put kleenex boxes in all … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged #catswhoclimb, #catswhofly, #catswhoplay, #catswhowork, #greytabby, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #ilovemycats, #madeyoulook, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Cat, Holbein, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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Waiting for Daddy
I don’t know what we’d do without the cats… Yaman only has eyes for Mitchell… always waiting waiting or following him. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged #blackcat, #catswhoplay, #catswhowork, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #ilovemycats, #madeyoulook, #middleofthenight, #mousiewhatilovetoeat, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Siamesecat, art journal, Cat, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Savitri, watercolor, Yamantaka
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Raccoon
I was feeding the birds and as I tossed seed onto the shed roof of the dock I realized I startled a raccoon. I am glad I did, as s/he was heading toward Nicolai, which is not a good place … Continue reading
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30 Posies: Dogwood
This started as a World Watercolor Month challenge but I am finishing a square Handbook Journal which was a gift with posie images. Not ready to make a review of the paper yet — it is very different than what … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #dogwood, #Hahnemühle, #handbookjournal, #inkpainting, #Lamy, #linedrawings, #lovethestub, #makearteveryday, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #WorldWatercolorMonth, dogwood, floral, flowers
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Inky Thots: Birmingham Black Olive
Gads I love this ink! I am a huge fan of grey inks, and have never loved a black ink (though I’ve loved them for their waterproof qualities when sketching). This ink is not grey, and is not black… In … Continue reading
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