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Usk: Sellwood
Wednesday we made a day of buying eyeglass frames, lunch out, and shopping in Sellwood. Apparently in my mind today Mitchell has a round face! AAACK! The Monkey Fist was yummy *when is brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans ever NOT … Continue reading
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Tagged #grandcentralbakery, #Hahnemühle, #myoptic, #nostalgiejournal, #urbansketcher, #urbansketchingportland, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Sellwood, Sennelier, Super5 ink, USk, watercolor
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Green Cuppa
Fooling with the cuppas is different each time… This one, line work with the Platinum pen, then Masking fluid “painted”, then watercolors. I may have to do 100… such fun! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, painting, pen & ink, series, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #brightwatercolors, #cuppa, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, M.Graham watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Primatek, Rose Dore, Sennelier, watercolor
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Sketchbook Project: Underwater, 2018
I am again participated in the Sketchbook Project, the project out of Brooklyn whereby people from all over the world buy a small sketchbook, fill it, choose to have it imaged or not, and it sits in the museum … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #holbeinwatercolor, #middleofthenight, #octopus, #polarbear, #politicalaction, #seaurchin, #sketchbookproject, #skinnydipping, #underwater, cuppa joe, Daniel Smith watercolors, fear, Fineline masking fluid, garibaldi, Holbein, Hope, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, polar bear, political art, Primatek, sea urchin, Sennelier, Sketchbook Project, starfish, watercolor
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Christmas Staycation
What happens when you work 10-12 hours 7 days a week for two years and finally take a much needed staycation? SLEEP! I can’t believe how much I slept! Slept in, took naps, watched silty Santa movies, and did not … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #twinklelights, #vacation, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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Happy New year
Wishing you Health, Prosperity, Good Neighbors, and Happiness in 2018! Saying a prayer this Full Moon for Mother Earth. 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 #cuppa, #Hahnemühle, #Happynewyear, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, cuppa joe, Daniel Smith watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, watercolor
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Santa Candy Container
Mitchell has memories of his Mom’s ceramic Santa filled with Christmas candy. Santa’s looking much bedraggled (loved) but I restored him to his glory for the image. HO HO HO! I also discovered that you cannot mix honey based paints … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #MGrahamwatercolors, #middleofthenight, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Santa Claus, watercolor, Zig Wink of Luna pen
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Santa’s Drunken Elf
My mom had this drunken elf for many years after I left home.. He has a list of who’s naughty and nice, but you get the feeling that the drink has kept him from reporting this to Santa! To hear … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Santa Claus, Santa's Elf, watercolor
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Bright Ideas, Picked it Up Again!
In 2016 I made a commitment to finishing off wayward abandoned journals. I’ve made great headway in that, with only a couple to go. The Bright Ideas Journal isn’t one of them, Though I picked it up again (found it … Continue reading
Holiday Twinkle Lights
Lights are important to us! We grew up in Southern California, where there are more daylight hours and more sun. Portland is a darker climate (8+ hours of light now), and we look for cheer on grey days! We usually … Continue reading
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Tagged #bluecrabs, #crab, #crabs, #Hahnemühle, #holidaylights, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #palmtrees, #twinklelights, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, flamingo, flamingos, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, palm, palm trees, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, shell, shells, watercolor
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VSW: Gardens by the Bay Singapore
December we had two choices in the Virtual Sketchwalk group *though this group goes rogue regularly 🙂 but the rules of the group are “as long as it is drawn from a photograph”* and one of them were the Gardens … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #ferriswheel, #GardensbytheBay, #PilotMetropolitan, architecture, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Sennelier, Singapore, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Inking Striped Shirts
Seeing them hanging to dry I had to try the stripey lines! What fun! Drawn with an inked Pentel Aquash! All of a sudden there is a hubbub about putting inks in waterbrushes… They sell inked waterbrushes (Pentel and Wink … Continue reading
More Posies and Writing
Cheryl shared this and it stuck in my head. My passions are journaling, painting, reading autobiographies and Buddhism, ditzing with Mitchell, and playing with the kittens. NOT necessarily in that order, though if I had to choose between writing or … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #passion, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, posies, Primatek, Sennelier, watercolor
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Bears
I love handmade ornaments. I bought many of them at Ashland craft fairs back when Ashland was a friendly sleepy little town. This sweet Momma Bear and Baby Bear is made of dough. I added the starry night… To hear … Continue reading
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Tagged #christmasornament, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, bear, Christmas ornament, Da Vinci Watercolors, Jinhao, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, stars, watercolor
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Finished Fabriano Journal
I’ve not liked the A4 Fabriano Journal. On the upside, the company was responsive to my issues. They sent me replacements, but I think the paper is just not up to snuff. It pills easily, and the color sits on … Continue reading
VSW: Flash Mob in Hartford, Connecticut
Last images of Hartford Connecticut this month. I love Flash Mobs, the surprise and delight! When I found one in Hartford I decided to try sketching from it. Still keeping with the very fast sketches! LAST images in the Fabriano…. … Continue reading
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Tagged #Connecticut, #flashmob, #Lamy, architecture, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Hartford, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy LX, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Platinum Preppy pen, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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VSW: Genius of Connecticut
She is called the “Genius of Connecticut” located in the Connecticut State Capitol Building. Keeping with quick studies, I used DeAtramentis Document Brown for line. I began a slow buildup of DEA Doc Brown ink (brunaille) in a waterbrush to … Continue reading
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Tagged #geniusstatue, architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hartford, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Thanksgiving Cow Goddess
Two days off — this is a big deal this year as we’ve been working round the clock. As I’ve not been up to snuff (bad cold!) we didn’t do some things we might have — Like putting up twinkle … Continue reading
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Tagged #cowgoddess, #cowlamp, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #nostalgiejournal, #peanutbutterbacontoast, #Tassel, art journal, bacon, cow lamp, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, recipe, Sennelier, Thanksgiving, watercolor
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VSW: Hartford, Connecticut
Sketchwalk is in Hartford Connecticut this month. For one thing, let me tell you that this dyslexic has a hard time remembering the order of the letters in Conn-ect-i-cut. I have the dang word hand-written to the side all over … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #Connecticut, architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hartford, Holbein, Lamy LX, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Platinum Preppy pen, Sennelier, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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D.Katie Powell Art 