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My “Business” Sketchbook: Sketching the Senate from the Floor
Like my earlier post on drawing the Senate gallery details, I came around to draw the Senate from a different angle. I sat on the floor of the first entry arch looking up into one of the corners, in order … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, color, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Heart of Darkness, Noodlers ink, Senate, Stillman & Birn, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building, waterproof
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Senate Gallery Details
More drawing challenges in the Washington State Legislative Building. Before I went running around, I asked where I could go with the pass we used to get into the Senate office area. It was nice to sit in the Senate … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, color, drawing, furniture, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, dogwood, egg and dart, oak, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Senate, Sennelier, Stillman & Birn, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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My “Business” Sketchbook: The Rotunda
This week at the Washington State Legislative Building I had a good deal of free time, as it was Mitchell doing the lion’s share of the work on the Senator’s offices. In the middle of a dark downpour, (the building … Continue reading
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Tagged art journal, chandelier, Daniel Smith watercolors, dome, Noodlers, QoR watercolors, rotunda, Sennelier, Stillman & Birn, Tiffany, Urban Sketchers Portland, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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My “Business” Sketchbook: North Entrance Details
More drawings of the North entrance, with beautiful Corinthian columns, the dome with flanking “tomes”, and many details. Sketched onsite, and watercolors added later. The column was drawn looking up from the edge of the East side of the steps. … Continue reading
My “Business” Sketchbook: Washington Capitol Popular View
It started with a popular view of the Washington State Capitol Legislative Building. This is a view that is on all the postcards, all seasons, which I sketched in early October while we were working in the building. It’s a … Continue reading
Weeping Buddha, One
I fell in love with Balinese Buddha when I first saw him. The monks carve them as meditations. Mine has been on my altar for 20 years, and has a beautiful patina from being held. People call him Humble Buddha, … Continue reading
Posted in art, Buddha, creativity, drawing, gods and goddesses, india ink, journal, lojong, meditation, painting, pen & ink, series, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, buddha ball, weeping buddha
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Tiffany Chandeliers South Entrance
The chandeliers are a crowning point in the Washington State Capitol Legislative Building. The architects felt the most important fixtures were those in the north portico, in the rotunda, and in the entry in the south porte cochere, as well … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, drawing, history, journal, making a living, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, bronze, chandelier, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lamy Safari pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, QoR watercolors, Stillman & Birn, Tiffany, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building, water
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Ballroom Rug
Posting a page I am not 100% happy with. I may even try again . . . We’ll get to that! The carpet in the State Reception Room floored me. It is so oddly modern when in fact it is … Continue reading
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Tagged art journal, ballroom, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lamy Safari pen, largest carpet, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Stillman & Birn, urban sketcher, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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My “Business” Sketchbook: Outside Torchéres
The outside lighting at the Capitol is another one of those parts that must be overlooked by visitors during the day, who are not drawn to the various sconces and torchéres because the light does not draw their eyes like … Continue reading
My “Business” Sketchbook: Torchére
Mitchell took great images of object details around the Legislative Building, and the torchére caught my eye. Not the same as painting in front of it, but fun nonetheless. I began with a detailed sketch, and almost left it alone, but … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, art journal, color, drawing, furniture, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, elevator, lotus, QoR watercolors, Stillman & Birn, torchére, urban sketcher, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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My “Business” Sketchbook: At the Capitol
We’ve been working to the point where I’ve had little time to paint or even sketch, however, we’ve been in a place I wanted to sketch: we’ve been repairing historic shellac on the wainscot of two offices in the Legislative … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, art journal, drawing, furniture, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, bronze statue, carpet design, Daniel Smith watercolors, dogwood, QoR watercolors, rhododendron, Stillman & Birn, urban sketcher, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building
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Odile, Palms, Oceans in Autumn
Heating up in Portland. Today I want to be on a deserted beach, as long as it is not in the path of Hurricane Odile. We must work — and give thanks for air conditioning. Drawn in an OE Cadic … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, beach, palm, sunset
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75 Day Challenge: 48 To 57
Brenda Swenson has a drawing challenge to draw every day for 75 days. We are supposed to use a black or blue pen, but I know I will not do that one. Still, I play along because challenges are fun … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, Booby Gurl, Buddha, challenge, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, buddha, horses, palm, summer, taxes
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75 Day Challenge: Gads what day??? 41!
Brenda Swenson has a drawing challenge to draw every day for 75 days. We are supposed to use a black or blue pen, but I know I will not do that one. Still, I play along because challenges are fun … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, Booby Gurl, class, color, creativity, drawing, india ink, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, tools, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Booby Gurl, drawing, sketchbook, sketching, waterbrush, watercolor
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When you say you feel uncomfortable sketching in public . . .
I’ve made a new friend, Richard Johnson. He is an Urban Sketcher, an artist, a husband, a dad, and a reporter for the Washington Post. I am awed at what he does, both where he does it and his fabulous … Continue reading
Posted in art, drawing, pen & ink, sketchbook
Tagged reporter, Richard Johnson, storytelling, war
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Coloring A Drawing
I’ve been doing a lot of drawing lately, ink mostly. I decided to try creating a photocopy of my drawings and water-coloring them. I could not use heavy watercolor paper because my copier bends, but gave it a go with … Continue reading
Posted in art, Buddha, color, drawing, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged dieties, Shakyamuni Buddha, Siddartha, tantric, Tibetan Buddhist, Yab-Yum
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75 Day Challenge: 22-28
Brenda Swenson has a drawing challenge to draw every day for 75 days. We are supposed to use a black or blue pen, but I know I will not do that one. Still, I play along because challenges are fun … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, Buddha, challenge, drawing, india ink, pen & ink, sketchbook
Tagged art journal, buddha, elephant, gnomie, happy cup, mug, Shakyamuni Buddha, Yab-Yum
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What Artists Can Do: Homeless Veterans (Washington Post)
This is an amazing and touching article in the Washington Post, which I came by via one of the artists, Richard Johnson. Drawing The World Together Once we were soldiers They are only translucent distorted shadows of the soldiers, marines, … Continue reading
Posted in art, drawing, journal, making a living, pen & ink, sketchbook, writing
Tagged addiction, Richard Johnson, war, Washington Journal
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D.Katie Powell Art 