Category Archives: pencil

Roe V Wade

Posted on May 14, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

Maybe I’ll lose some followers… Maybe I’ll gain some followers… but I support a woman’s right to choose. To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” … Continue reading →

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Wild Test of Hahnemühle’s New 100% Cotton Sketch Book

Posted on April 23, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

Another test of the Hahnemühle 100% Cotton Watercolour Book. I layered Sennelier Shellac ink over the page, and painted the basic flower with gouache. It felt toothy enough that I tried layering colored pencils over that… I’ve never had that … Continue reading →

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Bright Ideas: Malachite Buffalo

Posted on October 22, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

My malachite buffalo totem is palm-sized. Inlaid with turquoise and onyx and just beautiful. the backside has a lovely turquoise arrow that floats from his feet to his back. Bright Ideas multi-color journal (which I am not sure is still … Continue reading →

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30 Posies: Cynthia’s Sedum, Redo

Posted on August 19, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

I gave this image another go — see below for the first rough sketches in a Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook. Cynthia shares her gorgeous garden images all the time, and lets me sketch from her flowers. This image unstuck me, and … Continue reading →

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30 Posies: Purple Poppy

Posted on August 9, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

I love poppies, with their delicate paper-thin petals. Painted from an image from a friend. To hear more about World Watercolor Month visit here: Everyone can play! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my … Continue reading →

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Inky Thots: Krishna Pencil

Posted on May 24, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

Remember that others review these inks just for writing; I am also interested in how they are used for ink-painting! I love this oddball ink. It looks mauvish then can also look biscuit grey, and I have no idea why … Continue reading →

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True Love, Sweets!

Posted on August 26, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

Cooking is important again… and has stayed that way for months! We don’t buy baked goods and other deli items while shopping now… GREAT cookie recipe from http://www.butterbaking.com! I had only brown sugar, and now have a versatile recipe that … Continue reading →

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Pineapple Ginger Garlic Teriyaki Chicken

Posted on August 7, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve made sure that I cooked really good meals for us — versatile and changing, things like this one that can become second meals with white beans added over rice… there is so little goodness around these days that cooing … Continue reading →

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Bright Ideas: Missing the Beach

Posted on July 11, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

Missing the ocean, walking with my toes in the wet sand. Spending a day hunting for the tiniest shells in a tidepool. Bright Ideas multi-color journal, White Uniball Signo, Pitt White pen, Platinum Plaiser pen with DeAtramentis Document Urban Grey … Continue reading →

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Bright Ideas: RG Bean Ritual

Posted on July 9, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

I started this little ritual because I find the beans so beautiful. Each time I open a new package I place two of the beans in the abalone shell I found on T Bay, the beach I grew up on … Continue reading →

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Bright Ideas: Roseville

Posted on June 30, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

I have no creative juices, but I can draw… So back to my memory journal… Bright Ideas multi-color journal, Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check … Continue reading →

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Lojong 52: Misinterpretation

Posted on April 5, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve studied through the slogans a dozen times in my life; these are my musings on the slogan currently, what comes up on the day that I am posting the slogan, not a formal interpretation. For that reason they are … Continue reading →

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Lojong: Weeping Buddha

Posted on March 8, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

Posted in art, Buddha, drawing, journal, lojong, meditation, pencil, ritual, tonglen | Tagged #blackwingpencil, #breatheinsendout, #charcoaldrawings, #coloredpencil, #handmadepaper, acrylic, buddha, buddha ball, lojong, Okina Journals, tonglen, weeping buddha, Zen Buddha | Leave a comment

Lojong 50: Swayed

Posted on March 1, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

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Wax Resist Pencils

Posted on June 16, 2019 by dkatiepowellart

I use a fluid resist sometimes, but an urban sketcher had a good pencil he was using and I asked him repeatedly what that might be and he even answered me once but without giving me the name of it… … Continue reading →

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Bright Ideas: Green Tara Om Pearl

Posted on April 26, 2019 by dkatiepowellart

I don’t see these as I wear them so much — around my neck as I write this! Tara, pearls, ooooohmmmmm…. Sketching keeps me happy, even if just pen to paper. ☾ Bright Ideas multi-color journal, FPR Himalayan with Robert … Continue reading →

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Bright Ideas: Brigid Shell Moon

Posted on April 24, 2019 by dkatiepowellart

I little Venus of Willendorf! Okay, it may be very late for Brigid’s Blessing, but here she is… I love drawing late at night… totally relaxing… and until we are through this push, I need relaxing! ☾ Bright Ideas multi-color … Continue reading →

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Bright Ideas: Buddha Om Elephant

Posted on April 5, 2019 by dkatiepowellart

I started Trishna Jewelry because I could not find the jewelry I wanted… Not too ethnic, not to refined. When I fell in love with antique whitehearts I began. The business did so-so — seems most people wanted ethnic and … Continue reading →