Category Archives: virtual sketching

VSW: Notre Dame

Posted on May 4, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Many peeps from Virtual Sketchwalk (Facebook group) are having a bit of a nutty right now. It has to do with a Paris walk, and wanting to try Notre Dame, and being a bit overwhelmed! It is a complex building, … Continue reading →

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VSW: Family

Posted on April 19, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Well the challenge did shift my mind… I chose peeps to paint! All ink, sketched then hit with a waterbrush. These are always gambles… you can’t see the colors before you hit them with water — you have to try … Continue reading →

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VSW: Bay Of Fires, Australia

Posted on April 18, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Why do I always like them better cropped into squares!? One of the last images in my Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal… wobbly paper makes for a wobbly sky wash… cropped it is interesting, but larger looks like a bad wash! Let’s … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame

Posted on April 16, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

I started this Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal in April 2018. Last night I finished it processing the grief of the day, the grief of a year of sadness in many ways. Mitchell told me in the morning he had an alert … Continue reading →

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VSW: Tazzie Skies

Posted on April 14, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

. I thought I might be ready to do my review but not quite! Ink painting from a photo (used with permission) from a wonderful photographer, JC Merriman. *note: not tasmania but sofala australia…* Ink is so not like watercolor … Continue reading →

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VSW: Tasmanian Critters

Posted on March 30, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

The Tasmanian walk by Debi Taylor this month was glorious, and surprisingly, the critter caught my eye to sketch. I began with an Echidna , or Spiny Any Eater. Reminded me of our porcupines! I almost liked him better just … Continue reading →

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Sharing a Carousel Event!

Posted on March 1, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Carousel horses have always delighted, even in the midst of virtual games and E-ticket rides; most of us don’t stop and look at them, but are seduced by the music and the action and the lights. I started a group … Continue reading →

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Studio Cats Growing Up!

Posted on January 31, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

They are getting old enough and BIG enough that it is time for them to learn to be in the studio unsupervised for short times… We clip their nails and their are rules… *hahahahahaaaaa rules will be broken in our … Continue reading →

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Comforts

Posted on January 26, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Bread is a comfort food. My mom made fresh bread; I never got the hang. Maybe I need to try it again? Freshly baked, a piece ripped from the end… or sliced and baked with butter and garlic. Yum. I … Continue reading →

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Deadlines

Posted on January 25, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Deadlines are stressful, and partly it is because of my age; I am not as young as I used to be, and when hand stitching an item like the sofa, my arthritic hands feel it, as I am going through … Continue reading →

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Ice Cream Cones

Posted on January 23, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

The best way to eat an ice cream cone is to put just enough ice cream in the cone to top it off, because think about it, isn’t the best part of eating and ice cream cone to have bites … Continue reading →

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VSW: Kythira, Greece, Two

Posted on January 17, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Mmmm, beaches, a good thing to want to visit when you are in Portland in January! Beautiful photos from Demi Kalfa! Cheery flowers all by themselves…… Finished pages! Photos used with permission as reference are from Demi Kalfa! Thank you! … Continue reading →

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Mom’s Service

Posted on January 15, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

My mom’s memorial mass is today. I recreated a nicer drawing from the sketch I had in my journal, but left it blank so I could write in her prayer. I”ll have some of her ashes… A strange thing to … Continue reading →

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VSW: Kythira, Greece, One

Posted on January 13, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

This sketchwalk of Kythira, Greece is from beautiful photos from Demi Kalfa! The blues fill my heart and eyes and spirit… They take me home! I want to live right here… Photos used with permission as reference are from Demi … Continue reading →

VSW: Taos

Posted on December 12, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

I always thought I’d be finishing this with watercolors, but this year has been a doozy and so I am finally choosing to publish the inked drawings of a lovely walk with Virtual Sketchwalk. We walked all over Taos and … Continue reading →

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VSW: Vista House

Posted on December 11, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

As I move back into posting, I will start with the pages I was drawing of the Vista House, below, when my mom died. (Not ready to write about that yet.) I don’t think we ever went there, though maybe … Continue reading →

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Finished a Journal!

Posted on November 13, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Finished my Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook just before the election. I’ve been slow to post. Sorry there were pages I had to leave out; family members still alive. Who knows if they dip into my blog? I am doing so much … Continue reading →

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Okay, Again, Carousel Horses are Coming!

Posted on November 12, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

So our last try at moving the carousel into our studio was thwarted: Our main moving guy, one we trust, fractured his ankle. We have deadlines, so are scheduled for the move again tomorrow! Mitchell moved a few items two … Continue reading →