Category Archives: waterbrush

Sketchpack Project: Week 1

Posted on August 2, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

This year’s theme: The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment This sketchpack is going ot be all drawings. I almost passed on Di’s challenge but I had a good time last year! Making it simple, and all about the line — and … Continue reading →

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Midnight Palm Full Moon

Posted on March 22, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Been so stressed for so many reasons. Middle of the night drawing. Moons on my mind. Watching Mitchell breath while painting ocean and palms and moon in her fullness, all calming. I almost woke him bringing salt back to bed … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, journal, pen & ink, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged Aquabee Super Deluxe Journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, full moon, ocean, palm, Platinum Carbon pen | Leave a comment

Taxes, the Push Toward the Full Moon

Posted on January 21, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

I hate taxes. That is all. In a foul mood. Full Moon Coming, my deadline. And I made fudge for Mitchell. Aquabee Super Deluxe Journal, with a new loverly Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen in Retro Pop Orange with Private Reserve … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, color, drawing, pen & ink, sketchbook, waterbrush | Tagged Aquabee Super Deluxe Journal, art journal, buddhist, copper, deities, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Lamy Al-Star, orange, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Private Reserve Orange Crush Ink, Sarasvati, watercolor | 2 Comments

Tools: Water-Brushes and Pigmented Brushes

Posted on October 16, 2015 by D. Katie Powell

I don’t use water brushes except in two places — I keep them by the side of the bed (I am an insomniac, so also have a sketch pad and travel watercolors) and when in the field. Don’t forget, these … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, Booby Gurl, india ink, paint brush, painting, review, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged Holbein Water Brush, Kuratake's Yasutomo Niji Water Brush, Kuretake Zig Cartoonist Brush Pen No. 22, Pentel Aquash Water Brush, Pentel Pocket Brush Pen, Platinum Japanese Art Pocket Brush Pen | 8 Comments

Finally, a Travel Box

Posted on September 13, 2015 by D. Katie Powell

I have a couple of small travel boxes made from old tins, but none of them have adequate mixing areas. I have been looking for a good travel box, and unfortunately, been unhappy with this or that — and this … Continue reading →

Posted in color, painting, urban sketchers, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged plein air, Prang, travel palette | 2 Comments

May Challenge, Wrapping up

Posted on May 31, 2015 by D. Katie Powell

Let’s start with an image I like. This was not from the EDM prompts (which continued to be pretty boring) but from a friend’s prompts for herself this month — a vegetable in season, and these are special because they … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, pen & ink, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, watercolor | 18 Comments

May Sketches: Heading Into Surgery

Posted on May 12, 2015 by D. Katie Powell

Tough week, as I head into my LAST surgery for kidney stones. At a client meeting in Washington, I painted a bit with my feet up. The moon looked full out our window early morning. We have names for our … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, furniture, paint brush, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, disco, EDM, Fuchsite, hair combs, Holbein, Mayan Orange, Mayan Yellow, Noodlers ink, Pentalic Field Book, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Super5 ink, watercolor | 23 Comments

USk: Montavilla Sewing Center and DEQ

Posted on March 10, 2015 by D. Katie Powell

Mitchell sews on machines; I do not. I used to follow him around for a while at the sewing centers and drive him crazy behaving like a five-year-old, then go sit with the husbands waiting for their wives. Now I … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, drawing, graphite, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged De Atramentis Document ink, DEQ, Montavilla, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Oregon, sketching, Strathmore journal, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor | 2 Comments

Art Journal: Black and White

Posted on January 17, 2015 by D. Katie Powell

Middle of the night, can’t sleep, found shells on the dresser. Drawn in an Stillman & Birn Alpha journal with Noodler’s Heart of Darkness ink. I agree to Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which you can learn more … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, journal, sketchbook, waterbrush | Tagged black & white, Heart of Darkness, Noodlers ink, shells, Stillman & Birn | 4 Comments

How Did I Get This Age?

Posted on January 1, 2015 by D. Katie Powell

When did this happen? When I look in the mirror I expect to see the thirty-ish woman and do not know the face looking back at me. I expect to see the naked body of my forties and do not … Continue reading →

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Quick Studies

Posted on November 27, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

I haven’t done these kinds of formal studies since college, drawing shapes for buildings in the abstract. BTW, USC taught me nothing about drawing. Ed “Big Daddy” Bowen from Laguna Beach High School drafting classes taught me everything I used … Continue reading →

Posted in art, color, drawing, graphite, painting, process, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged color-block, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lyra, negative space, QoR watercolors, shadow, Stillman & Birn, Texas star, water-soluble graphite | 7 Comments

Watercolor Pencils, Ho-Hum

Posted on November 17, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

I was challenged to use a tool I have but am not fond of for a week, and to figure out why I never reach for it; mine was watercolor pencils. I have a mess of them that I bought … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, color, drawing, painting, pencil, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged Caran D'Ache, journal, Neocolor II, sketching, watercolor pencils | 6 Comments

Waterbrush Critique

Posted on November 17, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

All waterbrushes have their problems, but we love them anyway, because they let us travel lightly without carrying a mess of dirty water, and frankly, they are pretty inexpensive. I want to talk about three that I use most often. … Continue reading →

Posted in painting, sketchbook, tools, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged Holbein, Koi Sakura, Kuretake, Pentel, water-brush, waterbrush | 9 Comments

My “Business” Sketchbook: Urban Sketching at Capitol Park

Posted on October 3, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

Last Saturday we infilled missing color to the historic shellac. It is one of the few times when Mitchell had time to play a bit more than I did, and he took great images of the details around the Legislative … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art, art journal, drawing, journal, painting, sketchbook, urban sketchers, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged art journal, Capitol Park, Daniel Smith watercolors, QoR watercolors, Stillman & Birn, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, USk, Washington, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building | 18 Comments

75 Day Challenge: 42 to 47

Posted on September 11, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

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, journal, painting, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged art journal, Brenda Swenson, buddha, Laguna Beach, Pacific Ocean, palm, palm tree greeting cards, weeping buddha | 12 Comments

Process: My first Brush Pen Sketches, No Pencil!

Posted on September 10, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

Today I created my first brush drawing, wonky, clean and lovely. Five minutes, done, no attempt to brush over, single strokes. Very exciting for me, so I had to share. This one is in my lojong journal. By the time … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art journal, Buddha, drawing, journal, lojong, painting, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged art journal, Luma, waterbrush, watercolor, weeping buddha | 9 Comments

75 Day Challenge: Gads what day??? 41!

Posted on September 7, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

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 | 5 Comments

Palm Tree Goddess Under the Full Moon

Posted on February 15, 2014 by D. Katie Powell

Mitchell gifted me with art supplies for Valentine’s, and I took half the day to play with them. My first watercolor turned into a mixed media, because I added some colored pencil and Pitt pen. Watercolors are very different from … Continue reading →