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Strange Siamese Habits
Why does she do this? And now, since she started doing it, Izzee is also doing it! Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Sailor Fude De Mannen Calligraphy pen with De Atrementis Document Urban Grey ink, Lamy Al-Star with De Atramentis Document Urban … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
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VSW: Washington Irving’s Home NY
Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook went to upstate New York to paint Washington Irving’s home (the author of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.) From scribbles to watercolor, the finished product didn’t please me; I like the scribbled version better. I … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, color, drawing, ink painting, journal, landscape, painting, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
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VSW: Christmas Tree Montpellier
From the Virtual Sketchwalk group on Facebook, We walked Montpellier, France, and in one of the malls was this Christmas Tree many stories high. So festive and lively, I tried it two different ways. I don’t know what the gold … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #christmastree, #france, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #montpellier, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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Blue Posies
Spring is coming! And the Full Moon! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. “I think not….” Me… why I … Continue reading
VSW: Disaster Sketching the Lyndhurst Mansion
I wanted to tackle this image from our Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook. This is a lesson in positive critique… I want to paint the light. I’m a novice. Nothing wrong with being a novice… But dang how to paint … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, color, drawing, ink painting, journal, landscape, painting, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
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VSW: Montpellier Carousel
Debi posted this just for me! A carousel in Montpellier, France, from our Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook, All glitter and bright colors and oh wow! Started with a line drawing, fairly fast sketch. Decided to show it with a … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #carousel, #carouselhorses, #france, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #montpellier, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #virtualsketch, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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USk: Falling Snow
I gave it a shot, painting the snow falling under the light from the window in our studio. Everything was sooo dark, but the falling snow popped. To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, journal, landscape, memory, painting, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolors, #middleofthenight, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #snowfalling, #snowstorm, #watercolorjournal, #WhiteUniballSigno, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Primatek, watercolor
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VSW: Rosebowl Parade
THIS SHOWS HOW LONG SINCE I’VE HAD TIME TO POST! Okay, too, after working (our biz) I’ve had a cold and was too tuckered out. During the Rose Bowl Parade this one float caught my eye. The bear did nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #chinesedragon, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #rosebowlparade, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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VSW: French Country House
. Playing on our FaceBook group Virtual Sketchwalk, I loved this image — woudl want to live here in teh South of France! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory … Continue reading
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Kill Winter With Orange!
“Kill Winter With Orange is an winter tradition that’s been happening for many years! I love it because I love ORANGE! I penned the inks below with a dip pen: Birmingham inks are not usually feathering inks but WOW Relative … Continue reading
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Posies: Cherry Blossoms
“I cannot go out tonight. Tonight everything scares me. Blossoming insanely are cherry treees and I don’t know how to blossom like that.” ~ Imants Ziedonis, Latvian Poet. Watercolor of cherry blossoms in a Handbook Journal. To hear about classes, … Continue reading
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Tagged #cherryblossoms, #handbookjournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Cherry blaossoms, Daniel Smith watercolors, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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Sharada Navratri Goddess, 2
Sharada Navratri, nine nights (ten days) which celebrates the many faces of the goddess, is a post monsoon season autumn Hindu festival which often falls in the Western calendar months of September-October. MahaDurgha is honored in the Durgha puja, and … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, gods and goddesses, ink painting, journal, lunar cycle, pen & ink, ritual, series, sketchbook, watercolor
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