Category Archives: watercolor

Hahnemühle Post Cards, 13, Palms

Posted on February 14, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

These are my happy place doodles… Not quite California but reminiscent of a less crowded California! I had no idea when I began playing with the Hahnemühle Post Cards that I would love them so much! I wanted to mitigate the … Continue reading →

Posted in cards, drawing, memory, painting, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #coldwaxmedium, #HahnemühlePostCards, #palmtrees, De Atramentis Document ink, Gamblin Cold Wax Medium, Hahnemühle Post Cards, ocean, palm tree, palms, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor | 2 Comments

Hahnemühle Post Cards, 14, Hearts for Valentines

Posted on February 11, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Lover’s Day is coming…. I’m practicing my hearts… I find my ideas evolve if I just play, and I loosen up as I play! These are all on Hahnemühle post cards… I started the way all my doodles start… The … Continue reading →

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Seahorse Tea Infuser

Posted on February 11, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

I’ve looked around NW Portland stores for a great tea infuser. I bought one with some tea and while it might be good, it either doesn’t fit my teapot, is not great as a cup infuser, and it doesn’t clean … Continue reading →

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Tools: Travel Palette, Three

Posted on February 10, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Part 3, on other palettes and changing brands! Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… Okay, remember when I said that I was going to stick with December’s travel palette? I lied… I’ve changed it up twice and think … Continue reading →

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California Poppy

Posted on February 9, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

*home home home* Nothing quite says home like the flowers I used to see in spring in California! Behold the California Poppy! *i think i gave her a bit of an art nouveau feel* To hear about classes, follow me … Continue reading →

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Lojong: All Dharma Agree

Posted on February 8, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

I’ve studied through the slogans a dozen times in my life; these are my musings on the slogan currently, not a formal interpretation. For that reason they are less about straight Buddhist teachings, and I think able to be shared … Continue reading →

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Shells

Posted on February 5, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Middle of the night Shells; ink and watercolor. To hear about classes, follow me on 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 →

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Pink and Orange Posies

Posted on February 3, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

New Nostalgie Journal… at the new moon I played with pen and a wet brush and moved the Nemosine inks around… After they dried I added watercolor to deepen. Made up flowers are posies! I try to do SOMETHING daily! … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 8, Hydrangeas

Posted on February 1, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Hydrangeas are on my mind; my mom loves them and the post cards cheer her! I made these to send to her. This one was watercolors and Platinum Lavender ink, which runs just a little when touched with water. This … Continue reading →

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Lojong: How to Live and Die

Posted on February 1, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

For most of you these postings will be a departure from my normal artful posts, but for some who follow zenkatwrites, they will be familiar. This is an unfinished lojong (Buddhist) journal I was in the middle of when work … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Buddha, journal, lojong, meditation, pen & ink, ritual, tonglen, watercolor | Tagged buddha, buddha ball, death, lojong, Neocolor II, Okina Journals, pen and ink, tonglen, watercolor, weeping buddha, Zen Buddha | 4 Comments

Sketchbook Project: My Prayer for our Ocean

Posted on January 31, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Last night I mailed in my submission to the Sketchbook Project, the project out of Brooklyn whereby people from all over the world buy a small sketchbook, fill it, choose to have it imaged or not, and it becomes part … Continue reading →

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Nostalgie Journal 10-2017

Posted on January 29, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

This journal started in Diwali, and continued to just after the New Year. I anticipated that it would be about light and ritual and women… There was instead a good deal of unanticipated loss. I withheld many pages from this … Continue reading →

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Thai Buddha

Posted on January 28, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Like my Quan Yin posted previously, recently I’ve been adorning my Thai Buddha with my gaspeite and Hill Tribe OM necklace. I’m not sure why I do this… It isn’t necklace storage. I like the play of the green on … Continue reading →

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Quan Yin and Mimi’s Clock Pins

Posted on January 26, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

My grandmother left me an odd stash of ten little clock pins with mother-of-pearl faces. I don’t know why she had ten. I don’t know why she had them at all as they don’t look like something she would’ve worn. … Continue reading →

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Mason Monterey Cuppa

Posted on January 25, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

I’m not sure if I like painting them best or playing with the camera with them… but the cuppas are becoming a thing to do at night! They make me smile seeing them as if dancing… maybe that is how … Continue reading →

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South of the Border Cuppa

Posted on January 22, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Our South of the Border mugs, reminding us of a wonderful time we had in spite of a bad beginning to a trip! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is … Continue reading →

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Tools: Studio Palette, Two

Posted on January 20, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… After the travel palette sort, and after successfully trading some paints I didn’t want, I began to look at the paints that have ended up on the sidelines, and wondered about my … Continue reading →

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Usk: Sellwood

Posted on January 19, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Wednesday we made a day of buying eyeglass frames, lunch out, and shopping in Sellwood. Apparently in my mind today Mitchell has a round face! AAACK! The Monkey Fist was yummy *when is brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans ever NOT … Continue reading →