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Hahnemühle Post Cards, Mr Gibbs
I tried to do Gibbs justice. He may be a Russian blue — In this pic he was regal. Middle-of-the-night thinking of Gibbs and Mary. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new and improved … Continue reading
Hahnemühle Post Cards, First Vlog, Mustard
Okay I’ve hung on to this long enough and need to get over it all. I will share my first test teaching vlog with my fellow artist peeps. It is about ink+ watercolor painting, shown on a Hahnemühle Post Card, … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, drawing, ink painting, landscape, painting, pen & ink, vlog, watercolor
Tagged #deatramentisink, #HahnemühlePostCards, #KWZink, #MGraham, #MGrahamwatercolors, #teachingvideo, #wildmustard, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemühle Post Cards, KWZ Foggy Green ink, M.Graham watercolors, video, video classes, vlog, watercolor, wild mustard
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Table Legs
I had the opportunity to repair the finish on these lovely legs from a family table, and now I paint them. They were stacked in my finish studio for a long time in this manner and reminded me of ancient … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, furniture, journal, making a living, painting, shellac, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolor, #mpfconservation, #portlandhistory, #tablelegs, art journal, Fabriano Watercolor journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, shellac, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Inktober, 20 Diwali, Festival of Lights
Happy Diwali, of course done the eve of not today! Auspiciously, I filled the last available page in my journal on Diwali Eve with this prayer for Diwali; I opened my next journal the next morning. We light the candles, … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, memory, painting, ritual, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #diwali, #holbeinwatercolor, #inktober2017, #labellaluna, #middleofthenight, #newmoon, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, lunar, moon, new moon, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, prayer, watercolor
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Inktober, 7 Palm Window
I don’t know where I caught the snippet of a poem which was a song not a poem but it has rolled around in my head for weeks, these few lines: “Now that I’ve worn out I’ve worn out the … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #fullmoon, #inktober2017, #labellaluna, #middleofthenight, #palmtrees, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, lunar, moon, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, palm, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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Inktober, 5 Rose
A memory from our walk to the Standing Stone for breakfast. Nothing beats spending time with Mitchell. We saw Autumn straggling cheery street roses. I don’t know how they survive in poor light under the trees! I love my Nostalgie … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #inktober, #inktober2017, #nostalgiejournal, #rose, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Matteo Grilli, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen
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Inktober, 2 Dogwood
Dogwood always reminds me of my Grandmother, Lyle Genevieve, or Mimi, and driving through the mountains around Grass Valley area where their ranch was… Even though we see it all over Oregon it reminds me of the California mountains. I … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #inktober, #inktober2017, #middleofthenight, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, dogwood, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Hahnemühle Postcards, Lamy Al-Star, Matteo Grilli, Platinum Carbon pen
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Tools: Viviva Colorsheets and Hello Inktober
Viviva is a new watercolor “sheet” out of India. I bought them through their Indiegogo campaign. Watercolor sheets are meant to travel with a waterbrush, so that you simply touch the wet brush to the colored paper and the color … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, painting, review, sketchbook, tools, watercolor
Tagged #HahnemühlePostCards, #inktober, #inktober2017, #vivivacolorsheets, #watercolorreview, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, DaVinci watercolors, doodles, Fineline masking fluid, floral, flower, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, review, Viviva Colorsheets, watercolor
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USk: Autumn at PSU Market
Gads the children were enthralled by his playing! We often eat breakfast at Portland Curry — Chana Masala, Yum! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new and improved dkatiepowellart.com and sign up for my … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #psufarmersmarket, #urbansketching, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Curry, Portland Oregon, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, Sennelier, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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When Palms are Bad
This one is simply overworked. It doesn’t have the feeling of air coming through the palm leaves. I am okay with the ocean, flowers, etc. This should have been beautiful… Randy Boyd’s photo was gorgeous! I tried it again….. In … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, landscape, painting, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, palm, palm trees, Primatek, watercolor
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USk: Roasted Sugar Chilies
Picked up 40 pounds of Roasted Sugar Chilies last Saturday, and 20 lbs of Roasted Poblanos this Saturday. That is what we eat in a year! Making Pepper Pesto with them. Totally yummy. To hear about classes, follow me on … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #portlandurbansketcher, #psufarmersmarket, #urbansketcher, architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fabriano Watercolor journal, Lamy Al-Star, Platinum Carbon pen, PSU Outdoor Market, Sennelier, urban sketchers, USk, watercolor
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Tools: Watercolors, 8, Primateks
When I painted with acrylics (above) I was in love with the textural qualities of Golden Acrylics: ground hematite, sand, metallics. I mixed and pushed them to create textural patterns on both huge canvases and small paper sketches. It was … Continue reading
Color is Not Enough
Sometimes I start with color… I think color will be enough, because I am mad for color… But color is never enough. There is the line, and it has a lot to say. Because you can’t read my handwriting: Playing … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #linework, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, art journal, color, Lamy Al-Star, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pentel Aquash Water Brush, Robert Oster ink, Sunflowers, watercolor
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Hahnemühle Post Cards, NOT, 12, Prickley Pear
It was an honest mistake. I paint on Hahnemühle Post Card so often I just assumed that I’d grabbed one in the middle-of-the-night… so sad after finishing to send off that it wasn’t a postcard! I wondered why the watercolor … Continue reading
Fire, Wind, Rain: and Photography Exposures
I’ve been upset about the first, then they were topped by worry for friends in Texas and Florida… Painting images loosely from photos that stayed in my mind helped. In these, more than most, I noticed the exposure (flash or … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, landscape, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #fires, #hurricaneirma, #irma, #palmtrees, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Tools: Da Vinci Watercolors
I was able to buy a couple of Da Vinci watercolors half-off with free shipping. *i wanted to see if i liked them… nooo, not quite truthful… i am a watercolor tube addict and could not stop myself… i am … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, painting, review, sketchbook, tools, watercolor, writing
Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #gladiola, #middleofthenight, #quinaddict, alizarin crimson, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, DaVinci watercolors, Lamy Joy, Matteo Grilli, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, quinacridone gold, Rose Dore, watercolor
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Alizarin Gladioli
Middle-of-the-night, deep inky-maroon gladioli challenged me! The Da Vinci Alizarin Crimson is semi-transparent, but the secondary top color had to be quite opaque, and i don’t like nor work well with opaque paints. I painted them in my Nostalgie journal, … Continue reading
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Tagged #gladiola, #gladiolas, #gladioli, alizarin crimson, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, DaVinci watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, floral, flower, Matteo Grilli, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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Peach Glads
Can you spot the mistake? (I corrected it by now….) Middle-of-the-night, I took on the peach gladioli Mitchell gave me earlier in the week. I tried one of the new DaVinci watercolors, Rose Dore, a quinacridone paint. Such a pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged #gladiola, #gladiolas, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, DaVinci watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, floral, flower, Matteo Grilli, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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D.Katie Powell Art 