Category Archives: watercolor

VSW: Hawaii, Oahu 2

Posted on June 27, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Amy Lauren Gettys *thank you* gave us wonderful images to paint, and I had fun in this incredibly busy month putting together the second page in the spread. I haven’t done a collage in ages, and because of my shortened … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, color, drawing, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged architecture, beach, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hawaii, Holbein, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Macaw flowers, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Oahu, ocean, Pacific Ocean, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, sea turtles, Tiki statue, virtual sketchwalk | 4 Comments

Tool: Watercolors, 4, Blues to Greens

Posted on June 25, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Each Sunday this summer I am looking at my paint “collection”: Tools: Watercolors, 1, Yellow-Orange Tools: Watercolors, 2, Red-Pink Tools: Watercolors, 3, Greens to Yellows. I had to make myself purchase blues. I love turquoise blues, and bought Primateks when I … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, color, process, watercolor | Tagged blue, Daniel Smith watercolors, green, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Holbein, M.Graham watercolors, Mayan paints, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, transparent paint, watercolor | 6 Comments

Belated Solstice: Black-eyed Susans

Posted on June 24, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Extremely busy week; all work and almost no painting! An exhausting but good week, we are embarking on a new adventure. I’ll talk about it soon; you will get to see what I do when I am using my painting … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, drawing, landscape, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged Black Eyed Susan, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Pentalic Aqua Journal | 2 Comments

TOOLS: De Atramentis Document White Ink

Posted on June 21, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

I am very excited about the new De Atramentis Document White ink (DeA hereafter). I use white inks from time to time, mostly in sketching, and have finally found good white ink sketch pens: Faber-Castell PITT artist pen WHITE 101 … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, color, pen & ink, tools, watercolor | Tagged De Atramentis Document ink, Pitt pens, watercolor, white ink, White Uniball Signo | 8 Comments

Tools: Watercolors, 3, Greens to Yellows

Posted on June 18, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Each Sunday for the next few weeks I am looking at my paint “collection.” In the last weeks: Tools: Watercolors, 1, Yellow-Orange; Tools: Watercolors, 2, Red-Pink One general comment about the greens is MANY of them are based with Phthalocyanine (sounds … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, color, process, watercolor | Tagged Daniel Smith watercolors, favorite, green, Holbein, opaque, pan paints, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, transparent paint, tube paints, watercolor, yellow-green | 14 Comments

Watercolor and Ink Palm Sunset

Posted on June 16, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Just having a bit of fun, playing with Ancient Copper ink OVER washes of watercolor. There is a method to my madness in terms of the experiment… Pentalic Aqua Journal, with a Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Lamy … Continue reading →

Posted in art, color, creativity, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Lamy Al-Star, Mid-Century Modern, ocean, Pacific Ocean, palm trees, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Sennelier, watercolor | 8 Comments

Tools: Watercolors, 1, Yellow-Orange

Posted on June 13, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

For the next few weeks I am looking at my paint “collection.” I know better now how to judge what paints to buy, what I might love, and what I have — but it has taken me actually studying (*shudder* … Continue reading →

Posted in color, painting, tools, watercolor | Tagged Daniel Smith watercolors, favorite, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Holbein, M.Graham watercolors, Mayan paints, opaque, orange, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, transparent paint, watercolor, yellow | 8 Comments

Palm Trees Coffee Pot

Posted on June 9, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

I want this. I’ve had a small image of it for years. If I had this my life would be complete… No Thursday Doors…. Real life got in the way! *sigh* But then, making money = $$$ for paint = … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged coffee cup, coffee pot, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Al-Star, Mid-Century Modern, palm trees, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Sennelier, watercolor | 4 Comments

Tools: Watercolors, 2, Red-Pink

Posted on June 5, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Each Sunday for the next few weeks I am looking at my paint “collection.” OOPS. I HIT PUBLISH BY MISTAKE AND NO ERRORS. HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? SO THIS WEEK’S WILL BE PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK! Because of this mistake, … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, color, painting, process, tools, watercolor | Tagged Daniel Smith watercolors, favorite, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Holbein, M.Graham watercolors, Mayan paints, opaque, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, transparent paint, watercolor | 8 Comments

VSW: Hawaii, Oahu Palms

Posted on June 5, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Ink drawing, shadow inks (grisaille), then watercolors. Moleskin 8×11 watercolor journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Lamy Al-Star with De Atramentis Document Black, Noodler’s inks, and Daniel Smith , Holbein, and QoR watercolors. I started a Facebook group page (you must join … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, drawing, landscape, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged architecture, beach, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, grisaille, Hawaii, Holbein, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Oahu, ocean, Pacific Ocean, palm trees, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk | 4 Comments

USk: St. James Lutheran Church

Posted on June 2, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Experimenting with color after taking a class… I am often bored by stone buildings, but several interesting water-colorists use what-ever color where-ever they want. This is one of the stone churches we pass on our way to the Saturday Market … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art journal, color, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor | Tagged #thursdaydoors, Daniel Smith watercolors, Fabriano Watercolor journal, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, St. James Lutheran Church, SW Portland | 17 Comments

VSW: Capetown South Africa Beachwalk, 2

Posted on May 31, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Necessity is the mother of fast sketches. I barely finished these by the end of our month on Capetown! I used a water-soluble graphite fat pencil and splashed watercolors over the sketches. From beginning to end in about 15 minutes … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, pen & ink, series, sketchbook, timed painting, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged architecture, beach, Capetown, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Moleskin Watercolor journal, ocean, outdoor market, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk | 2 Comments

Overworked / Failure

Posted on May 30, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Dan recently blogged about failures: “So many people try to hide failure. Sometimes, they want to hide it out of embarrassment and sometimes they want to hide it out of fear. I don’t want to fail, but when I do, … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art journal, creativity, making a living, painting, pen & ink, process, watercolor | Tagged anniversary, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, failure, floral, flower, Lamy Al-Star, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, struggle, Sunflowers, watercolor | 4 Comments

For Dan, One More Train…

Posted on May 27, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Middle of the night drawing of the Oregon Zoo train. Dan now you are forever linked to trains, along with my girlfriend who I used to ride trains with, and a crazy boyfriend who once picked me up on a … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged De Atramentis Document ink, gratitude, Lamy Al-Star, Oregon Zoo, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Sennelier, train, watercolor | 8 Comments

Thursday Doors: The Doe Library’s Leather Doors

Posted on May 26, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

My sketch, above of the unpainted and beautiful doors in the Doe Library. The Doe Library in Berkeley still has the solid redwood doors, covered in thick hides with brass details. We were hired to assess the doors, and explain … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, urban sketchers, watercolor | Tagged #thursdaydoors, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Doe Library, Holbein, leather doors, Platinum Preppy, Platinum Preppy pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, QoR, Sennelier, Stillman & Birn, urban sketchers | 9 Comments

More Trains: Portland Union Station and more

Posted on May 22, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

Part two of the response to a friend’s request to post for National Train Day! Part one here! (Go visit him here if you love trains and that will lead you to others who are posting, and the logo also … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, history, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor | Tagged architecture, Daniel Smith watercolors, details, Fabriano Watercolor journal, industrial age, NW Portland, Pearl District, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Union Station, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, train station, trains, Urban Sketchcrawl, urban sketcher, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk | 20 Comments

Tough Week

Posted on May 20, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

It’s been a tough week. Our little girl got sick, and while we now know it is from her new condition and the meds for hypothyroidism, it was a hard week, staying up all night with her, worried, et all. … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, journal, memory, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged anniversary, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, echinacea, floral, flower, Lamy Al-Star, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Sennelier, watercolor | 13 Comments

USk: Art Gallery Door, Alphabet District

Posted on May 19, 2016 by D. Katie Powell

There is this amazing rusty metal door going into the art gallery on Raleigh. It is a wild thing, all twisted and colorful and rough and organic. I did my best; but gads, what a door. It pops out of … Continue reading →