Tools: Mitchell’s Glitter Inks, 3

Posted on July 17, 2020 by D. Katie Powell

So I gave you a little taste of Mitchell’s glittery
collection here, with the help of Yamantaka!
Part 2, we looked at the warm shimmers in our collection…

Now for the cool inks!

Diamine Shimmer-tastic Lilac Satin ink has won the contest for most beautiful shimmer purple that we own —  Diamine Shimmer-tastic Frosted Orchid ink came in second.
Until I swatched them all I really did not see the difference online.
Lilac Satin has the prettiest base ink, clear beautiful, and a great shimmer!
I’m afraid Diamine Purple Pizzazz really hasn’t got much Pizzazz!  Meh!

I owned PenBBS #103 Hyacinth Macaw ink — even though I am not a shimmer gurl
I had to have it because it is a Macaw Ink!  (Yes I am that easy!)
It is gorgeous, and made me want to try other Pen BBS inks.

We bought a bottle of Diamine Shimmer-tastic Cobalt Jazz ink after loving a sample
of a mislabeled ink…  You can see how close it is to the PenBBS Macaw ink,
though I think the Macaw has a deeper base color.
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Shimmering Seas ink has a nice bit of shimmer
but we found the base ink color blah…

Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Blue Moon ink is stunning,
both in the phthalo-blue under ink and the shimmer!
J.Herbin Kyanite du Nepal ink has that lovely under base note, and is a touch greener.
It is the most shimmery of the J.Herbin inks we sampled, but still, not as
stunning as Blue Moon… whatever causes the shimmer is nicer in Blue Moon.

J.Herbin 1670 Bleu Ocean ink did not get love from us as
the base ink is fairly dull, and there was little shimmer.
I am surprised at how disappointed I was in the J.Herbin inks,
because I have some lovely bright inks from them and they make great inks
— but not so much the shimmers!

SHAKE & SHIMMY

Finally, the greens.  All of the greens we sampled were lovely, and three have already become bottles in our collection because they are such gorgeous inks.

I bought Vinta Inks Collection Gold Dust Piloncitos 1521 Ink…
I love “off” colors (posting soon), and this ink created some beautiful images in tests,
and I am looking forward to the bottle when it arrives.
It is a mysterious green with bronze overtones of shimmer.

Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Peppermint Candy ink has a teal green base ink and the loveliest green shimmer — Wow!  I love the green shimmer, instead of gold or silver.

Diamine Shimmer-tastic Golden Oasis (Green) ink shocks because the name implies
it is gold!  I know an oasis is usually a fecund place in a desert but really,
they must attach GREEN in their name!  This is a knock -your-socks off cheery green
base with a gold shimmer, and it is Mitchell’s favorite ink…
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Magical Forest ink should get more love — it is a beautiful emerald green base with a silver-green shimmer… but didn’t make the get-a-bottle-cut!

About the quality and clog-ability of these inks…

All of these inks are fairly well behaved with the understanding that
they have a boatload of particles in them.  They do not bleed more than other inks,
most dry a bit slower but not so that you’d notice when writing.

With ALL the shimmer inks the pens have to be “flossed” more often.
You can buy brass sheets from Goulet, but what I love best is
the sheet of plastic that comes with the Pilot Parallel pen!

Running the plastic sheet under the tines every so often moves stuck glitter
and we’ve had no reason to clean but one pen, which was left sitting nib down.
Lay pen on their sides or tip up!

Glitter and the environment…

It matters — glitter harms people during manufacturing and
is terrible for the various water creatures.  It is a plastic material!
What I’ve found so far: Robert Oster and Diamine do not use glitter, but a mineral.
When I review other brands I will check to see what they use…
It is more difficult to get info on the other brands but I have emails out to their sites.

What are your favorite glitter inks?

SHAKE & SHIMMY
Nothing amazing here… not a shimmer ink but I’ve yet to see sheen!

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Folding journal with:
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Aussie Liquid Gold ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Heart of Gold ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Sterling Silver ink,
Robert Oster Glistening Orange Rumble ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Blue Moon ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Red Gold ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Peppermint Candy ink,
J.Herbin 1670 Bleu Ocean ink,
J.Herbin Kyanite du Nepal ink,
J.Herbin 1670 Caroube de Chypre ink,
J.Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Cobalt Jazz ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Golden Oasis (Green) ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Magical Forest ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Shimmering Seas ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Moon Dust ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Frosted Orchid ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Golden Sands ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Purple Pazzazz ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Lilac Satin ink,
Organics Studio Elements Cysteine Brown Shimmer ink,
PenBBS #153 Burning of White House 1814 Ink,
PenBBS #103 Hyacinth Macaw ink,
and Vinta Inks Collection Gold Dust Piloncitos 1521 Ink.

 

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Tools: Mitchell’s Glitter Inks, 2

Posted on July 16, 2020 by D. Katie Powell

So I gave you a little taste of Mitchell glittery
collection here, with the help of Yamantaka!

Now I’ll show you our favorites!

I bought a few bottles of inkmasters we know, so we trusted the ink quality,
and some samples for his last birthday, with some fat nibbed pens.
Before glitter inks he liked like fine nibs (I have 15 fine nibs no one wants to use now!)


We both use our shimmery inks in B or 1.5 or 1.9 stub nibs,
and have not had clogging unless we stored them nib down.
Crystal Castle O’Neals is the queen of glitter and suggested
we store the nib up or on their side, and we’ve not had issues since.
I also like to sue a dip pen with the many colors we own;
all the lettering was with a dip pen.


Diamine Shimmer-tastic Moon Dust ink came at the suggestion of Crystal,
and I can never have too much silver or grey ink…
You can see the comparison to Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Sterling Silver ink
(link to my Inkt Thots review).
Sterling appears to have a cool base, whereas Moon Dust seems to be a warmer grey base.

Both are lovely silvers… and we have them both inked up!

All three of these golds are gorgeous and different.
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Aussie Liquid Gold has a clear bright yellow base with a white shimmer that is so different from any other shimmer ink we own, whereas Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Heart of Gold leans into a dark slightly green-gold.
The latter packs an intense shimmer like none I’ve seen.
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Golden Sands ink is a very toasty gold, leaning orange-red, or for those who are familiar with pigments, it is a companion to Quinacridone Gold!

Robert Oster Glistening Orange Rumble ink looks almost like two inks —
the top shimmer ink has a glilstening white shimmer that sometimes has
a purpley overcast on top of a clear orange base.  Every time I use it I am surprised.

We both preferred Organics Studio
Elements Cysteine Brown Shimmer ink over J.Herbin 1670 Caroube de Chypre ink,
which was not very sparkly!
The Cysteine also has a beautiful strong
brown base, and I find a lot of brown inks
are washed out, but this one is strong!
I have the Cysteine in my wish list to purchase…

We have a bottle of the very beautiful
and festive Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer
Red Gold ink, and I’m glad we went with
Robert Oster before we sampled.
Again, intense gold shimmer flakes on
a clear red base.  The J.Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite ink shows nearly the same base,
but is lacking the gold levels.

Stay tuned for part 3, here, tomorrow!

SHAKE & SHIMMY
Nothing amazing here… not a shimmer ink but I’ve yet to see sheen!

 

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Folding journal with:
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Aussie Liquid Gold ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Heart of Gold ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Sterling Silver ink,
Robert Oster Glistening Orange Rumble ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Blue Moon ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Red Gold ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Peppermint Candy ink,
J.Herbin 1670 Bleu Ocean ink,
J.Herbin Kyanite du Nepal ink,
J.Herbin 1670 Caroube de Chypre ink,
J.Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Cobalt Jazz ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Golden Oasis (Green) ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Magical Forest ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Shimmering Seas ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Moon Dust ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Frosted Orchid ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Golden Sands ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Purple Pazzazz ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Lilac Satin ink,
Organics Studio Elements Cysteine Brown Shimmer ink,
PenBBS #153 Burning of White House 1814 Ink,
PenBBS #103 Hyacinth Macaw ink,
and Vinta Inks Collection Gold Dust Piloncitos 1521 Ink.

 

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Tools: Mitchell’s Glitter Inks, 1

Posted on July 15, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


Mitchell fell in love with glitterinks,
starting with Robert Oster’s Sterling Silver…


I made him a long visual record of what he has because it was getting confusing…

“i think you did this all wrong”

Yaman checked it all out as we need his approval,
and made some adjustments in setting it up for the surprise.  He is a primo helpercat!

Below you can see the inks he has right now, mostly samples, and soon I will do a mini review of them… I think a few will be come drawing inks for me too!

“there, much better…”


Stay tuned for part 2, here, tomorrow!

SHAKE & SHIMMY
Nothing amazing here… not a shimmer ink but I’ve yet to see sheen!

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“I think not….”
Me… why I journal!

Folding journal with:
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Aussie Liquid Gold ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Heart of Gold ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Sterling Silver ink,
Robert Oster Glistening Orange Rumble ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Blue Moon ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Red Gold ink,
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Peppermint Candy ink,
J.Herbin 1670 Bleu Ocean ink,
J.Herbin Kyanite du Nepal ink,
J.Herbin 1670 Caroube de Chypre ink,
J.Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Cobalt Jazz ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Golden Oasis (Green) ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Magical Forest ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Shimmering Seas ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Moon Dust ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Frosted Orchid ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Golden Sands ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Purple Pazzazz ink,
Diamine Shimmer-tastic Lilac Satin ink,
Organics Studio Elements Cysteine Brown Shimmer ink,
PenBBS #153 Burning of White House 1814 Ink,
PenBBS #103 Hyacinth Macaw ink,
and Vinta Inks Collection Gold Dust Piloncitos 1521 Ink.

 

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Four Glitter Inks

Posted on July 14, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


We bought two bottles and a couple of shimmery ink samples!
I don’t buy samples often — tiny plastic thangs —
but will when I have never tried an ink company.

Gorgeous!

Robert Oster has to very different golds (gads the man makes lovely inks!)
Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Aussie Liquid Gold ink,
and Robert Oster Shake & Shimmer Heart of Gold ink.

Tried Vinta Inks Collection Gold Dust Piloncitos 1521 Ink, and it is beautiful;
Organics Studio Elements Cysteine Brown Shimmer ink is lovely too!

Mitchell may make me a convert!

PS I may be going back to my Inky Thot reviews…
life kinda got in the way!  Three of these would be on that list!

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Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook, shimmery inks listed in text!
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges.

 

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Tools: WaterPROOF Inks

Posted on July 13, 2020 by D. Katie Powell

I had someone get a bit heated with me for insisting that the right words
be used for waterPROOF and water resistant.
*I can take it*

The reason the distinction
is important is artists need
to know waterPROOF in order to choose the right ink for
our sketches.  It is a horrid feeling to have completed
a sketch then have this (right) happen Noodler’s Heart of Darkness (HoD)… For writers, this distinction might not matter.  I wish that online stores would get this right… most are cavalier about it.

*the above drawing dried overnight before I went back to add watercolors on site*

Waterproof means the ink-paper doesn’t change the qualities,
as long as you let them dry (which is true for water-resistance too.)
The ones I use dry fast enough — I let them sit about a half hour with normal linework.

I consider the ones below waterproof because I’ve tested them myself, and never had a failure (again, if they were dry), are below.

DeAtramentis Document Ink (DeaDoc)

This is a favorite waterproof ink.  There are many color, and they mix nicely.
I recently added Urban Grey to the collection and intend to try Urban Sienna.
The only ink I would never ever put in a fountain pen is their White ink.

Vanness has the best selection but you have to search for waterproof.

I go through bottles of this ink!

Super5 Ink

I adore these inks!  I love their slightly “off” colors — not crayola crayon colors!
I use them more than the DeaDoc inks except for the black,
because I like the effect of the slightly off colors with my watercolors.
I can find all the colors at Blue Rooster Art store in Los Angeles but they ship!
Wet Paint Art carries a few colors… one thing I am disappointed in is that they changed their packaging to a smaller bottle (30ml) but the price went up!

SketchINK

There are many lovely colors, and all my tests show they are waterproof.
I don’t personally like them due to a chemical smell,
but I have one I use because it is a beautiful clear blue.
Vanness carries all of them.

Platinum Carbon Black

I always have a Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges….
I use it all the time!  It is not a BLACK-black because it has a silver sheen which I sometimes don’t want in a more formal watercolor. Dries super fast as linework!

I have heard others mentioned I’ve not tried but here is my advice:
I strongly suggest that an artist try them on every new paper
they will be doing watercolor on before they use them in a drawing —
and I do this even with my favorites when I have a different brand of sketchbook.

Noodler’s

I include them here because so many people talk about them as waterproof, and all six I bought moved on many papers, like the image at the top of the page.I am willing to use Noodler’s Lexington Grey
in grisaille work (shadow under watercolor, shown right) because I have a huge droppered bottle, it is a nice grey,  and the little bit it moves doesn’t effect my
watercolor — but I never use it for linework because on some papers I’ve had it move.

Water RESISTANT

 Platinum Cassis Black  and several other lovely inks are water resistant but not waterproof, below… I use them to sketch in the same manner as soluble inks, bottom.

Water Soluble

And of course, I use water soluble inks (below are some favorites)
all the time to make sketches moving the ink as I love to do!

one of robert oster’s browns…
robert oster blue sea
diamine chocolate
btw, not platinum citrus but a mix of robert oster

This is the end of my productive rant!

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Me… why I journal!

Note: now you can get Super5 inks in the states from Blue Rooster:
Support them so we always have it, as Amazon comes and goes!
Vanness has the best selection of DeAtramentis Document inks
but you have to search for waterproof.
Vanness carries all of SketchINKS colors (I think).
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges.

    

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Sweet Commission

Posted on July 12, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


I had the pleasure to create a sweet painting of a little apricot and grey tortie.
I love tortoise shell cats, and the big bummer is that I did not get a picture of her finished!  She’s lost her whiskers and a few other touches in white pen!  WIP!

DANG!

I hear the recipient was delighted!
Paintings make great gifts and support your local artists….

I take commissions!

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“Memory is more indelible than ink.”
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“I think not….”
Me… why I journal!

Hahnemühle Bamboo Carnet de Voyage,
Pentalic HB woodless pencil, White Uniball Signo, Pitt White pen,
Platinum Plaiser pen with DeAtramentis Document Urban Grey ink,
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges,
Sennelier, Holbein, and Daniel Smith Watercolors.

 

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Bright Ideas: Missing the Beach

Posted on July 11, 2020 by D. Katie Powell

Missing the ocean,
walking with my toes in the wet sand.
Spending a day hunting
for the tiniest shells in a tidepool.

Bright Ideas multi-color journal, White Uniball Signo, Pitt White pen,
Platinum Plaiser pen with DeAtramentis Document Urban Grey ink,
Pilot Parallel pen with De Atramentis Document Black ink,
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges.

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Rona2: Can’t Go Home Again

Posted on July 10, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


Home home home…

The idea of home is so far away from today’s reality…
Family figures who were wayshowers became betrayers,
My hometown has become a rich man’s enclave,
far away from the hippy beach community that was heaven…
and I don’t even know this country I once loved.

I am glad to know that this life is an illusion…
more like a nightmare now.

I am distraught about what we are reading about on the news…
I always knew that this hatred existed in some people,
but now I know it is a huge part of the American psyche.
The things that I read about happening daily to black people are
terrible tortured hateful happenings; they break my heart…
I have had days where I felt like I couldn’t breath with the terrors in this country.
Even the very idea that POC are harassed by other Americans while being
human in America is disgusting and a huge embarrassment.

I know that writing about this is not going to bring me art followers,
but really, how can any of you stay silent?

Home is where I find Mitchell and the cats, no further.
Okay, I have friends of like minds, which makes me hopeful.

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Me… why I journal!

Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook,
TWSBI Eco 1.1 with Robert Oster Golden Brown ink,
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink,
Daniel Smith watercolors.

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Bright Ideas: RG Bean Ritual

Posted on July 9, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


I started this little ritual because I find the beans so beautiful.
Each time I open a new package I place two of the beans in the abalone shell
I found on T Bay, the beach I grew up on in Laguna.
I also have placed a Bay Leaf from Cynthia with them…
And for now, my turquoise long-life scarab.
As is often true with rituals., I don’t know where this is taking me,
but it brings me pleasure.

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Rona2: Rancho Gordo Flageolet Beans

Posted on July 8, 2020 by D. Katie Powell

Flageolet is another sweet-smelling bean right out of the bag —
smells of the earth and it smells GREEN…

Flageolet pushed me back a decade to when I had the time to
make my own chicken stock from leftover bones, and
I did it in our little kitchen in the studio (when do I have time at home?)

Saved the bones from a curried roaster in the roasting pot.  So here is the thing:
If you cut the fat out of the inside of the chicken before you roast it, there will be very little of that congealed milky fat leftover — but lots of the gelatin.
If you buy a healthy chicken — organic, or at least non-GMO —
if possible an heirloom bird — then you get little fat and can feel okay
about the toxins stored in the fat — therefore healthy fat.
Then unless you have a serious heart problem that little bit of fat
adds flavor and is so yummy in beans!
You want that to go into your simmer pot too!
I simmered the bones with a onion skins and carrot ends, until the broth
smelled perfect, let it cool, and picked the tiny bits of chicken off the bones.

I had enough broth for two bean cookings!

My beans were cooked right in that lovely broth with an onion, NO bacon just olive oil to sauté, carrots, one small chopped sweet potato, 2 T sugar chilies, and seasonings:
2T curry, 2T cumin, 1 T turmeric, 1t garlic salt (rather salt after).

I will use more curry next time.

The green beans kept their color longer — only beans so far other
than a black bean (next) that kept its color at all..

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TWSBI Eco 1.1 with Robert Oster Green at Night ink,
Platignum from London pen with Robert Oster Green Lime ink,
Lamy Vista with Robert Oster African Gold ink, 
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Rona2: Wildlife

Posted on July 7, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


Blackberries along the back fence attract birds and so, this year,
we finally began feeding the birds on the roof of our building’s loading dock.
A wide variety of seed and peanuts and corn means a wide variety of bird
and yup, two squirrels that are keeping it quiet so we don’t have many families.
They are of the more-for-me variety!
it has been a joy to watch and the cats enjoy it too…

Besides these critters, we have crows and pigeons and morning doves and finches.
I’ll get to putting them in my journal too.

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Bright Ideas: Roseville

Posted on June 30, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


I have no creative juices, but I can draw…
So back to my memory journal…

Bright Ideas multi-color journal,
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Rona2: Rancho Gordo Ayocote Morado Beans

Posted on June 29, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


This a redo and making-it-better of my Rancho Gordo Ayocote Morado Beans.
I nearly cried when we finished this batch, especially as they are already out of stock!

I pre-soaked these beans for an hour… seeing the beautiful beans in the pan
covered with water was like seeing gorgeous shells in tidepools (bottom).
My watercolor does NOT do them justice!


I made chicken stock/bone broth the day before, and this, along with the bits of chicken off the carcass, made this lovely bean mix.   I need to write about making great stock!
It makes a huge difference from using bought organic stock.

I started by sautéing a chopped onion in a tablespoon of bacon grease or olive oil,
with garlic salt and cumin and pepper.
I do this in the big old pot in which I cook the beans.
I also soaked the beans for about an hour beforehand just by chance

1 lb Rancho Gordo Ayocote Morado Beans
I qt chicken stock with bits of chicken from the carcass.
Additional cold water to cover the beans an extra few inches — I want pot liquor!

2 T chopped garlic
4 T Blackened Chili Pesto or 3+ blackened hot peppers, chopped, set aside.
Soffritto (with the onions):
4 carrots, chopped (if huge then quarter and chop)
4 stalks celery — leaves welcomed — chopped
And add seasonings:
1 t garlic salt (I don’t add much salt until the end), 2 T cumin, 1 T pepper,
and as we like heat, 1/2 t dry crushed chipotle chili peppers

Cooked about 2 hours — but I check every 30 minutes.

Later, salt and pepper to taste!
It was a bit like a lovely chicken chili bean… heavenly

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Rona on Grey, Equality Orange

Posted on June 28, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


I’m feeling frozen and powerless.
I finally decided ritual was a path.

When I am feeling powerless I turn to ritual…
Gamblin sent the Equality Orange Oil Paint on the day I was so upset about the news, worried about the protesters and infiltrators, and pushing to figure all this out.
I opened my watercolor book, and shellacked two pages.
I painted them in oil paint (!) yes oil paint in my watercolor journal.

I did not know where it would lead, and had to wait several days for
the paint to dry so I could begin to work with those pages.
Meanwhile they sat open next to my studio workspace and I saw these pages as
I worked, feeling sad, depressed, old, powerless, angry, hopeless,
and in solidarity with the many people of color who are marching for their lives.

After two weeks, I realized I had nothing to say.
My creativity has run dry (though I continue to do it).
I decided to make a message page of the bits of poetry or
rallying cries that are moving me to tears.


Rituals involve faith;
they are a lot like creativity in that way.

You don’t know WHY you are doing it, but you are moved to do so.
You don’t know the effect before you start and maybe there is none…

“Peace” is written in a Pilot Parallel pen
with PenBBS #153 Burning of White House 1814 Ink.

I don’t know where this will lead, but my energy calmed in doing it.
I don’t know if this will help the people marching in the streets,
and my intention is set to add my energy to their rallies, peacefully.

I’m Listening.  I will continue to add these pieces.

I’m proud of our local Gamblin Paints raising monies.  From their email:

“All twenty of us have been working hard through the pandemic.
We’ve been trying to make a difference, and we’re making changes.
Thanks so much to all of you who joined us! In a matter of days, our community of painters purchased every single tube of Equality Orange that we made (1,090 in total). Together we raised $14,715. And as promised, 100% of what you spent on this color has been invested in non-profits that fight for equality and justice.
Besides donating our time and materials, we decided to contribute alongside you, bringing the total raised to $21,000. We listened to you, we researched, and we are proud to announce that we equally divided donations among The Equal Justice Initiative, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the ACLU Foundation (donation designated for Police Reform).   As a colorhouse with a mission to lead painting into the future, it’s also important that we look at ourselves and our own community of painters. And we did. In addition to the contributions mentioned above,
we also gave $2,000 in cash and painting materials to @blackgirlswhopaint.
Many of you have asked: “Will you guys make Equality Orange again?”.
We would love to make more and to continue donating to support the fight for equality and justice. When we have more on the way, we’ll be sure to let you know.”

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Gamblin’s Equality Orange Oil Paint,
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Lamy Joy with DeAtramentis Document Black ink
and DeAtramentis Document Ink Urban Grey ink,
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Rona2: Rancho Gordo Santa Marie Pinquitos

Posted on June 26, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


Bored with talk of beans yet?
Oh well. because I have lots more beany things to explore!

These beans smelled like
fresh grass when I opened the bag. Now I am smelling ALL my bags — but so far none have smelled like these!
Heaven in a bag!

Yes, obsessed… like a fine wine or great cheese, these must be savored!

I am using my basic good recipes and just twisting them slightly. I added a small
10oz can of diced tomatoes
to this one, and upped
the heat with more chilies.

I won’t order multiples of these beans when I reorder,
(though I did love their smell) as I have others I prefer more,
and will eventually make a list of favorites.
I am entering each new bean in my art journal…
These were good paired with frozen corn (Covid has us eating more frozen veggies)
and diced avocado and corn bread the first day (Mitchell’s recipe below),
and over rice with corn and chips the second.

Yum.


Looking for the bright side in the pandemic…
(other than the Rancho Gordo discovery).

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FPR Himalayan with Papier Plume Red Beans and Rice,
TWSBI Eco 1.1 with Robert Oster Golden Brown ink,
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Rona on Grey, VSW Canal, France

Posted on June 23, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


Annette Morris is leading our FB Virtual Sketchwalk group this month…

This fiery image was a sunset and I wanted to play with inks over watercolor.
Washes underneath were created quickly.
Jinhao 750 with Robert Oster Glistening Orange Rumble ink and a
TWSBI Eco 1.1 with Monteverde Moonstone ink sketched the lines which
were then moved about with a Pentel Aquash waterbrushes.

Very fast, 20 minutes not including drying times.


YaY!

We also have winners
for our giveaway!

Stacy in North Carolina
and
Elizabeth in New York State!

Their packages will be
winging to them in
the next couple of days!

YaY!

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Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Pentel Aquash waterbrushes
Jinhao 750 with Robert Oster Glistening Orange Rumble ink,
TWSBI Eco 1.1 with Monteverde Moonstone ink.
Holbein and Daniel Smith watercolors.

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Rona2: Anniversary Gift of Masks

Posted on June 22, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


Between the pandemic, working long hours, and the protests I have had
no time for posting.  I continued to make marks late at night.

Our anniversary in May was quiet and we slept, ate,
and binge watched the Good Karma Hospital.
Who would have thought our 18th wedding anniversary
the gifts would be matching pandemic masks?

We shopped locally for our fun silly gifts.
I am starting to use bags and other papers as tipins to my journal,
partly as memories and come of the papers are lovely…
Our local Oblation Papers was a great tipin for writing on the back.

We bought a pen for each of us and inks.
Mine is an inexpensive  Platignum from London pen from Oblation;
His is the Retro51 Cosair (no longer available).

The glitter inks we are sharing!  We owned Robert Oster Heart of Gold
(a favorite) and added the Robert Oster Aussie Liquid Gold.
I mean, wow — we are writing shimmering glittery love poems now!

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Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook,
Fineline Masking Fluid, Platignum from London pen,
FPR Himalayan with Robert Oster Blue Sea ink,
Lamy Joy with De Atramentis Document Black ink,
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges, Pitt White pen, Holbein, MGraham, DS Primatek and Daniel Smith watercolors.

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Rona2: New Moon

Posted on June 21, 2020 by D. Katie Powell


My creativity comes and goes…
My sleeplessness comes and goes.
Stess over pandemic and government’s handling of it,
economics, and as usual now, politics.


My New Moon was a mistake.
Reached for the wrong black ink and then had to go with it…
I wanted waterproof and choose Taccia’s Kuro.
So I decided to go with the flow, and the night sky became
Monteverde Horizon Blue with big drops of water after it dried.

Taccia has a nice sheen so I imaged it with and without a flash.

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Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook,
Fineline Masking Fluid, FPR Himalayan with Robert Oster Blue Sea ink,
Taccia Kuro Black ink, Platinum 3776 with a music nib with Monteverde Horizon Blue ink.

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