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Recipes: Ham and Lima Beans
Rancho Gordo’s Big Juicy White Limas are soooo good… I’ve made a ham and beans for years but never had them as tasty as with these beans. If you try them you will never go back to any other Lima … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #beanrecipe, #certifiedhumane, #certifiedorganic, #cookingallday, #cookingtherapy, #heirloombeans, #lifeinapandemic, #mexicanbeans, #middleofthenight, #pandemicpainting, #potliquor, #ranchogordo, #whitelimabeans, art journal
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VSW: Pudong Skyline
Pudong from images by Aniko Szedlak for our FB group, Virtual Sketchwalk. I think I’ve not painted a night scene before and this was a huge challenge… And also came very close to complete Direct Watercolor. I am okay with … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolor, #nightinthecity, #paintingnightscenes, #PilotMetropolitan, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #pudong, #sennelierwatercolors, #shanghai, #virtualsketchwalk, #watercolorjournal, #watercolourjournal, #waterproofinks, @Hahnemühle, architecture, art journal, Holbein, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Good Clients
I love working for really good clients. What makes a good client, you ask? Responsive, present for our discussions, willing to make decisions when we need them, friendly (a huge bonus!), appreciative of the many images sent to them, patient … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, furniture, making a living, memory, painting, pen & ink, watercolor
Tagged #conservation, #danielsmithwatercolors, #furniture, #goodclients, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #holbeinwatercolors, #ilovemyhusband, #iloveworkingtogether, #loveseat, #marriagechest, #nostaliesketchbook, #PilotMetropolitan, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #waterproofinks, #woodworking, @hahnemuehle_global, art journal, Holbein, watercolor
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VSW: Direct Watercolor vs My old Style
These paintings are from the Shanghai walk in Virtual Sketchbook… I am showing them together because it show two different approaches to similar images. Above, how I start the two images tells where they are going. On the left, I … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, flowers, journal, landscape, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolor, #lotusflowers, #lotuspond, #peoplespark, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sennelierwatercolors, #shanghai, #waterproofinks, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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VSW: Shanghai Temple
When sitting waiting, I also take a couple images from our Virtual Sketchwalk group along in case the view is boring… This one from our Shanghai walk! What is one the facing page? My quick recipe i wrote in the … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #PilotMetropolitan, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sennelierwatercolors, #shanghai, #virtualsketchwalk, #waterproofinks, architecture, art journal, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Holbein, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Cat Fort
We build cat forts for the cats to play in… Elaborate or simple play area that sometimes use their travel carriers, which makes them love their carriers too. Long packing paper is woven through the carriers, and they love the … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #betterthantele, #blackcat, #catfort, #catswhoplay, #catswhowork, #greytabby, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #uskathome, #waterproofinks, #whogivesacrap, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Holbein, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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30 Posies: Sunflowers with Barn
While I have been participating in Direct Watercolor, secretly… I have been drawing sunflowers… I have been inking sunflowers… This one and more… I love them, my very favorite flower! Of course, they are not just inked, but watercolors in … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #flowersfightdepression, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #nostalgiejournal, #oraretheydaisies, #oregonfield, #pacificnorthwest, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sunflowers, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks, art journal, floral, flowers, Holbein, Primatek, Sennelier, watercolor
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30X30 Direct Watercolor, Week 4, The End
The month of June is when many watercolorists around the world participate in the 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, … Continue reading
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30X30 Direct Watercolor, Week 3
The month of June is when many watercolorists around the world participate in the 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, challenge, color, flowers, food, furniture, painting
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor, #bleedinghearts, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolor, #indianpaintbrush, #jacksonvilleoregon, #MGrahamwatercolors, #Nicolaiview, #ocean, #pacificocean, #pansies, #Portlandoregon, #rainclouds, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #stormyskies, #tractor, #tropical, #watercolourbookcotton, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Primatek, watercolor
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USk: BOOM!
We weren’t at work long when we heard and felt a boom or crack, that is as close to the experience I imagine a bomb going off feels like. It nearly knocked me off my feet. The cats shot out … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, drawing, journal, process, watercolor
Tagged #bomb, #catswhowork, #interiorurbansketching, #nwportland, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #studiocats, #studiosketch, #transformerblew, #urbansketcher, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland, Alphabet District, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, urban sketchers, USk, watercolor
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VSW: Porto Gate
Detail of a gate in Porto Portugal, which was so so charming I hung onto it until I could sketch it. To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more … Continue reading
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Tagged #PilotMetropolitan, #portoportugal, #tiledetails, #virtualsketchwalk, #waterproofinks, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Holbein, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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30X30 Direct Watercolor, Week 2
June is when many watercolorists participate in the “30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge”, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, just straight watercolor. I’m giving it … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, challenge, color, flowers, food, furniture, landscape, painting, sketchbook, urban sketchers, virtual sketching
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor, #30x30directwatercolor2022, #californiawasbeautiful, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolor, #hollyhock, #lagunabeach, #lagunagreenbelt, #lifeguardstation, #lizcheney, #MGrahamwatercolors, #nativecalifornian, #palmtrees, #scarab, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #southlaguna, #tbay, #thislandwasmyland, #thousandsteps, #watercolourbookcotton, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Primatek, watercolor
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Tools: Gouache
I’ve not given gouache a real chance to woo me, so I decided to play with some very old gouache before I purchased better quality tubes. When I moved into watercolors, I enjoyed them for their transparent washes, so gouache, … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #MGrahamwatercolors, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #travelpalette, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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Keeping an Art Journal
I’ve kept a journal with sketches since college… I started using lined journals I bought in Chinatown in San Francisco, above, for architectural notes, and every page has drawings made during lectures or tours or just thought about what I … Continue reading
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30X30 Direct Watercolor, Week 1
The month of June is when many watercolorists around the world particpate in the 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge, created by Marc Homes and Uma Kelker. Rules are simple: Each day post one watercolor, but no sketching, no inking, no pencil, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, challenge, color, flowers, food, furniture, painting
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #watercolourbookcotton, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Primatek, watercolor
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VSW: Porto Blue Tiled Cat
How can I NOT paint a building that has a GIANT BLUE TILED CAT on the wall of the alley? Lotta lotta sketching then paint! Middle of the night images of Porto, from Virtual Sketchwalk on FB. And my quickie … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #bluecat, #bluetiledcat, #cat, #giantcat, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #porto, #portoportugal, #tiledcatwall, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #watercolorsketch, art journal, Platinum Carbon pen, water, watercolor
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Inky Green Tara
I’ve drawn Green Tara many times. She is based on our Ganges River clay version of Green Tara. A challenge for me, she is very colorful and detailed, AND, I am still pushing for a loose wash effect. I can … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, Buddha, color, ink painting, journal, meditation, process, sketchbook
Tagged #buddhistdiety, #greentara, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #tara, #tibetanbuddhism, #tibetanbuddhistdiety, art journal, buddha, buddhist, De Atramentis Document ink, deities, Green Tara, Pentalic 2B woodless pencil, Pilot Gold Marker, Tara
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D.Katie Powell Art 