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WWM: Day 10, VSW Rockport Sailboat
I sketched the sailboat in ink and added shadow in waterproof grey ink. I’m not a person who can ever be in a boat for more than a few moments — I get deadly motion sickness! I love their shape … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #middleofthenight, #rockportmaine, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, bay, Holbein, Primatek, sailboat, Sennelier, trees, watercolor
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WWM: Day 8, VSW Rockport
Thanks to Tom Brudzinski for the great images from which to sketch! Today I tackled a sweet image of a walkway to a home with many flowering plants. Almost all of these sketches are a wonderful escape to unwind after … Continue reading
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Tagged #gouletnib, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #middleofthenight, #rockportmaine, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, house, Jinhao, neighborhood, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, trees, watercolor
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WWM: Day 7 Firework
I did this to commemorate our 4th of July — I do one every year. Ours is a unique night, and often includes a night or two before. This is because we conserve institutional and private antiquities for a living; … Continue reading
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Tagged #4thjuly, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleDSSketchbook, #middleofthenight, #recipepainting, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, fireworks, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, watercolor
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WWM: Day 6 Crazy Quilts
Finally moved from the postcards to the Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal and got serious about these quilt studies. Seems I love painting them! Maybe I’ll do many squares to sell! This one didn’t turn out quite as well as I’d liked… … Continue reading
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Tagged #crazyquilt, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #deatramentisink, #diamineink, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #PilotMetropolitan, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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WWM: Day 5, VSW Rockport
Thanks to Tom Brudzinski for the great images for us to sketch with; First up was a great image of a bay with boats moored at a small dock. As I move along, I’ll put all my images here with … Continue reading
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Tagged #gouletnib, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #middleofthenight, #rockportmaine, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, bay, boats, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Jinhao, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Mom’s Stuff: Soup Tureen
A family piece, probably from my grandma Hoyt. Hoyt Street in San Fernando is named after our family… It is where Grandma Hoyt’s home and acreage existed long before I arrived. Many generations Californians. The tureen is not my style, … Continue reading
Trip to Southern Oregon
During the trip from Portland to Southern Oregon down the I-5 corridor I sketched. I’d made a small folding journal from some grey arches paper for the trip. Never at the last minute before a trip take to gluing your … Continue reading
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Tagged #archespaper, #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #foldingjournal, #freewaysketching, #handmadefoldingjournal, #I5corridor, #middleofthenight, #sketchingduringdrive, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingoregon, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, USk, watercolor
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Direct Watercolor Sunflower in DS Hahnemühle
Okay, done a non-line sunflower… but it is missing sumthin’. LINES!!!! I love lines, sexy lines, fluid lines, free-wheeling lines. Much better now…. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is … Continue reading
Mom’s Stuff
Mother-daughter relationships can be difficult. I love my mom AND ours is a difficult relationship. It is much more common than most are willing to admit. Mom has been moved to a Memory Care Facility this week… She only stepped … Continue reading
VSW: Basílica de Guadalupe, 2
This leaning portion of the facade of the Basílica de Guadalupe in Mexico city is from an image from Margaret Metcalfe. It was fun to do… ink then watercolor. I also tried this odd reflection and played with it, took … Continue reading
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Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, #BasílicadeGuadalupe, #church, #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #mexicanchurch, #mexicocity, #terracota, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, Basílica de Guadalupe, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Mexico City, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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VSW: Basílica de Guadalupe, 1
This month, we are painting the Basílica de Guadalupe in Mexico city, with images from Margaret Metcalfe (and a little help from Google maps). I am also trying, with resistance, the no line work first. I place a couple of … Continue reading
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Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, #BasílicadeGuadalupe, #church, #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #mexicanchurch, #mexicocity, #terracota, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, Basílica de Guadalupe, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Mexico City, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Painting Without Inking
The 30×30 Direct Watercolor Challenge started June 1… The idea is to begin to paint directly with no inking and no real pencil work. (I cheat.) If it were not Marc Holmes thang, I might not try it. He is … Continue reading
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Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #virtualsketchwalk, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Buddha Om
Playing around, like ya do… Was a bit blue when I did it, and it cheered me. Art cheers! I thought I was done but then I came back in with crayons and played around with deeper color. A throwaway … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, Buddha, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #artcheers, #buddhaface, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #middleofthenight, art journal, aum, buddha, Da Vinci Watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemuhle Watercolour Sketchbook, om, pillows, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Tools: Review: Hahnemühle D and S Sketchbook
What is it about a new journal? I love the blank page — not one of those peeps who hates them. The Hahnemühle D & S Sketchbook (Draft and Sketch) is a new journal for me. I wanted to try … Continue reading
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Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleDSSketchbook, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, review, Super5 ink, watercolor
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VSW: Mexican Church
Growing up, I attended a Mexican mass at the San Juan Capistrano mission church. The shapes of Mexican architecture and the sounds of the language feel like home. The colors are also my colors in our home, warm and bright. … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, color, landscape, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, #church, #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #mexicanchurch, #mexicocity, #terracota, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Mexico City, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Sketching for Presentations: French Sofa
More design sketches for our client, the owner of the Louis XVI Settee. Silk bolsters for the arms, with flirty tassel-dangly-bobs. French knotted India silk creating scrunchy pillows for the back. The entire sketch… You may remember that the LouisXVI … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #designdrawings, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #houles, #janetyonaty, #Lamy, #LouisXVI, #middleofthenight, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, designer, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, furniture, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, MPF Conservation, Passementerie, pillows, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, settee, silk, sofa, Super5 ink, watercolor
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VSW: Diego Rivera’s Museum
From Frida to Diego! Or the place they shared together…. That amazing blue of hers is on her building! Sometimes it is simply better to leave line drawings alone… I liked them and I didn’t take but a couple pics. … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #fridakahlo, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #mexicocity, #MGrahamwatercolors, #PilotMetropolitan, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Diego Rivera, M.Graham, Mexico City, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Sketching for Presentations: Pair of Louies
I created design sketches from images and samples, so that we could better talk with our client about ideas for her sofa pillows. These are fancy pillows and the colors are lovely rusty jewel tones with touches of green and … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #designdrawings, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #Lamy, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, designer, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, MPF Conservation, pillows, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, settee, sofa, Super5 ink, watercolor
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