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VSW: Gunung Kawi Temple Fields
I love virtually sketching to other’s images… This one from Aniko’s Bali walk was especially energizing! You can always join us at Virtual Sketchwalk on Facebook (one of th few good things about FB is the artist groups! To hear … Continue reading
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Tools: First Hahnemühle Journal
I like to reuse and recycle and I’ve been looking at three years of beautiful saved Hahnemühle calendars. Stunning watercolors prints that begged to be used! Today I dove in and made my first concertina journal using Hahnemühle Bamboo paper … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, art journal, watercolor
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Feed the Birds
Okay, my game is off (for good reason, another story) but I did this baaaad sketch because I have to shake it off and that can shift my mojo. I share the bad stuff so someone starting doesn’t feel badly … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, creativity, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #crows, #feedthebirds, #Hahnemühle, #junkos, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #nostalgiejournal, #pidgeons, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Joy, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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My Perfect Journal
I’ve been journaling for 50 years, art journaling for forty (first architectural ideas, now art). I’ve tried many journals before finding my perfect journal. I bought the Chinese Journals (left, and btw, review in links) from Chinatown in San Fransisco … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, paper, pen & ink, process, review, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #inkpainting, #journalreview, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #review, #sketchbookreview, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Kill Winter with Orange
Time honored tradition now in the pen community… I’m ready! Kill Winter with Orange! I’m for warm colors warm weather and this year the cold in the studio never seems to end despite woolly socks and a heater! Cold cold … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #diplomataero, #Hahnemühle, #jinhaoshark, #jinhaowithgouletnib, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, #pilotplumix, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #platinumplaisir, #platinumpreppypen, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Fineline masking fluid, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Super5 ink, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub, watercolor
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Idahome Lily
Marianne offered some lovely flower images and I sketched several; just found this one lingering about from last year! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #floral, #flowers, #Hahnemühle, #holbeinwatercolor, #lily, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sennelierwatercolors, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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Inky Thots: Birmingham Two Twinkles
Twinkle is all about the shimmer! Birmingham Pen Co has fifteen Twinkle inks right now, and if you love shimmer, these are the best! These inks are Mitchell’s favorites. He loves shimmery inks, and Tributary Twinkle is probably his favorite. … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, review, sketchbook, virtual sketching, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Birmingham Pen Company, #birminghaminks, #birminghampencompany, #birminghampens, #blueink, #fountainpenink, #fountainpeninkreview, #glitterink, #inkpainting, #inkreview, #madeinamerica, #madeinusa, #penandink, #pinkink, #pittsburghpennsylvania, #shimmer, #shimmerink, #strawberrytwinkle, #tributarytwinkle, art journal
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Inky Thots: Robert Oster African Gold
Robert Oster Signature African Gold is my favorite gold sketching and suitable for the office and of course, my artwork. It is a rich gold going into a blackish sheen. I don’t think of it as a shading ink. Others … Continue reading
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Tagged #africangold, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #brownink, #fountainpen, #fountainpenink, #goldink, #inkpainting, #lion, #lovethestub, #madeinaustrailia, #portraits, #robertoster, #robertosterink, #robertostersignature, #robertostersignatureink, #sun, #warmcolors, #warminks, #windmills, #yellowink, art journal, TWSBI
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Gibbs, Acrobat Cat
He gets into everything… He is a chonky fella now so it is a bit worrisome when he decides to walk along a narrow 2-inch walkway or worse, try and walk along the edge of a basket!!! I say “NO!” … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, ink painting, memory, pen & ink, portrait, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #acrobatcat, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #cat, #gibbs, #greytabby, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #lamyjoy, #lifewithcats, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen
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Gratitude, not just at Thanksgiving
One key to surviving depression is gratitude. Every day I write about what I am grateful for, even if it is just a line during the day in my journal. The more depressed I am the more I do gratitude … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, food, ink painting, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #survivingtheholidays, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, food, gratitiude, gratitude, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holidays, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor, writing
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Tools: How I Make My Swabs
I am asked this a lot, and it is on my inks page, but thought I’d repost it here. For my large ink test I laydown roughly a half-square of ink, above. I let it dry, then load the bottom … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #inksamples, #inkswabs, #middleofthenight, #motoroilink, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, art journal
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VSW: Fast Echinacea 3
They can’t all be good…. Or even acceptable. Other artists should show their duds. Here is mine. To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #bee, #fastsketch, #fieldofflowers, #flowersfightdepression, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #under10minutes, #whiteflowers, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, echinacea, floral, flowers, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, watercolor
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Inky Thots: Robert Oster Muddy Dragon
Swatched on watercolor paper, as that is the paper I use the most when not writing. I am a fan of all the “Muddy” colors (see below) but I must admit that this Muddy Dragon is one of my favorite … Continue reading
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Tagged #1week100people, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #aussiebrown, #aussiebrownink, #brownink, #inkpainting, #lovethestub, #portraits, #robertosterink, #SacréCœurBasilica, art journal, TWSBI
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VSW: Fast Echinacea 2
I’d love to SEE a real field of echinacea… not just in photos! My birthday today so spending the day painting! 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 #artjournal, #artjournaling, #fastsketch, #fieldofflowers, #flowersfightdepression, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #under10minutes, #whiteflowers, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, echinacea, floral, flowers, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, watercolor
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VSW: Fast Echinacea 1
I have been tryign to do some sketchs in under ten minutes… not counting dry time though most of my sketches include the dry time on these. Lovely echinaceas… I have so many pics from which to sketch! To hear … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #echinacea, #fastsketch, #fieldofflowers, #floral, #flowers, #flowersfightdepression, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #under10minutes, #whiteflowers, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, watercolor
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VSW: And More Posies in Queenspark, Toowoomba!
Another from the lovely images from Amanda Thompson (@a21981 on IG) of Queenspark, Toowoomba. Love the poppy’s heads before they bloom, as if bowed in prayer. I don’t feel I did the delicate papery petals justice… I should have chose … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithwatercolors, #foxglove, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #helpercats, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #poppies, #poppy, #snapdragons, #toowoomba, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #whencatshelp, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, floral, flowers, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Queenspark, watercolor
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