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Bother! Creativity, Depression, Doodling…
I hate it when I lose my mojo. I’ve been depressed as hell. My usual antidote is to write THAT paint THAT… In other words to use my juices to get through the blues — and if all else fails … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #diamineink, #diplomataero, #fireengineredink, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, art journal, creativity, doodle, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Super5 ink
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Hahnemühle DS Art Journal: Last Look Back
I finished my Hahnemühle D & S Sketchbook and am well into my new Nostalgie journal; this is a rambling last look back, at the things I had no time to post that I can share. Sometimes I can’t share, … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, creativity, drawing, journal, memory, painting, process, ritual, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #creativeblock, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleDSSketchbook, #writersblock, art journal, creativity, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Lamy Al-Star, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Oregon, Super5 ink, urban sketchers, watercolor
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Hand-Mind Creative Connections
Liz Steel asked this morning if the architects she knows who draw needed to learn observational skills in order to sketch as artists. I sketch, practiced architecture until I left it to pursue art, and am an artist. Most of … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, creativity, making a living, memory, process
Tagged architecture, creativity, dialogue, drawing architecture, mind-brain connection, perspective
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Creativity: Stumbling Blocks + Play
Creatives get blocked. Creatives need play time! It has been a long time since I’ve been involved in a project — I’m not talking about recipes or art challenges but real projects — a couple of years of learning watercolors, … Continue reading
Creative Blocks
This is a journal entry I like — it caught the look and feel of my grandparent’s ranch. There have been lots of questions swirling about that all point back to one: How to be creative — keep an art … Continue reading
VSW: Volterra, Italy, A Bit Further!
My virtual sketchwalk through the ancient town of Volterra, Italy began HERE. . . This virtual walk was a group walk with sketching friends from around the world! There were a couple of routes suggested, and I sketched the one … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, drawing, graphite, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching
Tagged architecture, art journal, Battistero di San Giovanni Batista, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, creativity, De Atramentis Document ink, drawing, graphite, Italy, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, Palazzo dei Priori, pen & ink, pencil, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Piazza Del Priori, Piazza XX Settembre, sketchbook, Super5 ink, Via Gusto Turazza, virtual sketching, virtual sketchwalk, Volterra
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VSW: Volterra, Italy
My virtual sketchwalk through the ancient town of Volterra, Italy. This virtual walk was a group walk with sketching friends from around the world! There were a couple of routes suggested, and I sketched the one from the Piazza XX … Continue reading
Posted in art journal
Tagged architecture, art journal, Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, creativity, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, drawing, graphite, Italy, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, Palazzo dei Priori, pen & ink, pencil, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Piazza Del Priori, Piazza XX Settembre, sketchbook, Super5 ink, virtual sketching, virtual sketchwalk, Volterra
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D.Katie Powell Art 