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Tools: Watercolor Palettes, Updated
There is not much I buy that thrills me like a new paint color to play with! To those who say “true artists” mix colors and have a simple palette of 3 cool primaries, 3 warm primaries, + white, I … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, creativity, drawing, journal, painting, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #handpaint, #holbeinwatercolors, #jasperstardust, #MGrahamwatercolors, #munsellsystem, #schminkeHoradamWatercolors, #schminkesupergranulating, #sennelierwatercolors, #travelpalette, watercolor
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Pussycootis, a Friend’s Cat
I sketched this for my friend from an image he posted, because he loves Pussycootis and the image was compelling! Simple line drawing in a EF Platinum Carbon (waterproof) ink, followed by adding pale greys and brown in diluted brown … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #catantics, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #greytabby, #greytabbycat, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #tabby, #tabbycat, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks
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I Prefer Painting Over Virtual Artwork
I read a mundane op-ed in the NYTimes this morning from a writer I rarely read — and I won’t mention it because he’s a dweeb and I don’t want to be sued. But the upshot is that he believes … Continue reading
Posted in acrylic, art, art journal, creativity, direct watercolor, gouache, ink painting, oil paint, painting, pen & ink, ritual, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #flexnib, #fountainpenrevolution, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #himalyapen, #holbeinwatercolors, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #sennelierwatercolors, #ultraflexnib, #waterproofinks
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VSW: Vietnam End of 2024
I used my A4 Hahnemühle 100# Cotton Watercolour Book which I rarely use, because I prefer to work in the A5 size. But here I took several photographic images from our Virtual Sketchwalk group, and created a montage: a family … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, landscape, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #beach, #buddha, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #goddess, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolors, #lakshmi, #palmtrees, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sennelierwatercolors, #vietnam, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk
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How Many Sketchbooks in a Year?
Facebook recently alerted me to 10 years using watercolors in a sketchbook. I had to share that anniversary — it surprised me — and as a result I was asked how many sketchbooks have I gone through in ten years. … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, commentary, gouache, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #foldingjournal, #foldingsketchbook, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeingouache, #holbeinwatercolors, #journal, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #robertostersignatureink, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #sketching, #urbansketcher, #watercolorsketch, #watercolourbookcotton, #waterproofinks, #zigzagjournal, USk
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When a Creative is Cut Off from Social Media
This is a journal entry edited and expanded for you all to read; I edited it for readability. Instagram, and Facebook too, have been a game changer for me. I work full-time and run a business with Mitchell restoring/conserving various … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, commission, creativity, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #creativity, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolors, #pacificnorthwest, #platinumcarbonink, #Portlandoregon, #robertostersignatureink, #sennelierwatercolors, #super5ink, #urbansketching, #virtualsketching, USk
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VSW: Swimming in the Bay, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Our Virtual Sketchwalk group on Facebook visited Croatia, and the green waters of the bay near Dubrovnik win my heart. Inked sketch using an EF Platinum Carbon pen with Platinum Carbon waterproof ink cartridges. Pentel Aquash waterbrushes added definition or … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, landscape, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #croatia, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #Dubrovnik, #greenocean, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolors, #Mediterranean, #ocean, #pier, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #watercolourbookcotton
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Laguna: Main Beach and the Sixties
Continuing my sketchbook on early memories of moving to Laguna Beach, California. My first summer living in Laguna, Main Beach, above, was one of my haunts, along with Sleepy Hollow and Woods Cove. This was when we lived on Cliff … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, landscape, memory, painting, pen & ink, ritual, series, virtual sketching, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #californianative, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #imabeachgirl, #lagunabeach, #lagunabeachcalifornia, #pacificnorthwestartist, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #twsbieco, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks, home
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Christmas in July, a Challenge!
Teagan has challenged us to create posts about Christmas in July in Teagan Geneviene’s Christmas in July blog hop! ☾ To get in the spirit, we put up a huge cut-out poster of a tree… and added curly bits of … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, painting, pen & ink, watercolor
Tagged #artjournaling, #bloghop, #christmascookies, #christmasinjuly, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolors, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #PilotMetropolitan, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #sennelierwatercolors, #super5ink, #waterproofinks
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Kill Winter with Orange
“KILL WINTER WITH ORANGE!” For those of you not involved in the fountain pen community, this is a rallying cry that begins in February, and many posts of orange pens are posted. I’ve been thinking about this concept in a … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #benupen, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #esterbrookpen, #flexnib, #fountainpenrevolution, #fprhimalaya, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #himalyapen, #holbeingouache, #holbeinwatercolors, #killwinterwithorange, #lamyalstar, #lamyjoy, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #orangepaint, #orangepens, #pacificnorthwest, #PilotMetropolitan, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #sailorfudepens, #sailorpens, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #twsbieco, #watercolourbookcotton, #waterproofinks
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Canal du Midi: 30X30 Direct Watercolor
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, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolors, #landscapeartclub, #MGrahamwatercolors, #pacificnorthwestartist, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #watercolourbookcotton
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Laguna: Overlook
Continuing my sketchbook on early memories of moving to Laguna Beach, California. When I was a girl I was known as Debbie Beck. My mom and I took walks along the cliffs overlooking Main Beach and also the rocky “beaches” … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, painting, pen & ink, ritual, series, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #californianative, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolors, #imabeachgirl, #lagunabeach, #lagunabeachcalifornia, #pacificnorthwestartist, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sennelierwatercolors, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #waterproofinks, home
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D.Katie Powell Art 
2025 1 20 Rump
IMO the flag should be flown upside down and at half-mast for the next four years because we are in distress as a nation. I won’t be stopping these rants anytime soon and if I do, then you should all … Continue reading →