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Covid-19 Journal, 3

Posted on March 30, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

Continuing Covid-19 journal… Finishing this journal… moving on. When I decided to do these folding journals for Covid-19 reflections, I wanted the virus writing and sketching to be separate from our lives. HA! I thought this was going to be … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 Journal, 2

Posted on March 28, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

Continuing Covid-19 journal… It feels good to write a word for how I am feeling at a given time; feelings roller-coaster through the day like Portland weather. I am selective about the news I read. I don’t want to hear … Continue reading →

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Studio Urban Sketching

Posted on March 27, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

Urban Sketchers has never allowed people who were stuck at home for either surgery or recouping or just unable to get out due to their medical issues to sketch their environment. After being laid up literally on my back for … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 Journal, 1

Posted on March 24, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

Made a little folding journal… Not a celebration… Not high art… Just me trying to get through my days… I’ll publish from time to time… Starting on the New Moon. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or … Continue reading →

Covid-19 Desk Delivery

Posted on March 23, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

The infamous desk. Okay, maybe not infamous. Yes, I sketched it and write about it, venting like crazy. I can’t share it because I don’t want some crazy ass lawyer deciding he wants a piece of me. Let’s leave om … Continue reading →

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I Lost the Centre for Transformative Work Design Competition

Posted on September 12, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

*entry not enter (end of video)… no way was i doing this a third time with yaman driving me crazy!* I don’t enter many competitions, but the Sketching Work competition for the Centre for Transformative Work Design out of Perth … Continue reading →

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Sketching for Presentations: French Sofa

Posted on May 23, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

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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Monterey Platform Rocker

Posted on November 11, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

I’m a lucky woman. I am paid to work in brilliant color on pieces of California history. I love the smell of oil paint when I open the studio door. Catching the wavy base and angles in this drawing — … Continue reading →

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Sketchpack Project: Week Two

Posted on August 13, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

ABOUT SKETCHPACK: The project began in 2011. The original idea was to get folks to draw daily. The Sketchpack is a small zigzag journal with two usable sides, allowing one to sketch on both sides of 15 ‘pages’ to complete … Continue reading →

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75-Day Challenge: Days 14-21

Posted on August 21, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Brenda Swenson has a drawing challenge to draw every day for 75 days. We are supposed to use a black or blue pen, but I know I will not do that one. Still, I play along because challenges are fun … Continue reading →