Tag Archives: Ganesha

Ganesha Heart

Posted on April 2, 2019 by dkatiepowellart

When sick, I started a day off with watercolors. Gads I am rusty… Groans… I’ve been painting with inks! This is a mixture of ink and watercolor, an experiment, actually mixing them together and it is a failed experiment… oddly … Continue reading →

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Ganesha and Matteo Grilli’s Paints

Posted on August 30, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Sometimes I try small handmade paint companies. I took a chance on Aussie painter and paintmaker MatteoGrilliArt handmade paints! and liked his so much I ordered more! LOOK AT THOSE COLORS!!!! Intense pigment, beautiful, not as creamy smooth as a … Continue reading →

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Ganesha New Moon Eclipse

Posted on August 21, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Ganesha is calling again. ☾ Pentalic Nature Sketch Journal, with a Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges, Sennelier, Holbein, and DS Primatek watercolors, and Daniel Smith Watercolors ©D. Katie Powell. My images/blog … Continue reading →

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Every Day in May: Days 11-14

Posted on May 14, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

FINALLY, I am caught up with postings and painting! Christmas cactus remind me of my grandmother, Mimi. I have NO green thumb for indoor plants but I have always had one of them in my home. Ours is a bit … Continue reading →

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Tools: Hahnemühle Watercolour Book

Posted on April 16, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve been looking forward to finishing my last A5 book (Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook) so I could start the new Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, my spring gift to me! I am picky about my journals and have tried several, only to find … Continue reading →

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Watery Ganesha

Posted on April 14, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

What fun is life if you don’t play around with your colors? Can you see Ganesha in the watery mess I made? I love him… he is going to Mitchell with a love poem! Experimenting with Hahnemühle Post Card, made … Continue reading →

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Sketchpack Project: Week 4

Posted on September 3, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

Shunyata… Buddha. Sacred tobacco roll and broken Buddha head (we set his head on our altar — he was a garden Buddha who disintegrated!) Jai Jai Ganapati (crazy or annoyed??? WILD EYED!) Mei Fa Buddha Style! Annoyed Cat Buddha! Just … Continue reading →

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Sketchpack Project: Week 3

Posted on August 22, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

Aaack. Behind. I hate it when that happens. Heart Sutra Vietnamese Buddha + Scarab Moon Transformation Primordial Sound Japanese Paper Heart Ganesha ABOUT SKETCHPACK PROJECT: The project began in 2011 to get folks to draw daily. The sketchpack is a … Continue reading →

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Bright Ideas, Week 2

Posted on April 30, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

All these images are sketched in the Bright Ideas journal. Having such fun with these little doodle-ly sketches. I don’t know where this going; just drawing… Springtime, dandy-lions, and soon wishes! Most see them as weeds. They are good in … Continue reading →

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Bright Ideas, Week 1

Posted on April 24, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

All these images are sketched in the Bright Ideas journal. I am trying to sketch faster, draw more without an agenda, and also to play again with colored pencils. I used to work with them as an architect and it … Continue reading →

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Ganesha

Posted on March 19, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Ganesha is calling again. Maybe it is spring, new beginning? If you want to know how far you can get by regularly practicing watercolor, take a look at my favorite small resin Ganesha in February 2014 and in July 2014! … Continue reading →

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Challenge: One Book, One Pen, One Month, #3

Posted on July 18, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Okay, we are into the waning moon cycle and it is time to STOP the lies! I cannot work with one pen. . . Must.Use.All.Colors.AND.Medium.At.Whim. Wow, I feel better having come clean with all of you! Sketchbook Skool had us … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, india ink, journal, memory, painting, process, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged art journal, buddha face, Ganesha, Govinda Jai | 13 Comments

Challenge: One Book, One Pen, One Month, #1

Posted on July 4, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

I’m up for a simple challenge like this, or so I thought. Laughingly, the first night I broke the rules. I used multiple colors of the same pen and then used a waterbrush! EEEK! The book: OE NOTES (my favorite … Continue reading →

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Ganesha + Deb Babcock’s Pottery Cheer

Posted on February 28, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Still sick, but wanted to upload my cheery mug and one of my favorite Ganesha’s. Mitchell and I both love Ganesha, and collect them — this is a small palm-sized resin statue, with my favorite potter’s mug, made special for … Continue reading →