Tag Archives: #HahnemühlePostCards

World Watercolor Month

Posted on June 29, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

I’m doing World Watercolor Month starting Saturday through July, are you? Yup, despite and maybe even because of the things I am walking through, I am committing to 31 paintings in 31 days. Last year I did many of my … Continue reading →

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Pink Posies on both Hahnemühle Post Cards

Posted on June 12, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Loving the options of the two types of Hahnemühle Post Cards! Cold pressed on the left, above, and rough on the right. I found a way in to painting without line-work through a fellow painter, Tom Brudzinski… His is more … Continue reading →

Posted in cards, creativity, drawing, painting, review, watercolor | Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, #davinciwatercolors, #HahnemühlePostCards, #pinkflowers, flowers, pink, posies, watercolor | 6 Comments

Tools: New Cold Press Hahnemühle Post Cards

Posted on June 6, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Loving Hahnemühle Post Cards as I do, I am thrilled to have the cold pressed option! Fabulous! Perfect! I am in love!! When I started with the first batch of post cards, highly textural, I loved the size/shape but struggled … Continue reading →

Posted in cards, creativity, drawing, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, review, tools, watercolor | Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, #davinciwatercolors, #HahnemühlePostCards, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, flowers, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, review, Sunflowers, Super5 ink, watercolor | 10 Comments

Hahnemühle Post Cards, Posies

Posted on March 7, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

It is such fun to try handmade paints from JazperStardust and PfeifferArt. I played with them in posies on Hahnemühle post cards… I use masking for ease, and to get the white dots at the end… Jazper’s Lapis up against … Continue reading →

Posted in art, cards, color, ink painting, meditation, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #handmadepaints, #handmadewatercolors, #jazperstardust, #pfeifferart, floral, flower, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Hahnemühle Postcards, posies | 2 Comments

Hahnemühle Post Cards, 16, Jazper Stardust Hearts

Posted on February 20, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

It is such fun to try handmade paints… I ordered just a couple of colors from JazperStar and PfeifferArt. I played with two colors on Hahnemühle post cards… Jazper’s Cortillion is the star, oozing with color! (BTW, if he doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in art, cards, color, ink painting, meditation, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #handmadepaints, #handmadewatercolors, #jazperstardust, #perfectred, #pfeifferart, #star, #texasstar, #valentines, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Hahnemühle Postcards, heart, hearts, lovers | 3 Comments

Hahnemühle Post Cards, 14, By the Sea

Posted on February 17, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

More postcards…. I want to find more shells to paint… The sand-dollars are from my brother Patrick when he was living on Pismo Beach. Except this one… from another state altogether! Sending this one off to my mom… She saved … Continue reading →

Posted in cards, drawing, memory, painting, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #crab, #HahnemühlePostCards, #palmtrees, #sanddollars, #scallops, De Atramentis Document ink, Gamblin Cold Wax Medium, Hahnemühle Post Cards, ocean, palm tree, Platinum Carbon pen, scallop, shell, shells, watercolor | 2 Comments

Hahnemühle Post Cards, 13, Palms

Posted on February 14, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

These are my happy place doodles… Not quite California but reminiscent of a less crowded California! I had no idea when I began playing with the Hahnemühle Post Cards that I would love them so much! I wanted to mitigate the … Continue reading →

Posted in cards, drawing, memory, painting, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #coldwaxmedium, #HahnemühlePostCards, #palmtrees, De Atramentis Document ink, Gamblin Cold Wax Medium, Hahnemühle Post Cards, ocean, palm tree, palms, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor | 2 Comments

Hahnemühle Post Cards, 14, Hearts for Valentines

Posted on February 11, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Lover’s Day is coming…. I’m practicing my hearts… I find my ideas evolve if I just play, and I loosen up as I play! These are all on Hahnemühle post cards… I started the way all my doodles start… The … Continue reading →

Posted in art, cards, ink painting, meditation, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #valentines, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Hahnemühle Postcards, heart, hearts, lovers | 2 Comments

Hahnemühle Post Cards, 8, Hydrangeas

Posted on February 1, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Hydrangeas are on my mind; my mom loves them and the post cards cheer her! I made these to send to her. This one was watercolors and Platinum Lavender ink, which runs just a little when touched with water. This … Continue reading →

Posted in art, cards, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #HahnemühlePostCards, #hydrangeas, #postcards, Daniel Smith watercolors, Diamine Ink, floral, flowers, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Platinum Lavender Black ink, watercolor | Leave a comment

Hahnemühle Post Cards: Saying Thank You

Posted on November 3, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I’ve thanked blogging friends before for offering their amazing images for the Virtual Sketchwalk group to draw… but now I have little postcards with which to thank them. Dan Antion‘s Dunkin’ Donut! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, cards, drawing, ink painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged #dunkindonuts, #HahnemühlePostCards, #thankyou, #virtualsketchwalk, Daniel Smith watercolors, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Hartford, Holbein, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor | 11 Comments

Hahnemühle Post Cards, VLOG, Gardenia

Posted on October 29, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Braving another go at a video, my other first try! Lighting is better… About ink painting, shown on a Hahnemühle Post Card. Tips: I pin my postcards on a stiff board (I use the mailing envelopes from Redbubble). I can … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity, drawing, ink painting, landscape, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, vlog, waterbrush | Tagged #diamineink, #HahnemühlePostCards, #inkpainting, #KWZink, #teachingvideo, #watercolorclass, demonstration, Diamine Regency Blue ink, gardenia, Hahnemühle Post Cards, KWZ Foggy Green ink, online classes, Randy Boyd, video, video classes, vlog, watercolor | 10 Comments

Hahnemühle Post Cards, Mr Gibbs

Posted on October 29, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I tried to do Gibbs justice. He may be a Russian blue — In this pic he was regal. Middle-of-the-night thinking of Gibbs and Mary. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new and improved … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity, drawing, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #diamineink, #HahnemühlePostCards, #Lamy, #russianblue, Cat, Diamine Grey ink, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Rose Dore, watercolor | 8 Comments

Hahnemühle Post Cards, First Vlog, Mustard

Posted on October 28, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Okay I’ve hung on to this long enough and need to get over it all. I will share my first test teaching vlog with my fellow artist peeps. It is about ink+ watercolor painting, shown on a Hahnemühle Post Card, … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity, drawing, ink painting, landscape, painting, pen & ink, vlog, watercolor | Tagged #deatramentisink, #HahnemühlePostCards, #KWZink, #MGraham, #MGrahamwatercolors, #teachingvideo, #wildmustard, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemühle Post Cards, KWZ Foggy Green ink, M.Graham watercolors, video, video classes, vlog, watercolor, wild mustard | 30 Comments

Inktober, 2 Dogwood

Posted on October 2, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Dogwood always reminds me of my Grandmother, Lyle Genevieve, or Mimi, and driving through the mountains around Grass Valley area where their ranch was… Even though we see it all over Oregon it reminds me of the California mountains. I … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #inktober, #inktober2017, #middleofthenight, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, dogwood, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Hahnemühle Postcards, Lamy Al-Star, Matteo Grilli, Platinum Carbon pen | 6 Comments

Tools: Viviva Colorsheets and Hello Inktober

Posted on October 1, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Viviva is a new watercolor “sheet” out of India. I bought them through their Indiegogo campaign. Watercolor sheets are meant to travel with a waterbrush, so that you simply touch the wet brush to the colored paper and the color … Continue reading →