Tag Archives: Holbein

Pink and Orange Posies

New Nostalgie Journal… at the new moon I played with pen and a wet brush and moved the Nemosine inks around… After they dried I added watercolor to deepen. Made up flowers are posies!  I try to do SOMETHING daily! … Continue reading

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Sketchbook Project: My Prayer for our Ocean

Last night I mailed in my submission to the Sketchbook Project, the project out of Brooklyn whereby people from all over the world buy a small sketchbook, fill it, choose to have it imaged or not, and it becomes part … Continue reading

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Nostalgie Journal 10-2017

This journal started in Diwali, and continued to just after the New Year. I anticipated that it would be about light and ritual and women… There was instead a good deal of unanticipated loss. I withheld many pages from this … Continue reading

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Mason Monterey Cuppa

I’m not sure if I like painting them best or playing with the camera with them… but the cuppas are becoming a thing to do at night! They make me smile seeing them as if dancing… maybe that is how … Continue reading

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South of the Border Cuppa

Our South of the Border mugs, reminding us of a wonderful time we had in spite of a bad beginning to a trip! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is … Continue reading

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Usk: Sellwood

Wednesday we made a day of buying eyeglass frames, lunch out, and shopping in Sellwood. Apparently in my mind today Mitchell has a round face!  AAACK! The Monkey Fist was yummy *when is brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans ever NOT … Continue reading

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Green Cuppa

Fooling with the cuppas is different each time… This one, line work with the Platinum pen, then Masking fluid “painted”, then watercolors. I may have to do 100… such fun! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check … Continue reading

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Sketchbook Project: Underwater, 2018

     I am again participated in the Sketchbook Project, the project out of Brooklyn whereby people from all over the world buy a small sketchbook, fill it, choose to have it imaged or not, and it sits in the museum … Continue reading

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Rose Dore Teacup

The time off has been splendliferous, even if I had to make up for being sick and sleeping my way into every day for a long time.  From January 3 across from this, is a note about still sleeping my … Continue reading

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Happy New year

Wishing you Health, Prosperity, Good Neighbors, and Happiness in 2018! Saying a prayer this Full Moon for Mother Earth. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” … Continue reading

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Singing Polish Girl

Another ornament from my college days is the small singing Polish girl made from a gourd… She is delightful, her expression perfect! And from that same time, A Lotta Love…. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check … Continue reading

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Found: Recipe pages!

I am thankfully finishing up a few journals — and I found a couple of images I’ve not posted! I used to create recipe pages for fun which I used on my foodies blog (which I’ve not been posting too … Continue reading

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Holiday Twinkle Lights

Lights are important to us! We grew up in Southern California, where there are more daylight hours and more sun. Portland is a darker climate (8+ hours of light now), and we look for cheer on grey days! We usually … Continue reading

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VSW: Gardens by the Bay Singapore

December we had two choices in the Virtual Sketchwalk group *though this group goes rogue regularly 🙂 but the rules of the group are “as long as it is drawn from a photograph”* and one of them were the Gardens … Continue reading

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Holiday Gifts

My mom uses heating pads, and has one she’s practically worn out with lavender and I’m not sure what in it. I wanted to make her a new one, and also made her some to give to friends. I don’t … Continue reading

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More Posies and Writing

Cheryl shared this and it stuck in my head. My passions are journaling, painting, reading autobiographies and Buddhism, ditzing with Mitchell, and playing with the kittens. NOT necessarily in that order, though if I had to choose between writing or … Continue reading

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Mimi’s Cactus

It is the time of the year when my grandma’s cactus blooms. The Fabriano paper was doing its weirdness; I added other colors to the mix and saved the background! “To fully inhabit grief is to hold the contradictions of … Continue reading

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CC’s Sunflower

When I was sick with this cold, I painted things that made me happy. CC had such a cheery image of one of her sunflowers! A huge sunflower with a deep brown center… To hear about classes, follow me on … Continue reading

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