Tag Archives: Lamy Joy

Quan Yin

Posted on November 5, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

My first entry is the lovely god/dess Quan Yin, aka Kannon, or Kwan Yin. She began life as a he, and over many years evolved into she. The goddess of compassion, akin to Avalokiteshvara / Chenrezig and the Taras. Line … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing | Tagged #Hahnemühle, #KwanYin, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #QuanYin, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Fineline masking fluid, goddess, Holbein, Kannon, Kwan Yin, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Quan Yin, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor | 2 Comments

Tools: Da Vinci Watercolors

Posted on September 10, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I was able to buy a couple of Da Vinci watercolors half-off with free shipping. *i wanted to see if i liked them… nooo, not quite truthful… i am a watercolor tube addict and could not stop myself… i am … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, painting, review, sketchbook, tools, watercolor, writing | Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #gladiola, #middleofthenight, #quinaddict, alizarin crimson, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, DaVinci watercolors, Lamy Joy, Matteo Grilli, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, quinacridone gold, Rose Dore, watercolor | 15 Comments

USk: Labor Day in the Finish Studio

Posted on September 4, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Labor Day weekend and we are laborers so we are working… I have new A/C and a new lease on life in my newly cleaned and reorganized studio! I sat close to the door and tried to draw the entire … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, furniture, journal, memory, pen & ink, urban sketchers, watercolor | Tagged #delrey, #masonmonterey, #momentcatchers, #mpfconservation, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Del Rey, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, finish studio, Holbein, Labor Day, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Mason Monterey, Oregon, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USA, USk, watercolor | 9 Comments

Hahnemühle Post Cards, 7, Palms

Posted on August 1, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

A tropical island, one place I go that is my happy place… Not too hot, Pacific Ocean, breezes. Brunaille and grisaille underpainting. Sent! Laguna Beach iconic view — from one of many photos I’ve taken over the years. Brunaille and … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity, drawing, ink painting, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged #365sketch2017, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, brunaille, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, grisaille, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Holbein, Laguna Beach, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Neocolor II, palm tree, palms, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Robert Oster ink, Super5 ink, watercolor | 4 Comments

Hahnemühle Post Cards, 6

Posted on July 24, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I had no idea when I began playing with the Hahnemühle Post Cards that I would love them so much! Trading postcards, sending an actual watercolor, and now, gifting them to Patreons! Now I am comfortable with the ribbed rough paper, … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity, drawing, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #365sketch2017, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, brunaille, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, grisaille, grisaille underpainting, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Holbein, Indian paintbrush, iris, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Neocolor II, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, pussywillow, rosebud, Super5 ink, watercolor | Leave a comment

VSW: Hahnemühle Post Cards, 4

Posted on June 23, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

More middle-of-the-night playing-with-inks postcards. In this one the delicate nature of the blossoms went a little awry, and mostly it was from overdoing the ink layers, then adding watercolors, and every thing began to moosh around and so I blobbed … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity, drawing, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #365sketch2017, art journal, cherry blossoms, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, floral, flower, flowers, gardenia, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, mustard blooms, Neocolor II, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, watercolor, wild mustard | 9 Comments

Sketchbook Project, FEAR

Posted on June 18, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

This year I participated in the Sketchbook Project out of Brooklyn. The idea of being part of hundreds of artists and writers creating books on the topic of Fear or Hope at this time in our country’s history was a … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, history, ink painting, journal, memory, paper, pen & ink, sketchbook | Tagged art journal, fear, Hope, Lamy Joy, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pentel Aquash Water Brush, Platinum Carbon pen, prayer, Sketchbook Project, waterbrush, watercolor | 5 Comments

HWB: Boy and Gurl Come to Own Us

Posted on June 16, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

My journal of Boy and Gurl will be told in the Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, my spring gift to me! I wish I’d done this for all my kitties… but back then it was architectural drawings or big acrylic paintings. I LOVE … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, art journal, ink painting, journal, memory, paper, pen & ink, sketchbook, tools | Tagged #365sketch2017, art journal, Cat, cats, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, kittens, Lamy Joy, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen | 2 Comments

VSW: Hahnemühle Floral Post Cards, 2

Posted on June 9, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Last month’s Every Day in May challenge, and my requiring no pencil, has a hold over in that as I am stressed and busy I continue with just a sketch of anything I pull out of the bag of images, … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged #365sketch2017, #Hahnemühle, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, echinacea, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, marigold, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, snow bells, St. John's Wort, Super5 ink, virtual sketching, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor | 12 Comments

VSW: Hahnemühle Floral Post Cards, 1

Posted on June 7, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Working this months Virtual Sketchwalk (all flowering thangs) on Hahnemühle Post Cards, mostly directly in ink again, as I have no time so am doing quick sketches. Pepper trees remind me of Canoga Avenue in the San Fernando Valley, which … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity, drawing, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged #365sketch2017, #Hahnemühle, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, virtual sketching, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor | 4 Comments

Nostalgie Book 2017

Posted on June 5, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I did more experimentation in this book than any other to date. I also went back to my 40-year-old habit of writing and sketching… Been doing that since boring architectural history classes. I am sorry but had to leave a … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ink, Fineline masking fluid, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor | 3 Comments

Every Day in May, Ta-Dah!

Posted on May 31, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

gads turn off the sound! mac is not letting me turn it off during export! I haven’t done a prompt with challenges in a couple of years. I have no trouble thinking of things to sketch and time is what … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, tools, watercolor | Tagged #365sketch2017, #EDIM, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Diamine Grey ink, Diamine Regency Blue ink, grisaille, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, KWZ Foggy Green ink, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lamy LX, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, watercolor | 12 Comments

Every Day in May: 27, Something Old

Posted on May 27, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Family gifts, something old, but the jade ball came in this lovely box from Firenze, Italy. I think it was a gift for graduation or a birthday. I loved the box more than the jade ball, truth be told. I … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, ink painting, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged #365sketch2017, #EDIM, art journal, box, De Atramentis Document ink, Firenze, Florence, grisaille, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Italian, Jade, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, paper box, Pentel Aquash Water Brush, Platinum Carbon pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Super5 ink | 4 Comments

Every Day in May, 22, Mugs

Posted on May 22, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

Mitchell and I collected them before I knew how much fun they are to sketch. We like big cups, and they have to feel good in the hand. They have to be colorful or hand-painted. There has to be one … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, journal, memory, painting, paper, pen & ink, review, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged art journal, coffee cup, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, grisaille, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, mug, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, tea cup, teacup, watercolor | 6 Comments

Every Day in May, 15-17

Posted on May 19, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

i cannot believe i am so swamped at work that i posted two of these before. *sigh* losing it… edited It is not fancy, not pretty, and not expensive. It has many annoying design qualities. But in the end, the … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, ink painting, journal, paper, pen & ink, sketchbook, tools, waterbrush | Tagged #365sketch2017, #EDIM, art journal, blanket, De Atramentis Document ink, dongle, grisaille, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lamy LX, pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink | Leave a comment

Every Day in May, 18, My Sweet Sumthin’, My Husband

Posted on May 18, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

How lovely that the prompt for our anniversary is “Something Sweet”! I sketched both my husband Mitchell’s sweet face and the truffles we shared for our anniversary! You never know when the best thing in the world is going to … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, ink painting, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, waterbrush | Tagged #365sketch2017, #EDIM, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, grisaille, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Lamy Joy, Mitchell Powell, mug, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink | 14 Comments

Every Day in May: Days 11-14

Posted on May 14, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

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 →

Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged #365sketch2017, #EDIM, art journal, bookshelf, buddha, cactus, Christmas cactus, De Atramentis Document ink, food, Ganesha, Ghandi, grisaille, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, Jack Cornfield, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Mother's Day, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pentel Aquash Water Brush, Platinum Carbon pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Super5 ink, tree, Vitacost, watercolor | 4 Comments

Every Day in May, 9-10, HUGE Problem, and a Great Lunch

Posted on May 12, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I find this EDIM is causing me to write more than I do about my drawings… The prompts this year feel more personal to me. The prompt for the 9th was something huge, and as it followed the smallest-thing-on-my-desk, I … Continue reading →