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Inky Thots: Robert Oster Sterling Silver!

I’ve been asking Robert Oster to pleeeeze make a lovely silver… I am not a gold gurl, not even a glitter gurl, but I am a silver gurl… while I love Robert’s Heart of Gold (below) (and it is one … Continue reading

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Happy New Year of the Metal Rat!

YEAR OF THE METAL RAT! New decade, and the beginning of the Chinese Zodiac! Ink painting and notes in my new Hahnemühle 1584 Journal! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory … Continue reading

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Purple Gurl

The holidays brought new inks (not that I need an excuse.) A couple were gifts to me, and a couple were gifts to Mitchell (he goes for shimmers and glitters, and I should have predicted this, because he is also … Continue reading

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Dingbats Journal, Review

I have tried three of Dingbat’s journals, two of the Wildlife and one of the Earth series, left and right, above.  A huge reason I chose them over others was their commitment to the environment, and their pretty covers. I … Continue reading

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Lou Grant’s Messed With Pun’kin Bread

(Above sketch in inks with Lexington Grey diluted used for shadows.) I was doing my own studio things and decided to surprise Mitchell with Pumpkin Bread. I have many of my mom’s things in the studio — I just went … Continue reading

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Jungle Out There, or Xmas 2019

Okay those who are followers know that this year and past month have been bad. Usually I do a cheery holiday layout for memories. But what to do when the world is going to crap?. Well. it is my journal, … Continue reading

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Inky Thots: Robert Oster Aussie Brown

I love a great brown ink; Robert Oster Aussie Brown is a favorite sketching and writing ink, suitable for the office.  It is a rich dark brown leaning red, and has a touch of graphite sheen, seen left.  The ink … Continue reading

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Lojong 38: Don’t seek others’ pain as the limbs of your own happiness

THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES. My mom’s Yahrzeit is today… she died a year ago. Before Thanksgiving, during the dark of the moon, I began finally sorting through the boxes of things I am storing for family who said they wanted … Continue reading

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Word Art: Mugged by Reality

What do you do when you are living under oppression and you have things to say but you are living in fear? Not little fear, but cataclysmic fear? For the first time in your life? I wrote this and got … Continue reading

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Daily Journal, 3

My favorite WRITING journals? Personal preferences, and you should try several to find yours. I like grids or dots best, or blank. Must take fountain pens… though some bleed can be tolerated — I use fat juicy pens! I want … Continue reading

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Word Art: Save the Whales Ocean Your Children

again, i try to get through to the stores where i shop to stop buying lemons, oranges, avocados, brussells sprouts and oh my goddess now even melons packaged in plastic. birds and fish and whales are all dying from our … Continue reading

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Daily Journal, 2

Continuing from Daily Journal, 1… Okay Okay Okay, what if I am not dealing with crap? What about other things to write about? A calendar of our business dealings. I had a dated paginated desk calendar my whole life and … Continue reading

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Daily Journal, 1

Many articles are coming out now about the benefits of keeping a daily journal. Some are scientific, some are new age, some are creatives-driven, and are written by reporters who were assigned the article. I’ve been journaling daily for 47 … Continue reading

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Word Art: Shut Up Stupid

She wasn’t a perfect mom, but I was broken hearted about how she was treated, her confusion when losing her memory, and the family dynamics. I could not share that with my biological family. Shut up stupid. When you keep … Continue reading

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A Quick Answer to Getting Good at Drawing

I’m on several sites and hear so many of peeps say you’d love to “draw like so-and-so.” So, here is what I wrote in response to this on a site this morning, and they liked it and asked if I … Continue reading

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Inktober 2019, the Aftermath!

Here are the rest of the stars from my Hahnemühle ZigZag Accordian Journal!! Lamy Al-Star with Pilot’s beautiful Asa-Gao…. Jinhao 750 with Goulet 1.1 stub nib and Robert Oster’s changling Grey Seas ink. TWSBI Eco 1.1 with Robert Oster Midnight … Continue reading

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Inktober 2019, 31

I adore INKTOBER, and so it technically ends… but I have the rest of the Hahnemühle ZigZag Accordian Journal to finish!! Robert Oster lovely Blue Denin ink in my birthday turquoise Diplomat Aero! **INK case you missed it, this year, … Continue reading

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Inktober 2019, 30

I adore INKTOBER! A perfect beautiful grey-blue ink, Papier Plume‘s “the Blues” which I won — it is a special edition ink! In a Knox pen from Birmingham… which may not be available anymore. **INK case you missed it, this … Continue reading

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