Tag Archives: #lovethestub

VSW Sydney, 6, Chinatown, Redo

Image for reference by Debi Taylor. Thought I might leave this as is… Then I didn’t!  Not sure I did it any good… I’ve been playing with inks now I have to warm up to go back to watercolors! To … Continue reading

Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Vertigo

VERTIGO… Seriously, I’ve had a bout of dizziness before but this was retching horrid and I wanted to die.  Begged for it and told Mitchell I was done if we could not make this spinning vomiting stop… I also have … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, journal, loss, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, ritual, sketchbook, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

VSW Sydney, 6, Chinatown

Image for reference by Debi Taylor. Started with a line drawing, as always. and perhaps it will stay that way…! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than … Continue reading

Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Missing the Ocean

Praying that someday soon we will feel comfortable enough to drive out to the beach! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita Loos, Gentlemen … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Surfacing

I am finally surfacing after this damn election. I am happy with the (almost) outcome but the close call depressed the hell out of me. Enough so that I didn’t draw after the 30th, when the fear of the future … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

VOTE!

GO VOTE! I’ve never been this anxiety ridden about an election. Please go vote, take the time, our lives and our country depend on it. This is why I haven’t been drawing… Just too crazy worried. To hear about classes, … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Abalone #notinktober

#Notinktober is over… But I am not over with inks! I was waylaid by two things: work, and a project that I want to finish and knowing how things go I thought I best get going early. Today I am … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

RBG Missed #notinktober

I have a few sketches of her passing in my journal. I was a fan long before, and if you haven’t read her biography, it is a great read. She was what we need right now… NOT Amy. I love … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

VSW Sydney, 5, #notinktober

Art in Sydney Image for reference by Debi Taylor, shown bottom. Started with a line drawing, as always. This artwork was frightening in its twisting complexity: I almost gave up many times… but then there is that half-finished drawing in … Continue reading

Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Posies Again #notinkober

Ink drawing of Linda’s garden with a Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges. Then many inks painted… To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Pentel Aquash … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, ink painting, landscape, pen & ink, virtual sketching | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Booksellers #notinktober

We watched the movie The Booksellers and it was so good…. I want to step back in time to a different place where things were slower and instant gratification was not the high point of everyone’s life. So many great … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Amy’s Girls #notinktober

If 2020 can get worse, then electing Amy Coney Barrett will be the icing on the year. My mother had a good job in the defense industry, writing manuals for various things she could not talk about.  There were deadlines … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Navratri #notinktober

The Durgha Festival is on, Navratri, and ten nights of a celebration of the many faces of the goddess is in full swing. Lamy Al-Star with Robert Oster Opal Green ink. She sits on my desk, a reminder of strong … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, gods and goddesses, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Birthday Cooking 2020

We spent a weekend cooking for ourselves… WE both have arthritis and need things that work for us, and many “gluten-free” items are made with potato flour, because cooks think that doesn’t bother people — but that is also a … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Stuffed Poblanos

The newest yummy thing I am making to freeze for quick dinners or lunches. Great for sketching in #notinktober. Inks listed at the bottom of the recipe above. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, recipe, sketchbook | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

On the Eve of my 65th Birthday 2020

This will be a word I contemplate every day for the next year… After 40+ years at this Buddhist thang I should be able to find peace and joy in the midst of even the worst situation, which we are … Continue reading

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

VSW Sydney, 4, #notinktober

The Sydney Opera House. Image for reference by Debi Taylor. Started with a line drawing, as always. This building is so complicated I cannot image trying it without guidelines. Jørn Oberg Utzon, AC, Hon. FAIA (Danish: [ˈjɶɐ̯ˀn ˈutsʌn]; 9 April 1918 – … Continue reading

Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

VSW Sydney, 3, #notinktober

The Sydney Opera House. This was a wild toad ride.  I was going along nicely, enjoying the markmaking in the middle of the night, when I reached for a waterbrush and had not closed the top tight and a huge … Continue reading

Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments