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Full Moon of Kurma Jayanti

Posted on May 4, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

Keeping this new Hahnemühle D & S Sketchbook at my work desk. I can drop in a fast sketch on what is happening…  Full Moon last Sunday night and the turtle played a central theme.  I realized I needed no … Continue reading →

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Inktober, 20 Diwali, Festival of Lights

Posted on October 20, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Happy Diwali, of course done the eve of not today! Auspiciously, I filled the last available page in my journal on Diwali Eve with this prayer for Diwali; I opened my next journal the next morning. We light the candles, … Continue reading →

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Inktober, 7 Palm Window

Posted on October 7, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

I don’t know where I caught the snippet of a poem which was a song not a poem but it has rolled around in my head for weeks, these few lines: “Now that I’ve worn out I’ve worn out the … Continue reading →

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Ganesha and Matteo Grilli’s Paints

Posted on August 30, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Sometimes I try small handmade paint companies. I took a chance on Aussie painter and paintmaker MatteoGrilliArt handmade paints! and liked his so much I ordered more! LOOK AT THOSE COLORS!!!! Intense pigment, beautiful, not as creamy smooth as a … Continue reading →

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A Change in Posting

Posted on August 28, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

As I move along for the next couple of months my posting habits will change: I have a PAINTING project in our business that is in oil paint. The DAR is commissioning a formal reproduction of the Washington State Flag. … Continue reading →

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Ganesha New Moon Eclipse

Posted on August 21, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Ganesha is calling again. ☾ Pentalic Nature Sketch Journal, with a Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges, Sennelier, Holbein, and DS Primatek watercolors, and Daniel Smith Watercolors    ©D. Katie Powell. My images/blog … Continue reading →

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The Grace of Ritual

Posted on August 14, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

My gratitude was easier even though it was a tough week. Politics is effecting me, making me so sad. While we try to live in the present, we also look to the future, as Chagdud Rinpoche once said, “with a … Continue reading →

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Ganesha

Posted on March 19, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Ganesha is calling again.  Maybe it is spring, new beginning? If you want to know how far you can get by regularly practicing watercolor, take a look at my favorite small resin Ganesha in February 2014 and in July 2014! … Continue reading →

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