Tag Archives: Matteo Grilli

Tools: Travel Palette, Three

Posted on February 10, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

Part 3, on other palettes and changing brands! Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… Okay, remember when I said that I was going to stick with December’s travel palette? I lied… I’ve changed it up twice and think … Continue reading →

Posted in color, review, watercolor | Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, palette, Primatek, transparent paint, watercolor | 12 Comments

Tools: Studio Palette, Two

Posted on January 20, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… After the travel palette sort, and after successfully trading some paints I didn’t want, I began to look at the paints that have ended up on the sidelines, and wondered about my … Continue reading →

Posted in color, review, watercolor | Tagged #allthecolors, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #studiopalette, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, palette, Primatek, transparent paint, watercolor | 11 Comments

Tools: Taking Another Artist’s Palette Advice

Posted on January 6, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… An aside… Recently I took the advice of a USk sketcher I admire and bought a series of Holbein’s Antique “IRIDORI” Watercolors pigments… AAACK, bad paints! Be glad if you didn’t buy … Continue reading →

Posted in color, creativity, review, watercolor | Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, palette, Primatek, transparent paint, watercolor | 8 Comments

Tools: BIG Changes in My Travel Palette

Posted on December 27, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve been asked about my travel palette and here is the primary palette, though I have others, which I’ll talk about later. I have had this basic palette for two years with the exception of adding Da Vinci’s Rose Dore … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art journal, color, painting, review, sketchcrawl, urban sketchers, watercolor | Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, M.Graham watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, Primatek, Sennelier, transparent paint, travel palette, watercolor | 21 Comments

Inktober, 13 DeNoble Farms

Posted on October 14, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Dancing light started this watercolor on top of the inked drawing on this page of sketches. I had to add lavender for her. This little stack of pennies on the edge of a stoop I could not get out of … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook | Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #inktober, #inktober2017, #organicfarming, #pennystack, #portlandurbansketcher, #psufarmersmarket, #urbansketcher, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, DeNoble Farms, Fabriano Watercolor journal, Holbein, Matteo Grilli, Platinum Carbon pen, USk | Leave a comment

Inktober, Dancing Light Lavender

Posted on October 13, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

She makes a great lip balm and essential oil. Passing her is always happy because her stall smells amazing and she is happy. I had to color her. It was essential! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching | Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolor, #inktober, #inktober2017, #lavender, #portlandurbansketcher, #psufarmersmarket, #urbansketcher, art journal, Dancing Light Ranch, Fabriano Watercolor journal, Holbein, Matteo Grilli, Platinum Carbon pen, USk | Leave a comment

Inktober, 5 Rose

Posted on October 5, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

A memory from our walk to the Standing Stone for breakfast. Nothing beats spending time with Mitchell. We saw Autumn straggling cheery street roses. I don’t know how they survive in poor light under the trees! I love my Nostalgie … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #inktober, #inktober2017, #nostalgiejournal, #rose, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Matteo Grilli, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen | 6 Comments

Inktober, 2 Dogwood

Posted on October 2, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Dogwood always reminds me of my Grandmother, Lyle Genevieve, or Mimi, and driving through the mountains around Grass Valley area where their ranch was… Even though we see it all over Oregon it reminds me of the California mountains. I … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #inktober, #inktober2017, #middleofthenight, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, dogwood, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Hahnemühle Postcards, Lamy Al-Star, Matteo Grilli, Platinum Carbon pen | 6 Comments

Tools: Da Vinci Watercolors

Posted on September 10, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

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

Alizarin Gladioli

Posted on September 9, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Middle-of-the-night, deep inky-maroon gladioli challenged me! The Da Vinci Alizarin Crimson is semi-transparent, but the secondary top color had to be quite opaque, and i don’t like nor work well with opaque paints. I painted them in my Nostalgie journal, … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing | Tagged #gladiola, #gladiolas, #gladioli, alizarin crimson, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, DaVinci watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, floral, flower, Matteo Grilli, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor | 5 Comments

Peach Glads

Posted on September 8, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Can you spot the mistake? (I corrected it by now….) Middle-of-the-night, I took on the peach gladioli Mitchell gave me earlier in the week. I tried one of the new DaVinci watercolors, Rose Dore, a quinacridone paint. Such a pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing | Tagged #gladiola, #gladiolas, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, DaVinci watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, floral, flower, Matteo Grilli, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor | 5 Comments

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 →