Tag Archives: new moon

New Journal: Healing

Posted on May 10, 2019 by

I love it when my new journal begins on the New Moon. I start each new journal out with a deity image. What deity symbol could be more appropriate than the symbol for the Great Mother herself, the lovely spiraling … Continue reading →

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Inktober, 20 Diwali, Festival of Lights

Posted on October 20, 2017 by

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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Ganesha New Moon Eclipse

Posted on August 21, 2017 by

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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Tools: Time to Dream

Posted on January 29, 2017 by

New Moon, a day of silence. Sundays I talk about tools, and the biggest tool is our own bodies and hearts and minds. (Why do I think this is so dang funny — oh wait — the English call people … Continue reading →

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Happy Year of the Fire Rooster!

Posted on January 28, 2017 by

Okay, he’s not as fiery as some I’ve drawn but he is what he is and he is also a New Moon Rooster as he was made during my sketch blitz yesterday when I took some silence and set my … Continue reading →

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New Moon: Sharing Macauley

Posted on January 27, 2017 by

Quiet today, new moon dreaming. A feast for your mind, architectural drawing.

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Endings and Beginnings

Posted on December 29, 2016 by

I started my new Nostalgie Sketch book. It is named Endings and Beginnings. I don’t usually name my sketchbooks but this one cried out to me. I started it during the dark of the moon. We just were making the … Continue reading →

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Happy Solstice and New Moon

Posted on December 22, 2014 by

Happy we are turning toward the light. Even on this rainy day, I know the light is growing . . . Looking across the river towards St. John’s, quick sketch while waiting. Drawn in an Stillman & Birn Alpha journal … Continue reading →

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