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Tag Archives: Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
Gibbs, Acrobat Cat
He gets into everything… He is a chonky fella now so it is a bit worrisome when he decides to walk along a narrow 2-inch walkway or worse, try and walk along the edge of a basket!!! I say “NO!” … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, ink painting, memory, pen & ink, portrait, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #acrobatcat, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #cat, #gibbs, #greytabby, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #lamyjoy, #lifewithcats, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen
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Gratitude, not just at Thanksgiving
One key to surviving depression is gratitude. Every day I write about what I am grateful for, even if it is just a line during the day in my journal. The more depressed I am the more I do gratitude … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, food, ink painting, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #survivingtheholidays, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, food, gratitiude, gratitude, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holidays, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor, writing
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Tools: TWO Bamboo Sketchbooks by Hahnemühle
Hahnemühle makes two bamboo sketchbooks: the Hahnemühle Bamboo SketchBook, shown below, which is 50lbs; and the Carnet de Voyage, aka the Bamboo Mixed Media journal by some, shown above, spiral bound and coming in at 265lbs, which I reviewed in … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, review, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemühle journal, Hahnemühle journal review, Hahnemühle sketchbook review, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor, White Uniball Signo
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VSW: Fast Echinacea 3
They can’t all be good…. Or even acceptable. Other artists should show their duds. Here is mine. To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, journal, landscape, painting, sketchbook, timed painting, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #bee, #fastsketch, #fieldofflowers, #flowersfightdepression, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #under10minutes, #whiteflowers, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, echinacea, floral, flowers, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, watercolor
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VSW: Fast Echinacea 2
I’d love to SEE a real field of echinacea… not just in photos! My birthday today so spending the day painting! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, journal, landscape, painting, sketchbook, timed painting, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #fastsketch, #fieldofflowers, #flowersfightdepression, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #under10minutes, #whiteflowers, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, echinacea, floral, flowers, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, watercolor
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VSW: Fast Echinacea 1
I have been tryign to do some sketchs in under ten minutes… not counting dry time though most of my sketches include the dry time on these. Lovely echinaceas… I have so many pics from which to sketch! To hear … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, journal, landscape, painting, sketchbook, timed painting, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #echinacea, #fastsketch, #fieldofflowers, #floral, #flowers, #flowersfightdepression, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #under10minutes, #whiteflowers, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, watercolor
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Tools: Leonardo Officina Italiana Pen
Red is my favorite color… I love pens! I love gifts! Imagine how thrilled I am with three favorite things coming together in one pen? Thrilled! Leonardo Officina Italiana Pen in Red Passion… Filled with Robert Oster Direct Sun! This … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, review, sketchbook, tools, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #directsun, #finenib, #Hahnemühle, #ilovegifts, #ilovepresents, #ilovesurprises, #LeonardoOfficinaItaliana, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #notastub, #orangeink, #orangered, #redink, #redpens, #robertosterink, #wrappingpaper, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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VSW: And More Posies in Queenspark, Toowoomba!
Another from the lovely images from Amanda Thompson (@a21981 on IG) of Queenspark, Toowoomba. Love the poppy’s heads before they bloom, as if bowed in prayer. I don’t feel I did the delicate papery petals justice… I should have chose … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, journal, landscape, painting, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithwatercolors, #foxglove, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #helpercats, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #poppies, #poppy, #snapdragons, #toowoomba, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #whencatshelp, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, floral, flowers, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Queenspark, watercolor
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VSW: Posies in Queenspark, Toowoomba!
Amanda Thompson (@a21981 on IG) offered me some amazing images of Queenspark, Toowoomba from which to sketch. Foxglove towers over what appears to be snapdragons.. I LOVE sketching flowers! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, journal, landscape, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithwatercolors, #floral, #flowers, #foxglove, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #Queenspark, #snapdragons, #toowoomba, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, watercolor
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Tools: Wing Sung Brush Piston Pen
I bought three Wing Sung Brush Piston Pens from Etsy. I wanted to compare them with the plastic Pentel Vistage Water Brush (formerly known as the Pentel Aquash waterbrush pen), which I use normally like a waterbrush over watercolors, but … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #kuratakezig, #middleofthenight, #nijiwaterbrush, #nostalgiejournal, #pentelpocketbrushpen, #pentelvistagewaterbrush, #platinumjapaneseartpcoketbrushpen, #platinumpocketbrushpen, #super5ink, #WingSungBrushPistonPen, #wingsungpen, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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VSW: Echinacea Field
Dreaming of Monet… I saw an image of a field of echinacea in many colors and had to try to paint it — so cheery! I did not have the image to look at, from memory. Lots of artfully placed … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, journal, landscape, memory, painting, process, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, watercolor
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Doodling, Drawing, Whatever
I draw whatever is in front of me while I am listening to just about anything. When I was listening to my brother talk about being on his way home from the hospital (no one called me to say he … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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Tools: Updated M.Graham Palette
Recently I reorganized my palettes, and the M.Graham was moved into a smaller Schminke palette. I still find MG watercolors a bit stinky, but remember I returned the following pigments out of my palette and that stopped the headaches: Sap … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, creativity, drawing, journal, painting, process, sketchbook, tools, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #holbeinwatercolor, #jasperstardust, #MGrahamwatercolors, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #travelpalette, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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Gibbs Reclining, a Masterpiece
HA HA HA HAHAHAAAA! I don’t know what we’d do without the cats for laughs… Tough pose, finally tackled it, not liking it… Good practice but yeows, I need to do this again… foreshortened legs, all so very wrong! To … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged #catswhoplay, #catswhowork, #gibbs, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #haribol, #ilovemycats, #madeyoulook, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #recliningcat, art journal, Cat, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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Izzee the Climber
She is incorrigible… A climber, and as she is an indoor, and mostly in studio cat, she climbs the metal racks (scares the crap out of us) and then makes sure we see her. We’ve put kleenex boxes in all … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged #catswhoclimb, #catswhofly, #catswhoplay, #catswhowork, #greytabby, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #ilovemycats, #madeyoulook, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Cat, Holbein, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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Waiting for Daddy
I don’t know what we’d do without the cats… Yaman only has eyes for Mitchell… always waiting waiting or following him. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged #blackcat, #catswhoplay, #catswhowork, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #ilovemycats, #madeyoulook, #middleofthenight, #mousiewhatilovetoeat, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Siamesecat, art journal, Cat, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Savitri, watercolor, Yamantaka
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Raccoon
I was feeding the birds and as I tossed seed onto the shed roof of the dock I realized I startled a raccoon. I am glad I did, as s/he was heading toward Nicolai, which is not a good place … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #citycritters, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleTonedWatercolourBook, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #raccoon, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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D.Katie Powell Art 