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One Week Later
Still processing. Watching news, sleeping, reading, horrified. This week diversion is the Closer. 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 Prefer Blondes. … Continue reading
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One Week
2021 1 6 I don’t have anything to say right now about this. Sketching and watching. Jan 12 2021 finished by labeling and writing on the sketches. And let me say I am not tagging this post. That alone should … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #chesapeakepenco, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lamy Joy, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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the creative life
This morning I received another email in the marketing blitz for a popular bundled experience from an online art school. Their classes are good — not great but good — and popular — however, there are amazing teachers teaching art … Continue reading
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Recipe: Mustard Honey Hot Red Chilies
Thanks Cynthia Leary Stroo for giving me an idea for a different glaze… Bored and stuck in a rut, I didn’t have all her ingredients but made do nicely and we’ll make this again. Yummy with some carrots put into … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #chickenrecipe, #freshfarmveggies, #garlic, #Hahnemühle, #honey, #hotchilies, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #mustard, #nostalgiejournal, #recipepainting, #smartchicken, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Rona Keeps on Giving
I did this thinking I was not going to watercolor it… I think maybe I liked it better that way! This feels is a neverending crisis, made worse by our politicians (yes I am looking at you Kate Brown). The … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, journal, loss, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, ritual, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
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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
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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
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Rona2: Zebra Beans
It isn’t that I’ve stopped eating beans, it is that I am settling into a comfort zone with my cooking of beans. I still write down my experiences with new beans and am finding new beans to try but have … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #christmaslimabeans, #covid19, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #FPtober, #Hahnemühle, #inkartober, #kinktober, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #monteverdeink, #nostalgiejournal, #notinktober, #pandemicpainting, #ranchogordo, #ronavirus, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, #writeitdown, #zebrabeans, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Primatek, recipe, watercolor
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Rona2: VSW Sydney AU
Debi Taylor is taking us on a VIRTUAL walk through Sydney. This is what they call a “bin chicken” but it is really a white Ibis; we did a challenge of about 10 minutes and I did 12 NIC dry … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #austrailia, #binchicken, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleTonedWatercolourBook, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #pandemicpainting, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sydneyaustrailia, #virtualsketchwalk, #writeitdown, art journal, Primatek, watercolor
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Inky Thots: Robert Oster Heart of Gold
I am not a gold gurl (silver is my jam), not even a glitter gurl (well, sometimes…)… BUT I am loving Robert Oster’s line of shimmery golden inks. This review is for Robert Oster Shake N Shimmy Heart of Gold! … Continue reading
Using Watercolour vs Sketching Journals
Covid changed my journal use yet again. Between the pandemic, sequestration, and the Portland protests, I began to write pages in my sketching journal… because that is what I carry with me, and I felt like I was writing to … Continue reading
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Rona2: VSW Street in France
From an image from Evalyn Baker of a street in Languedoc, France! I took great liberties with color! Never before have I appreciated Virtual Sketching as much as I do now; late at night after tough days sketching saves me. … Continue reading
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The Sketchpack Project 2020, 22-31
Continuing with the Sketchpack Project on “Emotional Body: If you’d like to see the first post go here; the second post go here. the third post, here; below, my completion. Saturday when no one intrudes. Platinum Plaiser pen with DeAtramentis … Continue reading
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Rona2: VSW Cars, Languedoc, France
From an image from Annette Morris old rusting cars, France! Mixing watercolors and soluble inks. 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
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #classiquejaune, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleTonedWatercolourBook, #languedocfrance, #lartisanpastellier, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #pandemicpainting, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #virtualsketchwalk, #writeitdown, art journal, France, Primatek
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Rona2: VSW Pigasse, France
From an image from Annette Morris of a Canal du Midi, Pigasse, France! No watercolor, inks! 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, … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #canaldumidi, #classiquejaune, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleTonedWatercolourBook, #languedocfrance, #lartisanpastellier, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #pandemicpainting, #pigassefrance, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #virtualsketchwalk, #writeitdown, art journal, France, Primatek
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Rona2: In the Groove with Rancho Gordo
You are not hearing me rave as much about Rancho Gordo beans because I am kinda getting into a groove with them. I cook more of them in the manner described on their site, and then mix it up with … Continue reading
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The Sketchpack Project 2020, 12-21
Continuing with the Sketchpack Project on “Emotional Body: If you’d like to see the first post go here; the second post go here. In the second post I talked about overwhelm and upset, and finally working through it. These images … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #blackstoneinks, #deatramentisdocumentink, #dukefudepen, #emotionalbody, #Hahnemühle, #krishnaink, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #platinumplaisir, #robertosterink, #sketchpackproject, #thesketchpackproject, #troublemakerinks, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, #vintainks, #zigzagjournal, art journal
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Rona2: VSW Assignan France
From an image from Google streets of Assignan, France! No watercolor, inks! I love ink painting… I wish they were lightfast! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #assignanfrance, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleTonedWatercolourBook, #inkpainting, #languedocfrance, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #pandemicpainting, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #virtualsketchwalk, #writeitdown, art journal, France, Primatek
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