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USk: Trip to Lacey Washington
Trip across the big wide Columbia to make a presentation in Lacey, Washington. Labor day the bridge was very slow due to traffic; this meant I could draw while Mitchell drove. Robert Oster’s Motor Oil ink is becoming a go-to … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, color, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #columbiariver, #davinciwatercolors, #drawingwhiledriving, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #motoroil, #nwportland, #PilotMetropolitan, #Portlandoregon, #robertosterink, #super5frankfurtink, #super5ink, #urbansketcher, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland, #urbansketchingseattle, bridge
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WWM: Day 30, USk Optomitrist
Waiting for Mitchell at the KP optometrist, after I picked up my glasses. We can see our studio from the window, though it is too tiny to draw! Don’t forget: I’m giving away to TWO lucky winners my favorite middle-of-the-night … Continue reading
Posted in challenge, landscape, painting, pen & ink, process, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #Hahnemühle, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland, #uskportland, #WorldWatercolorMonth, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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USk World-wide Sketchout: Autumn at the Studio
Yesterday was a worldwide USk sketchout, and I am swamped. But the trees outside the studio had not lost their leaves YET (starting) so into freezing car and parked down the block and looked up at the studio. My finish … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, landscape, sketchbook, sketchcrawl, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #urbansketching, #USkGlobal24hrSketchwalk, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Jinhao, Portland Oregon, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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Inktober, 19 Workers
Diamine Ancient Copper ink sketch out the studio window… They seem to be always working and never getting anything done… For years! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new and improved dkatiepowellart.com and sign … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, ink painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers
Tagged #ancientcopperink, #diamineink, #inktober, #inktober2017, #mpfconservation, #nwportland, #urbansketcher, art journal, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Fabriano Watercolor journal, Lamy Al-Star, USk
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Inktober, 6 Purple Posies
These lovely purple daisies, a ground-cover, also found on our walk to breakfast… so sweet, hardy, covering an entire small yard of a painted lady. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, ink painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching
Tagged #Hahnemühle, #inktober, #inktober2017, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #nwportland, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, floral, flower, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, purple flower
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Eagle Creek Fire Rain
The evening the rains came after the Eagle Creek fire, I felt so blessed. Skies which were grey with smoke and ash falling, suddenly had the blue of night. Actual color, yellow from the setting sun and the green of … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, ink painting, journal, landscape, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, writing
Tagged #eaglecreekfire, #Hahnemühle, #nwportland, #platinumcitrusink, #robertosterink, #super5ink, #urbansketching, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, NW Industrial Sanctuary Portland, Super5 ink, urban sketcher, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk
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