Tag Archives: OE sketchbook

Inktober, Week Four

Posted on November 1, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Inktober is done! I don’t know if I inked every day — my priority was writing our book — but I certainly pushed the boundaries of inking and playing with ink. Most of these drawings will be taken further into … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, journal, landscape, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching | Tagged #inktober, Aquabee Super Deluxe Journal, art journal, Black Eyed Susan, Burger Meister, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Ford truck, Haight-Ashbury, hub survival stout, Mahadurgha, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, OE sketchbook, Quan Yin, recipe, risotto, Super5 ink | 2 Comments

Inktober, Week Two

Posted on October 15, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Again, mostly I feel like I am cheating because I use ink for under-drawings all the time. Under-drawing for watercolor, our soapstone Quan Yin. I am going to ink her or watercolor her . . . stay tuned! We own … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, Buddha, challenge, gods and goddesses, graphite, pen & ink, pencil, urban sketchers, virtual sketching | Tagged #inktober, Aquabee Super Deluxe Journal, art journal, Black Eyed Susan, Burger Meister, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Haight-Ashbury, hub survival stout, Mahadurgha, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, OE sketchbook, Quan Yin, recipe, risotto, Super5 ink | 13 Comments

USk: Frank Ching, Gail Wong Workshop

Posted on October 1, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

I had the opportunity to meet the man who taught me more than most professors in college, and influenced my drawing style as a free-hand sketcher of the built environment: Frank Ching. Architecture: Form Space and Order made sense out … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art journal, class, drawing, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor | Tagged 11th Avenue Portland, 8th Avenue Portland, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Director's Park Portland, Frank Ching, Gail Wong, Holbein, Noodlers ink, OE sketchbook, Pearl District Portland, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Oregon, Portland Urban Sketchers, Stillman & Birn, urban sketchers, USk | 6 Comments

My Secret Journal: Four, Shellac Tip-ins

Posted on September 26, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Note: I am writing a story/journal that I don’t want to show before it is published in full. These are some of the illustrated pages in the sketchbook for the story. Because of the business we are in we end … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, furniture, india ink, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, shellac, watercolor | Tagged De Atramentis Document ink, Noodlers ink, OE sketchbook, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pitt pens, Platinum Carbon pen, shellac, Super5 ink | 10 Comments

My Secret Journal: One

Posted on September 19, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Well as my brother’s used to say, I AM blonde! (Sssshhh, so are two of my brothers.) I am writing a journal that I don’t want to show before it is published in full. This is why I have not … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, india ink, journal, making a living, memory, pen & ink, process, shellac, sketchbook, virtual sketching | Tagged art journal, cats, De Atramentis Document ink, NW Portland, OE sketchbook, Pitt pens, roast chicken, shellac, studio, Sunflowers, tip-in | 5 Comments

Quan Yin Sits

Posted on June 11, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Blue ink with Cocoiro pen and waterbrush (lightly) on Okima OE NOTES sketchbook. Learning to be faster and less structured, less pencil, more ink. Then I played with her in watercolors: Daniel Smith and Golden’s QoR. I enjoyed hitting a new … Continue reading →