Tag Archives: pan watercolors

Tools: Organizing Studio Watercolors

Posted on April 16, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

My studio paints were overflowing from my big 30-years-old Prismacolor tin into a QoR watercolor tin. I hated the QoR tin. The rounds which you think would be great for watercolor mixing but they made the tin so it flips … Continue reading →

Posted in color, tools, watercolor | Tagged Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Holbein, pan watercolors, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, studio set-up, tins, tools, watercolor | 10 Comments

Parvati

Posted on July 22, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

Our old (as in years) statue of Parvati. She is Shiva’s consort or wife, and daughter of Himavan and Mena. I know her best as the mother of Ganesha and Kartikeya. She is the goddess of love and devotion, as … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art journal, Buddha, challenge, gods and goddesses, meditation, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, Abhaya mudra, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Al-Star, pan watercolors, Parvati, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, Varada mudra, watercolor | 8 Comments

Thursday Doors, USk: Grimm and Impact on 26th

Posted on July 21, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

26th Avenue, two doors within throwing distance of our studio. Above, on the historic American Canning Company, which then became the Multnomah County Medical Examiners offices (and then, how apropos) became the door to Grimm’s studio costuming annex. (Sitting across … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor | Tagged #thursdaydoors, #WorldWatercolorMonth, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, De Atramentis Tobacco ink, doors, green door, Grimm, Impact Jiu Jitzu, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Urban Sketchers, Sennelier, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor | 8 Comments

Mimi’s Coin Purse

Posted on July 20, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

I have these odd things of my grandmothers. Her dime bank, and this, her coin purse. She was a simple woman and the simple items I have from her are precious memories. Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, and Sennelier, … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, coinpurse, Daniel Smith watercolors, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, watercolor | 6 Comments

Bleeding Hearts

Posted on July 14, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

Bleeding Hearts As of today this reminds me not only of family, but of this incredibly awful political season and the vitriol among people on the “same side.” I am told I am a bleedin’ heart liberal. I wear it … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, journal, landscape, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, Bleeding Heart, California wildflower, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, floral, flower, Lamy Al-Star, Noodlers ink, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, virtual sketching, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor | 16 Comments

Vetch is Not Good for Horses!

Posted on July 10, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

I had to paint vetch after the lupines: equal time for Pa after Mimi! After my memory jog in California Lupines, I kept wondering why Pa warned me not to feed the horses vetch whenever I visited the ranch. There … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, journal, memory, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, California, companion planting, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline masking fluid, floral, flower, horses, Lamy Al-Star, Pa, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, QoR, vetch, watercolor | 7 Comments

Sweetpeas

Posted on July 7, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

I was called Sweetpea by my brother growing up; I didn’t see a wild sweetpea until I moved to Oregon, and now they greet me in early summer and sometimes have a second blooming in autumn. I hear my brother … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline masking fluid, floral, flower, Lamy Al-Star, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, QoR, sweetpea, watercolor, wild sweetpeas | 6 Comments

VSW: Ucluelet BC

Posted on July 5, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

I love this image by Joan Wilson of the Ucluelet in British Columbia. Working on skies and washes, they are so not easy. Challenges the zennie in me; they can be overworked in the blink of an eye! Pentalic Aqua … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, landscape, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, De Atramentis Document ink, grisaille, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, Ucluelet, virtual sketching, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor | Leave a comment

New Moon 4th of July

Posted on July 4, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

HAPPY AND SAFE 4TH TO EVERYONE! It’s that time of year when everyone in the West living near forests and fields worries about fireworks. Crazily, they still allow personal street fireworks as part of a RIGHT as if people’s homes, … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, lunar cycle, process, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline masking fluid, fireworks, Lamy Al-Star, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Sennelier, watercolor | 2 Comments

Watercolor and Ink Palm Sunset

Posted on June 16, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

Just having a bit of fun, playing with Ancient Copper ink OVER washes of watercolor. There is a method to my madness in terms of the experiment… Pentalic Aqua Journal, with a Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Lamy … Continue reading →

Posted in art, color, creativity, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Lamy Al-Star, Mid-Century Modern, ocean, Pacific Ocean, palm trees, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Sennelier, watercolor | 8 Comments

Palm Trees Coffee Pot

Posted on June 9, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

I want this. I’ve had a small image of it for years. If I had this my life would be complete… No Thursday Doors…. Real life got in the way! *sigh* But then, making money = $$$ for paint = … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged coffee cup, coffee pot, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Al-Star, Mid-Century Modern, palm trees, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Sennelier, watercolor | 4 Comments

Overworked / Failure

Posted on May 30, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

Dan recently blogged about failures: “So many people try to hide failure. Sometimes, they want to hide it out of embarrassment and sometimes they want to hide it out of fear. I don’t want to fail, but when I do, … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art journal, creativity, making a living, painting, pen & ink, process, watercolor | Tagged anniversary, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, failure, floral, flower, Lamy Al-Star, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, struggle, Sunflowers, watercolor | 4 Comments

For Dan, One More Train…

Posted on May 27, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

Middle of the night drawing of the Oregon Zoo train. Dan now you are forever linked to trains, along with my girlfriend who I used to ride trains with, and a crazy boyfriend who once picked me up on a … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged De Atramentis Document ink, gratitude, Lamy Al-Star, Oregon Zoo, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Sennelier, train, watercolor | 8 Comments

Tough Week

Posted on May 20, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

It’s been a tough week. Our little girl got sick, and while we now know it is from her new condition and the meds for hypothyroidism, it was a hard week, staying up all night with her, worried, et all. … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, journal, memory, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged anniversary, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, echinacea, floral, flower, Lamy Al-Star, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Sennelier, watercolor | 13 Comments

Copyright, Chagall Card, Riffs, WTH?

Posted on April 14, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

I am breaking with my normal posts to say this timely bit regarding copyright, and the lawsuit against Led Zep over the riff. I don’t give a toss about any of it, but the topic is under my skin. I … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art journal, copyleft, creativity, meditation, process, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged copyleft, Copyright, Creative Commons, pan watercolors, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Sennelier | 10 Comments

Tools: Sennelier Watercolor Pan Kit and Pentalic Aqua Journal

Posted on April 8, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

It seems that when I get my watercolors in order and say “I need nothing,” I end up buying something new. Blick’s is having an amazing sale which I came across looking for a replacement tube; I had put my … Continue reading →