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Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash. That lone figure is a spiritual friend of mine… same teachers. She did what I will never do (broken body here) which is to trek to this amazing space. I’ve had this image on my wall for many … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #depressionsucks, #Hahnemühle, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #MountKailash, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, watercolor
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Nostalige Journal 11-2018
I forgot to publish my entire journal from the end of last year… What a period! Lotta writing… Less watercolor (no time) but more ink painting. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved … Continue reading
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Thimbles
On the night when the full moon was supposed to be invoking the ancestors (this is astrologically), I found myself drawing all my grandmother’s thimbles going back four generations. My mother gifted them to me, so though she doesn’t have … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #Hahnemühle, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, #slaggrey, #slowstitching, #thimbles, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen
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USk: Valentine’s At HEM23
Following on the discussion I was having about how other creatives shape our art, recently an urban sketcher was reiterating how it is not right to ink at the location and add colors later… the colors are not true from … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #hem23, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #slaggrey, #urbansketcher, #urbansketchingportland, #uskportland, #valentinesday, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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New Moon
New Moon, New Journal. I love it when that happens… Parvati is starting this journal. Inked, and wouldn’t you know it after a couple years I decided to change the ink in my Metro and so she is drawn in … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, Buddha, color, gods and goddesses, ink painting, paint brush, waterbrush
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #emeraldink, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, #robertosterink, #twsbieco, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Parvati, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Super5 ink
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Mom, Again
This journal I’ve not shared as many pages. Death and family — the latter being what I could not share. Some of them are still alive. Her empty jewelry box says something to me, as I get an emotional and … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #momentsketchers, #momsdeath, #momsstuff, #nostalgiejournal, #pilotplumix, #platinumplaisir, #slaggrey, #twsbieco, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, grief, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Comforts
Bread is a comfort food. My mom made fresh bread; I never got the hang. Maybe I need to try it again? Freshly baked, a piece ripped from the end… or sliced and baked with butter and garlic. Yum. I … Continue reading
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Tagged #deatramentistobaccoink, #Edisonnouveaupen, #grapefruitink, #Hahnemühle, #KWZink, #middleofthenight, #motoroilink, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, #robertosterink, #tobaccoink, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen
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VSW: Kythira, Greece, Two
Mmmm, beaches, a good thing to want to visit when you are in Portland in January! Beautiful photos from Demi Kalfa! Cheery flowers all by themselves…… Finished pages! Photos used with permission as reference are from Demi Kalfa! Thank you! … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, challenge, ink painting, pen & ink, sketchcrawl, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #KythiraGreece, #middleofthenight, #robertosterink, #super5frankfurtink, #super5ink, #twsbieco, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, grisaille, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Kythira Greece, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Schminke watercolors, virtual sketchwalk
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VSW: Kythira, Greece, One
This sketchwalk of Kythira, Greece is from beautiful photos from Demi Kalfa! The blues fill my heart and eyes and spirit… They take me home! I want to live right here… Photos used with permission as reference are from Demi … Continue reading
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Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #KythiraGreece, #middleofthenight, #robertosterink, #super5frankfurtink, #super5ink, #twsbieco, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, grisaille, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Kythira Greece, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Schminke watercolors, virtual sketchwalk
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USK, Kaiser
Following on my last Robert Oster ink post, I took RO Purple Jazz ink out sketching while trying to stay sane. Last year was hard and this was part of it. Mitchell had a problem in his throat and after … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers
Tagged #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PurpleJazzink, #robertosterink, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland, #uskportland, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen
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American Flag
Back to work 100% today. I find it so strange the way things come in waves. Suddenly we are getting calls and repairing various historic American flags. I love the colors and decided to do a detail. To hear about … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, ink painting, journal, making a living, painting, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #Americanflag, #frankfurtink, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #oldglory, #super5frankfurtink, #super5ink, American flag, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Christmas 2018
Christmas moved me back into watercolors. Hard not to be moved to color when it is such a colorful season! It was also a move back to Catholic rituals, as my Mom dying prompted me to saying some prayers to … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, mourning, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Mom’s Death: A Month of Journaling, II
Continuing from the previous post… After that I began to notice the times I thought of her — I actually thought of her a lot more than I knew — and each time I had to remind myself she wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged #familymemories, #forgetmenots, #Hahnemühle, #johnnyjumpups, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #momsdeath, #nostalgiejournal, #thenightmymomdied, #vistahouse, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, forget-me-nots, Holbein, johnny jump-ups, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, mourning, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, violets, watercolor
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Mom’s Death: A Month of Journaling, I
I still don’t have a lot to say about my Mom’s death almost a month later. It is hard to talk about. The couple of days before she died I did this journal entry above. She’d been in and out … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #momsdeath, #nostalgiejournal, #thenightmymomdied, #vistahouse, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, mourning, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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D.Katie Powell Art 