Tag Archives: Pitt pens

Tools: Metallic Pens

Posted on October 16, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

Green Tara illustrates nicely the upsides and downsides of metallic pens. Depending upon how the light hits them, or how you reproduce them, the shimmer is highlighted or becomes almost another gold color. Above, she had gold pen not only … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal | Tagged #inktober, brush pens, copper, Faber-Castel, gold, J. Herbin 1670, Pilot Gold Marker, Pilot Silver Marker, Pitt pens, Platinum Preppy pen, silver, Winks of Luna | Leave a comment

TOOLS: De Atramentis Document White Ink

Posted on June 21, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

I am very excited about the new De Atramentis Document White ink (DeA hereafter). I use white inks from time to time, mostly in sketching, and have finally found good white ink sketch pens: Faber-Castell PITT artist pen WHITE 101 … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, color, pen & ink, tools, watercolor | Tagged De Atramentis Document ink, Pitt pens, watercolor, white ink, White Uniball Signo | 8 Comments

VSW: Burano, Italy, 4

Posted on February 9, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

I am running out of time this month due to other commitments, so decided to take scrap colored paper and do an insert. Blue seemed a good color for a place where this color adorns many homes! Still playing with … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, pen & ink, pencil, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged architecture, art journal, Burano, canals, Canson paper, colored paper, colored pencils, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, grisaille, Italy, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, Pitt pens, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, tip-in, Venice, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor | 2 Comments

VSW: Burano, Italy, 3

Posted on February 7, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

Rounded out my pages with teeny watercolors. The top one I like a lot. I rarely use my fat Pitt White pen, but did on the water. Happy with that outcome too. The other was a big impatient experiment and … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, drawing, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor | Tagged architecture, art journal, Burano, canals, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, grisaille, Italy, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, Pitt pens, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, Venice, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor | 4 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

Holiday Images

Posted on December 25, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

A challenge, accepted. I had fun doing several trees and ornaments! Messy Messy Merry Merry! And a day of painting in our pajamas, eating sinful treats, and curling up for naps. My kinda holiday! May yours be peaceful and bright! … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, journal, painting, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged art journal, Christmas lights, Christmas Tree, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, ornaments, Pitt pens, Platinum Preppy, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, sketching, Stillman & Birn, watercolor | 2 Comments

My “Business” Sketchbook: Washington Capitol Popular View

Posted on October 19, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

It started with a popular view of the Washington State Capitol Legislative Building. This is a view that is on all the postcards, all seasons, which I sketched in early October while we were working in the building. It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art, color, creativity, india ink, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor | Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lamy Safari pen, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pitt pens, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building | 9 Comments

My “Business” Sketchbook: Outside Torchéres

Posted on October 10, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

The outside lighting at the Capitol is another one of those parts that must be overlooked by visitors during the day, who are not drawn to the various sconces and torchéres because the light does not draw their eyes like … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art journal, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor | Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Pitt pens, QoR watercolors, Stillman & Birn, urban sketcher, Washington State Capitol Legislative Building | 27 Comments

R is for Repurposing: A-to-A Challenge

Posted on April 21, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

I stumbled on this and after starting, thought, why not do it as a mini class? A friend sent me a fridge magnet, and while I was popping it onto our fridge, I realized we had a couple of old … Continue reading →

Posted in acrylic, art, class, collage, creativity, handmade paper, painting, process | Tagged craft, fish, Golden Acrylic Paints, horse, magnets, Pitt pens, recycle, repurpose, upcycle | 8 Comments

N is for Nicolaides: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 16, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Continuing on with the technique I learned from Gwenn Seemel, I am still very uncomfortable and yet excited by it. I get lost in it. It allows me to SEE better –through my fingers attached to a pen — or to … Continue reading →

Posted in art, drawing, painting, process, sketchbook | Tagged alala, crow, drawing, Natural Way to Draw, Nicolaides, Pitt pens, sketching, Tombow pens | 4 Comments

D is for Drawing Pens: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 4, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

My favorite drawing pens are Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens, shown right as the top three pens with their caps off. I love them because they are wonderfully waterproofed India ink, and work best of all the pens on shellacked … Continue reading →

Posted in art, creativity, drawing, journal, painting, process, shellac, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged Cocoiro pens, drawing pens, painting with pens, Pitt pens, Tombow pens | 19 Comments

Valentine’s Day Hearts!

Posted on February 14, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Playing with shellac and watercolors and Pitt pens on bits and pieces of leftover kozo/gampi paper from the NPS project, I made a slew of hearts for Mitchell and covered his ‘puter with them. I love the thick Japanese paper, … Continue reading →

Posted in art, painting, watercolor | Tagged Gampi, handmade paper, Kozo, Pitt pens, Valentine's Day | Leave a comment

#29faces: Week Three Humpday Post

Posted on February 12, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Starting off with #10, I hate pastels, and was trying them for a class. I was to do faces, but I didn’t want to have to combat pastels and faces. Finally, Lorraine Rigby did such a cool face in the … Continue reading →

Posted in art, drawing, painting, process, sketchbook | Tagged Cat, pastel, Pitt pens, Tombow pens | Leave a comment

Honu Book-Card

Posted on February 10, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

I am enjoying classes; it has been so long since I’ve taken a class! A fellow participant from Vienna commented that the classes were loosening her up from University, allowing her creativity to flow. It is certainly doing that for … Continue reading →