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Bright Ideas: Inktober 1, Moneybelt
INKTOBER IS HERE! One of the two challenges I look forward to, this one is drawing every day. It is a great way to tone your drawing skills, play with texture in line-work. For all my love of color, I … Continue reading
Sammy in the Studio
Sammy in the upholstery studio… He even has his own chair, the Moon and Stars chair. Black cats are not easy to paint. Black on black on black… Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen with Platinum Carbon ink; Noodler’s Lexington … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, furniture, journal, making a living, memory, pen & ink, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Cat, Daniel Smith watercolors, Fineline masking fluid, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, MPF Conservation, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, Sammy, tuxedo cat, upholstery studio, urban sketcher, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor, White Uniball Signo
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Janzten Beach Carousel 2, Grapes
Jantzen Beach Carousel is a series, and this is the second in the set. (Click here to see the first, the Chinese Water Serpent Horse.) I named this Horse with Grapes! Why am I naming them differently than CW Parker … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art, commission, painting, pen & ink, process, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged amusement park, architecture, commission, cornacopia, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline Masking, grapes, grisaille, grisaille underpainting, Holbein, horses, Jantzen Beach Carousel, Lamy Al-Star, M.Graham, Oregon, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pilot Parallel pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor, White Uniball Signo pen
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Tools: Favorite Fountain Pens
NOTE: UPDATED 1/2018!With Inktober arriving in a week, pens are an appropriate tool to review! (BTW, yes I am doing the challenge — I love it — but I don’t use the prompts. I just draw every day in ink!) … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, pen & ink, tools
Tagged De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Fabriano Watercolor journal, Goulet nibs, Jinhao, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Noodler's Ahab pen, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Pilot Parallel pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, review, Super5 ink
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Days of Yore: Laguna Beach
I am homesick. Sketch from an old black and white photo from who-knows-where, looking East into the Laguna Hills, when they were pristine… With more news of fracking pollution approved to dump in our oceans, I am homesick for better … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, history, journal, landscape, memory, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, eucalyptus, fire station, home, Laguna Beach, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, palms, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Janzten Beach Carousel 1, Chinese Water Serpent
I am a lover of carousels; this set was a pleasure to paint! Jantzen Beach Carousel has so many gorgeous carousel horses! I wanted to set up a series whereby someone could buy the set or just one, and they … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, creativity, drawing, memory, painting, pen & ink, pencil, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged amusement park, architecture, commission, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline Masking, grisaille, grisaille underpainting, Holbein, horses, Jantzen Beach Carousel, Lamy Al-Star, M.Graham, Oregon, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pilot Parallel pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor, White Uniball Signo pen
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Fort Rock
You might remember that I painted a sketch of Fort Rock as part of a folding journal after the Endangered Places of 2015 was announced? It was based on the photograph by Craig Powell, #1 in the line-up, below, along … Continue reading
Birdhouse
(Image provided by Sharukh Bamboat: friend, tour guide, writer!) I thought it would be fun to show how the choice of an ink color can change-up your drawing. I keep a stash of good images (both mine and other folks) … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged birdhouse, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, India, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, Vasai
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Sunflower Honeybee
(From an image by Cheryl KP, with permission) “Every artist dips [her] brush into [her] own soul and paints [her] own nature into [her] paintings.” Henry Ward Beecher I have been gifted by the Internet God/desses of Amazing Connections to … Continue reading
Creative Life
(Image by Dan Antion, with permission; his blog is No Facilities.) A dialogue with a friend yesterday about perfection in his painting (he is learning gouache) reminded me that perfection freezes us. Also, NO artist is objective about their work … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, landscape, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged Daniel Smith watercolors, fog, grisaille, grisaille underpainting, Holbein, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, morning, No Facilities, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, Sunflowers
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To Heal
I am loving the paintings that I am doing for another, AND, it is nice to play around in my own sketchbook! Thanks to Tracey Fletcher King for a photo that became my middle-of-the-night entry. Pentalic Aqua Journal, Pentalic 2B … Continue reading
Sketchpack Project: Week 4
Shunyata… Buddha. Sacred tobacco roll and broken Buddha head (we set his head on our altar — he was a garden Buddha who disintegrated!) Jai Jai Ganapati (crazy or annoyed??? WILD EYED!) Mei Fa Buddha Style! Annoyed Cat Buddha! Just … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, Buddha, challenge, creativity, drawing, pen & ink, waterbrush
Tagged #Sketchpack, Artsauce, August Challenge, buddha, buddha face, Capetown, cat buddha, De Atramentis Document ink, De Atramentis Tobacco ink, Diamine Ink, fish, folded jurnal, Ganesha, Jinhao, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Mei Fa Hairstix, Platinum Carbon pen, Sketchpack Project, tobacco, waterbrush, zen
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Uppertown Net Loft, Astoria, Oregon
The barn red on the lovely blue Columbia River was my initial attraction. I did a few fast sketches, and this one I like so will donate…. An image of the building from the hilltops is here. Uppertown Net … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, creativity, drawing, history, landscape, painting, pen & ink, process, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged architecture, Astoria, Columbia River, commission, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, De Atramentis Tobacco ink, Fineline Masking, Holbein, M.Graham, Oregon, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, Uppertown Net Loft, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor, White Uniball Signo pen
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Doors in Brazil, Middle-of-the-Night Sketch
To me this is a compelling street scene because of the line of doors…. Update: Murilo S Romeiro took the image of Tiradentes, a small town in Minas Gerais, Brazil. For Thursday Doors, Norm’s blog round robin open to anyone! … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #thursdaydoors, architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline masking fluid, grisaille, grisaille underpainting, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Thursday Doors, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Summer Veggies
Okay, despite my annoyance with Pentalic Aqua journals, it is what I have until sixty pages are used up! (I will tell you if my bugging them a second time gets their attention! While I am working on the pieces … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ink, Holbein, Jinhao, Lamy Al-Star, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, peppers, Pilot Parallel pen, Platinum Carbon pen, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, tomato, watercolor
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Wong Laundry Building, Portland, Oregon
Wong’s Chinese Laundry resided in the Wong Laundry Building on NW 3d St, an area currently under constant demolition for high rises, many of poor design quality. It was designed by Alexander Ewart in 1908, and has had many businesses in … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, creativity, history, landscape, painting, pen & ink, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged architecture, Chinatown, commission, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline Masking, grisaille, grisaille underpainting, Holbein, Japantown, Lamy Al-Star, M.Graham, NW Portland, Oregon, Pearl District Portland, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor, White Uniball Signo pen, Wong Laundry Building, Wong's Chinese Laundry
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Sketchpack Project: Week 3
Aaack. Behind. I hate it when that happens. Heart Sutra Vietnamese Buddha + Scarab Moon Transformation Primordial Sound Japanese Paper Heart Ganesha ABOUT SKETCHPACK PROJECT: The project began in 2011 to get folks to draw daily. The sketchpack is a … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Buddha, challenge, drawing, pen & ink, sketchbook, waterbrush
Tagged #Sketchpack, Artsauce, August Challenge, buddha, Capetown, conch, De Atramentis Document ink, De Atramentis Tobacco ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Diamine Ink, elephant, folded jurnal, froggie, Ganesha, heart, Jinhao, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, moon, Platinum Carbon pen, Primordial Sound, scarab, Sketchpack Project, trumpet, waterbrush, zen, Zen Buddha
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Working Toward a Goal
I’ve rarely worked toward a goal/deadline in my painting life. (I do it all the time in my working life, above.) That is, there is a desired result at the end for a “client,” here, as. I am creating a … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, creativity, drawing, history, landscape, painting, pen & ink, process, watercolor
Tagged architecture, commission, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, De Atramentis Tobacco ink, Holbein, M.Graham, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pilot Parallel pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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D.Katie Powell Art 