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My Secret Journal: Six, Goat-Milk Ice Cream
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. Home-made organic goat milk ice cream became a possibility … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, color, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, pencil, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, ice cream, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, QoR watercolors, Super5 ink
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Inktober, First week
I feel like I am cheating with this challenge in that my drawings usually begin with ink then watercolor is applied — though sometimes more ink is applied — hell, I dunno. Feels like cheating not to do a separate … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, furniture, making a living, pen & ink, pencil, sketchbook, virtual sketching
Tagged #inktober, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Moleskin Watercolor journal, MPF Conservation, Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Oregon, Super5 ink
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My Secret Journal: Five, NW Neighborhood
(Note: I am writing a journal that I don’t want to show before it is published in full. I realized I can simply share some of the images without the writing; These are a few blank pages that will … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, graphite, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, NW Portland, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Oregon, QoR watercolors, Super5 ink, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, watercolor
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USk: Frank Ching, Gail Wong Workshop
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
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My Secret Journal: Four, Shellac Tip-ins
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
My Secret Journal: Three
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. Preparing pages to tell a hand-written story is a … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, journal, memory, pen & ink, watercolor, writing
Tagged art journal, clock, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Sunflowers, Super5 ink, watercolor
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My Secret Journal: Two, Ganesha Chaturthi
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. In honor of Ganesha Chaturthi, or Vinayaka Chaturthi, our … Continue reading
Gratitude Journal: Greenleaf and Blueberry Handmade Paints
I sell on Etsy and also try to buy from Etsy small business folks. Recently I bought five paints from Greenleaf & Blueberry. They are lovely! And they are only a few hours away in Bellingham, Washington. When I saw … Continue reading
Sketchpack Project: Week Four
ABOUT SKETCHPACK: The project began in 2011. The original idea was to get folks to draw daily. The Sketchpack is a small zigzag journal with two usable sides, allowing one to sketch on both sides of 15 ‘pages’ to complete … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, making a living, painting, pen & ink, series, watercolor
Tagged anvil, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Dritz, Houles Tassel, leather strap cutter, Lie-Nielsen, Noodlers ink, pincer, Platinum Carbon pen, Sketchpack Project, sony camra, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Sketchpack Project: Week Three
ABOUT SKETCHPACK: The project began in 2011. The original idea was to get folks to draw daily. The Sketchpack is a small zigzag journal with two usable sides, allowing one to sketch on both sides of 15 ‘pages’ to complete … Continue reading
Sketchpack Project: Week Two
ABOUT SKETCHPACK: The project began in 2011. The original idea was to get folks to draw daily. The Sketchpack is a small zigzag journal with two usable sides, allowing one to sketch on both sides of 15 ‘pages’ to complete … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, making a living, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, August Challenge, Capetown, chalk chuck, challenge, cotton, De Atramentis Document ink, folded jurnal, furniture, guitar, leather punch, linen, making a living, MPF Conservation, Noodlers ink, painting, Passementerie, pen & ink, Platinum Carbon pen, regulating needle, sanding sticks, sewing gauge, silk, sinew, sketchbook, Sketchpack Project, Super5 ink, thread, upholstery tacks
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Sketchpack Project: Week One
ABOUT SKETCHPACK: The project began in 2011. The original idea was to get folks to draw daily. The Sketchpack is a small zigzag journal with two usable sides, allowing one to sketch on both sides of 15 ‘pages’ to complete … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, furniture, making a living, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged Artsauce, August Challenge, aum, beeswax, Berry's, bostitch, Capetown, folded jurnal, Grex, Houles gimp trim, Houles Tassel, MPF Conservation, om, Passementerie, Platinum Carbon pen, Sketchpack Project, staple remover, Staplegun, upholstery tacks
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USk: St. Patrick’s Church in the Alphabet District of Portland
I love Saint Patrick’s Church in NW Portland. I drive by it all the time as it sits across from our bank. The Beaux-Arts church looks like it belongs in Italy, set into cobbled streets surrounded by a park and … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged Alphabet District Portland, art journal, Catholic church, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, NW Industrial Sanctuary Portland, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, QoR watercolors, St. Patrick's Church, Strathmore journal, Super5 ink, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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Gratitude Journal: Discovering New Tools and My Old Nature
My fascination with pen and ink goes way beyond addiction to art supplies. Not that I can’t be pulled in that direction. I have used mostly acrylics for my 30 years painting as an adult. I loved them, and love … Continue reading
Posted in calligraphy, creativity, drawing, journal, pen & ink, review, sketchbook, tools
Tagged Faber-Castel; Pitt pens, Lamy Safari pen, Metropolitan pen, Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pilot Parallel pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Felttip pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Uniball Vision Elite, Uniball Vision Signo, white pens
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Palace Cakes
Good coffee. Not Espresso but good coffee. Cake and coffee can do a lot to change your world! A bad day saved by Palace Cakes in Portland! Drawn in an Strathmore Mixed Media journal with Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, journal, memory, painting, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, NW Portland, Palace Cakes, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Oregon, Strathmore journal, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk
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Gratitude Journal: Music, Ice Cream, Pema Chodron & K.D. Lang
I missed Ani Pema Chodron’s talk with K.D.Lang due to the medical debacle. I kept praying that they would allow us to go back and see it. YAY! Sound’s True reposted it! I sketched while listening to it. I was … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, K.D.Lang, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Pema Chodron, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Oregon, Primatek, Super5 ink, watercolor
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USk: Pyramid Juices + Schoolhouse Electric
Schoolhouse Electric is on Nicolai St. It’s been revitalized with a barista and a great home furnishing and lighting store. It was a hot day to sketch. Pyramid Juices was once made in Ashland Oregon before it was bought out … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged Alphabet District Portland, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, industrial, Nicolaides, NW Industrial Sanctuary Portland, NW Portland, Platinum Carbon pen, Pyramid Juices, QoR watercolors, Schoolhouse Electric, Strathmore journal, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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D.Katie Powell Art 
VSW: Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco
The inspiration for this virtual walk came from a Preservation Leadership blog on Early San Francisco Parking Garages. I love funky old buildings, and these are anonymously designed (in some cases) and I don’t want them torn down! To see … Continue reading →