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Sleepy Izzee

Posted on May 20, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Izzee at her most peaceful, asleep on a chair on a fuzzy. Usually she is a force of movement, always investigating, causing trouble, pushing where she doesn’t belong. I would never characterize her a sweet — though she has her … Continue reading →

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California Poppies

Posted on May 3, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Home, home, home… Cheery orange poppies used to cover the hills in Laguna Beach. I love them. Maybe cuz I am a native California gurl Maybe cuz they are one of my favorite colors. Handbook Journal watercolor square, De Atramentis … Continue reading →

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Posies: Eucalyptus Blossoms

Posted on May 1, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

I grew up with lovely Eucalyptus, though I remember the blossoms being a bit more orange than the image I sketched from. I love them, as they are home home home! Happy May Day! I am ready for spring! ☾ … Continue reading →

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Posies: Yellow Magnolia

Posted on April 27, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

This image of yellow magnolia blossoms ends the 8-inch square Handbook Journal! I like the Handbook Journals, I just love Hahnemühle Journals more. I tried Handbook Journals when I needed to bump up an order for free shipping and I … Continue reading →

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Posies: Pink Poppies

Posted on April 25, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

I think they are a type of poppy; I saw an image and painted it! Played with an abstract background. ☾ Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal, De Atramentis Document Urban Grey ink in Pentel Aquash waterbrushes, De Atramentis Document Brown ink in … Continue reading →

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Working Cats

Posted on April 15, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Buzy Izzee cam in to inspect the furniture when it was delivered. She was just a kitten then, curiouser and curiouser! Fun to draw this from the image I took of her, shown bottom. I am not happy with the … Continue reading →

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VSW: Koh Chang Buddha

Posted on April 14, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

One of Aniko’s images posted for the Facebook Virtual Sketchwalk, Of course I had to do this lovely Buddha-in-the-Trees (my naming). An ink-painting, with just a touch of watercolor in the greens. ☾ Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal, Pentel Aquash waterbrushes with … Continue reading →

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VSW: Koh Chang Buddha, 2

Posted on April 11, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Another of the lovely images posted for the Facebook Virtual Sketchwalk, a lovely HUGE Golden Buddha, image shown above tilted as one might have seen it when looking UP! This one I decided to do over shellac, which changes the … Continue reading →

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Making Shellac

Posted on April 10, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Top row, three pieces of artwork with shellac and watercolor or ink! Food grade shellac has been used in past for various foods such as the M&M’s above to keep them from melting (“Melts in your mouth, not in your … Continue reading →

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Chinese Food from Ling Garden

Posted on April 8, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Friday nights we order from Ling Garden… They deliver to our studio and we take it home for dinner… It should be a standing order: Everything medium hot, Kung Pao Chicken, Sautéed String Bean with added carrots, Orange Flavored Chicken … Continue reading →

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Crow in the Snow

Posted on April 7, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

We feed the birds on the loading dock deck (which we can look down on from our studio) and among the many birds who come to dine daily are the crows. They are the pigs of the bird world, but … Continue reading →

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Strange Siamese Habits

Posted on March 25, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Why does she do this? And now, since she started doing it, Izzee is also doing it! Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Sailor Fude De Mannen Calligraphy pen with De Atrementis Document Urban Grey ink, Lamy Al-Star with De Atramentis Document Urban … Continue reading →

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Gibbs (Grey Tabby Cat) Modeled, 3

Posted on March 20, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Laughing! Gibbs likes a good joke! To make your Monday more bearable! I cannot lie. He was yawning and I caught it on the camera. Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges, White Uniball Signo, … Continue reading →

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Our Grey Tabby Gibbs Modeled, 2

Posted on March 18, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

I think he looks a bit like a pig in this one…. He is a handsome cat, not a pig! He did not want me to post this one. curled into his favorite chair, the Del Rey Monterey rocker. .Hahnemühle … Continue reading →

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Gibbs (Grey Tabby Cat) Modeled, 1

Posted on March 17, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

HE DOES LOVE HIS FOOD… Kibble. He does not get it all the time as he porks up too much on it. When he gets what he wants he always comes to rub against us to tell us how very … Continue reading →

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Panthercat: Yamantaka Loves His Daddy!

Posted on March 15, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

I see this view nightly, Yamantaka with his head resting on Mitchell’s leg. Usually about the time I try to sketch him, he is on the run. I swear, he can be asleep and realize I am sketching and walk … Continue reading →

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VSW: Washington Irving’s Home NY

Posted on March 11, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook went to upstate New York to paint Washington Irving’s home (the author of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.) From scribbles to watercolor, the finished product didn’t please me; I like the scribbled version better. I … Continue reading →

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VSW: Christmas Tree Montpellier

Posted on March 9, 2023 by dkatiepowellart

From the Virtual Sketchwalk group on Facebook, We walked Montpellier, France, and in one of the malls was this Christmas Tree many stories high. So festive and lively, I tried it two different ways. I don’t know what the gold … Continue reading →