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VSW: Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris
The Sacré-Cœur Basilica from a great distance. 20-minutes sketch… Maybe I need to set timers more often. It really loosens me up! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #churchesofparis, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #iloveparis, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #SacréCœurBasilica, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Paris
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Preserving Our Small Art Stores
I support our local small art stores 99% of the time; This week reminded me of WHY I shop small business, and why YOU SHOULD TOO. I have used Golden Gesso many times in my life, but never paid attention … Continue reading
Posted in acrylic, creativity, oil paint, painting, pastel, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #WorldWatercolorMonth, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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Puppy Postcards
And the showdown, water color versus ink! Okay, we know that watercolors, good ones, have light-fast ratings. This is a huge plus for sending postcards that someone might stick on a wall… PBeaux (left) should last longer than Poppy (right) … Continue reading
Posted in animals, creativity, drawing, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, portrait, watercolor, writing
Tagged #bostonterrier, #danielsmithwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #jinhaowithjowonib, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #twsbieco, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, puppy, Super5 ink, terrier, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub, watercolor
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Wolf Spider
Stared with linework then tried to switch to a wet brush using Robert Oster Heart of Gold ink. Spiders scare me badly; I’ve done a lot of work on them. I don’t kill them anymore unless they crawl out from … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #goldshimmerink, #Hahnemühle, #heartofgold, #labellaluna, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #wolfspider, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Coyote Cries
*warning… sad angry political post* I love coyotes. I love animals period. The feds are going to allow them to be hunted for sport and are even making a game out of it. I wept. I am so over the … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #coyotehowling, #fullmoon, #Hahnemühle, #labellaluna, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #stoptheslaughter, art journal, coyote, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Hari-Fred-Gibbs Hurts: Versed/Midazolam
Gibbs was limping. When you see the way the cats tear around playing it isn’t such an odd thought… BUT, he also has put on weight (he is going ot be a BIG cat) and worse, he was moving stiffly. … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, ink painting, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #deatramentisdocumentink, #diamineink, #Hahnemühle, #jinhaowithgouletnib, #lamyalstar, #lamyvista, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #super5ink, #super5inkdarmstadtink, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, Lamy Al-Star, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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USk: Pot Dispensaries
I kid you not, I sometimes write quotes that strike my fancy on the edges of my journal then later am sketching in that page… but really, what are the odds I picked this quote on a page of … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Edisonnouveaupen, #Hahnemühle, #kwzgrapefruitink, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #potdispensary, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, #urbansketchingportland, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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Notre Dame
I started this Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal in April 2018. Last night I finished it processing the grief of the day, the grief of a year of sadness in many ways. Mitchell told me in the morning he had an alert … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, virtual sketching, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #davinciwatercolors, #fountainpenrevolution, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #lovethestub, #memories, #middleofthenight, #momentsketchers, #notredamecathedral, #notredameisburning, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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1 Week 100 People: 1-18
Okay, here we go. 1 week, 100 people… groan. I do it because I hate drawing people and yet sometimes I have to and so… It is only a five days… and mine will be Sunday night through Friday morning. … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #1week100people, #1week100people2019, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #diamineink, #diplomataero, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #KWZink, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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Ganesha Heart
When sick, I started a day off with watercolors. Gads I am rusty… Groans… I’ve been painting with inks! This is a mixture of ink and watercolor, an experiment, actually mixing them together and it is a failed experiment… oddly … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, gods and goddesses, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #diplomataero, #Hahnemühle, #holi, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #super5ink, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Ganesha, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Robert Oster ink, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Al Noor Mosque
Artists around the world are showing solidarity with the New Zealand Mosques. I see this as a prayer that the USA will choose sanity. Understand I grew up with guns, have nothing against them… But this is plain stupid… the … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook
Tagged #alnoormosque, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #crescentmoon, #Hahnemühle, #labellaluna, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #nzsolidaritysketch, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Sharing a Carousel Event!
Carousel horses have always delighted, even in the midst of virtual games and E-ticket rides; most of us don’t stop and look at them, but are seduced by the music and the action and the lights. I started a group … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching
Tagged #carouselhorses, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #jantzenbeachcarousel, #parkercarousel, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #stargazer, #watercolorjournal, art journal, carousel, Daniel Smith watercolors, horses, Jantzen Beach Carousel, Platinum Carbon pen
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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
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #jinhaoshark, #jinhaowithgouletnib, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, #pilotplumix, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #platinumplaisir, #platinumpreppypen, #twsbieco, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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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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Cat Squares, 3
There was Cat Squares 1… And Cat Squares 2… and the stories continue! 5. THE BAND “Ehh-ehh. Ehh-ehh.” The sound of the band game… I make a hair band fly fifteen feet! Sometimes they “WAP!” on the ceiling, oh, delight! … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, journal, memory, pen & ink, ritual
Tagged #artjournaling, #cattoy, #deatramentisdocumentink, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleDSSketchbook, #hairbands, #ilovemycats, #Lamy, #madeyoulook, #middleofthenight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, cats, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Joy, Platinum Carbon pen
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Cat Squares, 2
Continuing on from Cat Squares 1… 4. SOCCER BALL Savitri’s a world cup champ! She brings the ball to me in the mornings. the game begins when I throw it in the air… It sails over the studio tables to … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournaling, #cattoy, #deatramentisdocumentink, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleDSSketchbook, #ilovemycats, #Lamy, #madeyoulook, #middleofthenight, #momentsketchers, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #soccerball, art journal, cats, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Joy, watercolor
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Ice Cream Cones
The best way to eat an ice cream cone is to put just enough ice cream in the cone to top it off, because think about it, isn’t the best part of eating and ice cream cone to have bites … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching
Tagged #bestway, #deatramentisdocumentink, #Hahnemühle, #icecream, #icecreamcone, #inktober, #inktober2018, #lamyjoy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Joy, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen
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Inktober 29, TWSBI Pink again!
I guess it is okay that I sketched the shocking pink TWSBI twice (first one right) — This time I also sketched the J.Herbin Rose Cyclamen ink bottle. This was one of my first bottle purchases, bought totally because of … Continue reading
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Tagged #Lamy, #lamyvista, #Moonmanpen, #penandink, #PilotMetropolitan, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Sketchpack, #sketchpackproject, #twsbieco, Artsauce, August Challenge, Capetown, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ink, folded jurnal, Jinhao, Sketchpack Project, tools, TWSBI
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D.Katie Powell Art 