Tag Archives: #PlatinumCarbonPen

WWM: Day 6 Crazy Quilts

Posted on July 6, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Finally moved from the postcards to the Hahnemühle Watercolour Journal and got serious about these quilt studies. Seems I love painting them! Maybe I’ll do many squares to sell! This one didn’t turn out quite as well as I’d liked… … Continue reading →

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WWM: Day 2 Happy Garden Buddha

Posted on July 2, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

This is a Hahnemühle Cold Pressed Post Card . Making a memory for Mitchell. The different shades of him come from different lighting. The truth is in between! He’s long disintegrated, I have only his head now. He lived on … Continue reading →

Posted in cards, drawing, memory, painting, pen & ink, watercolor | Tagged #coldpressed, #diamineink, #gardenbuddha, #happybuddha, #hoitoi, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #WorldWatercolorMonth, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Platinum Carbon pen | 2 Comments

Direct Watercolor Sunflower in DS Hahnemühle

Posted on June 26, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

Okay, done a non-line sunflower… but it is missing sumthin’. LINES!!!! I love lines, sexy lines, fluid lines, free-wheeling lines. Much better now…. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is … Continue reading →

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My First Zine: Toilet Paper

Posted on April 17, 2018 by D. Katie Powell

My first Zine! I took a class from Skillshare (two months free from Doodlewash, I figured why not) and was surprised at the fun of listening to Kate Bingaman-Burt’s enthusiastic class “Making Your First Zine: From Idea to Illustration“. It … Continue reading →

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Tools: BIG Changes in My Travel Palette

Posted on December 27, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

I’ve been asked about my travel palette and here is the primary palette, though I have others, which I’ll talk about later. I have had this basic palette for two years with the exception of adding Da Vinci’s Rose Dore … Continue reading →

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Mimi’s Cactus

Posted on December 6, 2017 by D. Katie Powell

It is the time of the year when my grandma’s cactus blooms. The Fabriano paper was doing its weirdness; I added other colors to the mix and saved the background! “To fully inhabit grief is to hold the contradictions of … Continue reading →