Tag Archives: Quan Yin

Quan Yin, New year

Posted on January 10, 2019 by dkatiepowellart

Oh I am late in my postings. This is what happens when you have to get back to work and you were lazy and slept in every day during you staycation. On the other hand, I am writing more and … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, Buddha, gods and goddesses, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook | Tagged #Hahnemühle, #KwanYin, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PurpleJazzink, #QuanYin, #robertosterink, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Quan Yin | 2 Comments

Quan Yin and Mimi’s Clock Pins

Posted on January 26, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

My grandmother left me an odd stash of ten little clock pins with mother-of-pearl faces. I don’t know why she had ten. I don’t know why she had them at all as they don’t look like something she would’ve worn. … Continue reading →

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Quan Yin

Posted on November 5, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

My first entry is the lovely god/dess Quan Yin, aka Kannon, or Kwan Yin. She began life as a he, and over many years evolved into she. The goddess of compassion, akin to Avalokiteshvara / Chenrezig and the Taras. Line … Continue reading →

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My Secret Journal: Nine, the Ladies

Posted on January 1, 2016 by dkatiepowellart

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. Three Lady Deities inspire me: MahaDurgha, the Virgin Mary, … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal | Tagged Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, goddess, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Holbein, Kannon, Kwan Yin, Mahadurgha, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Quan Yin, Senge, Senghe, Super5 ink, Virgin Mary | Leave a comment

Inktober, Week Four

Posted on November 1, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Inktober is done! I don’t know if I inked every day — my priority was writing our book — but I certainly pushed the boundaries of inking and playing with ink. Most of these drawings will be taken further into … Continue reading →

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Inktober, Week Two

Posted on October 15, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Again, mostly I feel like I am cheating because I use ink for under-drawings all the time. Under-drawing for watercolor, our soapstone Quan Yin. I am going to ink her or watercolor her . . . stay tuned! We own … Continue reading →

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Gratitude Journal: My New Chop

Posted on August 20, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Last week was tough, for reasons I’ll not discuss. . . . Leave it behind! I give thanks for the little and not so little things. Mitchell. A not so little thing! And the sunflowers Mitchell brought me, so gorgeous … Continue reading →

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Challenge: One Book, One Pen, One Month, #1

Posted on July 4, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

I’m up for a simple challenge like this, or so I thought. Laughingly, the first night I broke the rules. I used multiple colors of the same pen and then used a waterbrush! EEEK! The book: OE NOTES (my favorite … Continue reading →

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Quan Yin Sits

Posted on June 11, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Blue ink with Cocoiro pen and waterbrush (lightly) on Okima OE NOTES sketchbook. Learning to be faster and less structured, less pencil, more ink. Then I played with her in watercolors: Daniel Smith and Golden’s QoR. I enjoyed hitting a new … Continue reading →