Tag Archives: Robert Oster ink

Ganesha Heart

Posted on April 2, 2019 by dkatiepowellart

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 →

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Nostalgie, Beginning a New Journal, Hygge

Posted on October 30, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

I wanted to tell my readers that I am sorry I missed so many comments for many weeks, and am now going back through them. I wasn’t being lazy or busy (I was busy) — WP notifications changed! I opened … Continue reading →

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Color is Not Enough

Posted on September 21, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Sometimes I start with color… I think color will be enough, because I am mad for color… But color is never enough. There is the line, and it has a lot to say. Because you can’t read my handwriting: Playing … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 10, Palms

Posted on September 1, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

A lot to want to ESCAPE from this last couple weeks… Sad angry politics, riots, and my MAC is a lemon and screwed with my reports. So I go to my happy spot… doodling Palm Trees and Daisies and Stars … Continue reading →

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Thankful for Cooling Rains and more

Posted on August 22, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Tibetan Windhorse Flags from my donations to Save Tibet organized my gratitude entries this week… nice to be back in my hand-sized journal…. Cooling Rains. I’ve always been a fan of rain, and the heat wave breaking with cool rains … Continue reading →

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The Grace of Ritual

Posted on August 14, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

My gratitude was easier even though it was a tough week. Politics is effecting me, making me so sad. While we try to live in the present, we also look to the future, as Chagdud Rinpoche once said, “with a … Continue reading →

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Art Journal of a High and Low Week

Posted on August 5, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

This was a week of highs and extreme lows. I am glad I started the journaling again last week because sanity prevailed, if for no other reason than I had a page to write in instead of laying it all … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 7, Palms

Posted on August 1, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

A tropical island, one place I go that is my happy place… Not too hot, Pacific Ocean, breezes. Brunaille and grisaille underpainting.  Sent! Laguna Beach iconic view — from one of many photos I’ve taken over the years. Brunaille and … Continue reading →

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