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Got the Blues!

This is the post where I bore you guys with my musings on my new passion for blue inks. I’ve developed a passion for blue inks. *I am laying the blame on Robert Oster for the many $$$ I’ve spent … Continue reading

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Mom’s Vase

Ink painting. Robert Oster’s beautiful blue-grey ink! Pretty cool pen, the Jinhao Dragon, fitted with a Goulet 1.1 stub nib. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than … Continue reading

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Valentine’s Day

Okay so I had my Diplomat Aero red magical i-think-it-can-fly and it-looks-like-a-dirigible pen the day before Valentine’s Day — So I could record everything in advance! Mitchell had to listen to me the 13th gushing about my pen, kvetching about … Continue reading

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TWSBI Eco

A story about how other creatives shape you… push you… remind you! I’ve fallen in love with TWSBI’s and draw them a lot. They are architectural, like little buildings, and you can see all the ways they work which is … Continue reading

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Nataraj

Nataraj and a whole lotta crazy journaling. My mojo went missing. Nataraj danced it back into my fingers! Killing winter with orange! “In order to be brave we must trust that underneath it all there is sanity and openness.”  Sakyong … Continue reading

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New Moon

New Moon, New Journal. I love it when that happens… Parvati is starting this journal. Inked, and wouldn’t you know it after a couple years I decided to change the ink in my Metro and so she is drawn in … Continue reading

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Comforts

Bread is a comfort food. My mom made fresh bread; I never got the hang. Maybe I need to try it again? Freshly baked, a piece ripped from the end… or sliced and baked with butter and garlic. Yum.  I … Continue reading

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Crazy Busy

Before my mom died I was feeling stressed by deadlines; I wrote this at that time and it is even more true today… but I am no longer worried about her. I’m glad we took the extra time down over … Continue reading

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VSW: Kythira, Greece, Two

Mmmm, beaches, a good thing to want to visit when you are in Portland in January! Beautiful photos from Demi Kalfa! Cheery flowers all by themselves…… Finished pages! Photos used with permission as reference are from Demi Kalfa!  Thank you! … Continue reading

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VSW: Kythira, Greece, One

This sketchwalk of Kythira, Greece is from beautiful photos from Demi Kalfa! The blues fill my heart and eyes and spirit… They take me home! I want to live right here… Photos used with permission as reference are from Demi … Continue reading

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USK, Kaiser

Following on my last Robert Oster ink post, I took RO Purple Jazz ink out sketching while trying to stay sane. Last year was hard and this was part of it. Mitchell had a problem in his throat and after … Continue reading

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Quan Yin, New year

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

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HO HO HO!

I will eventually write about my mom, but for now, am remembering her through the card I made for her years ago, of her almost full-sized Santa. We called him Laguna Santa as he came from Laguna Beach. He took … Continue reading

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OFF for a Couple Weeks! YaY!

I don’t remember being this happy to have time OFF.  We need it! We have now had a day to sleep deeply and as late as necessary; sleep is an amazing tonic!  Lifts the spirit, and also having lights everywhere. … Continue reading

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A Frightening Week

Dear Friends: This blog post has peeps writing with concern. Know that the cats are okay, and we took five full days and unplugged and slept. Now back to the proper blog post! Without knowing what was coming this week, … Continue reading

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USK: My Birthday Pen Changed…

I returned my red Karas Kustom pen — I didn’t like the stub nib on their pen, and I love stubs so back it went. This is the new pen that Mitchell bought me to replace it. Edison Nouveau Tequila … Continue reading

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USK: The Old Police Stable

I love the old buildings of Portland. I am sorry that the developers here do not have the ingenuity of the California developers, especially in the Bay Area or Cannery Row, where they saw how some of the history would … Continue reading

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Voting Days, Going Back in Postings….

November 6 was a nail-biting day, and the day when I began my new Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook. Never have I seen our country so divided and uncaring about all of our inhabitants. The story of Maha-Durgha is the best one … Continue reading

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