Tag Archives: sketching

ANTS GO MARCHING!

Posted on May 5, 2024 by dkatiepowellart

Pleeeze excuse the photographs… It is next to impossible for an amateur like me to get good images of largely white paper! So there is ghosting of shadow. Oh well! We have an ant invasion of EPIC proportions. Because of … Continue reading →

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Lojong 43: Observe these even at the risk of your life, part 2

Posted on January 12, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve studied through the slogans a dozen times in my life; these are my musings on the slogan currently, what comes up on the day that I am posting the slogan, not a formal interpretation. For that reason they are … Continue reading →

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#18 on the Top Sketch Websites!

Posted on January 26, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Top 50 Sketch Websites & Blogs For Sketchers & Artists Woot! I made #18 on the top sketch blogs for sketchers! I am not usually interested in awards but this is comparing me with some people who I think are … Continue reading →

Posted in class, creativity, drawing, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing | Tagged art, art classes, journal, journaling, sketching | 29 Comments

IFJM 15: Horses and Bulls and Flamingos, Oh My!

Posted on April 16, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

15 April “Gardian House Carmargue Region” From my journal: “Maybe it’s France. We’ve had a shift in travel schedules . . . languid! Took time for our lovemaking, and then a heavenly very French breakfast and favorite breakfast. . . … Continue reading →

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IFJM 12: Travel Parma to Genoa

Posted on April 13, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

12 April 2015 “San Sisto Church.” “It is hard not to see into the future, faced with today’s blind architecture — a thousand times more stupid and revolting than that of other ages. How bored shall we be inside.” Andre … Continue reading →

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IFJM 10: Piazza del Duomo

Posted on April 10, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

10 April 2015 “I had to add la bella luna! Took liberties and painted the tower. From the bar on Str. Duomo looking toward Cattedrale di Parma. How did this look in the 17th century?” 8am From my journal: “Our … Continue reading →

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IFJM 9: Home, Palazzo Della Pilotta

Posted on April 10, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

9 April 2015 “Palazzo Della Pilotta [River side or Front]” 9:30am From my Journal: “Today we are going to see E’s home as it might have been in the 17th century. The renderings this page are of her home . … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art journal, creativity, drawing, graphite, journal, museum, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor | Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fake Journal, International Fake Journal Month, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Palazzo Della Pilotta, Parma, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Preppy pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Primatek, QoR watercolors, seventeenth century dress, sketching, watercolor | 6 Comments

USk: Montavilla Sewing Center and DEQ

Posted on March 10, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Mitchell sews on machines; I do not. I used to follow him around for a while at the sewing centers and drive him crazy behaving like a five-year-old, then go sit with the husbands waiting for their wives. Now I … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, drawing, graphite, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged De Atramentis Document ink, DEQ, Montavilla, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Oregon, sketching, Strathmore journal, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor | 2 Comments

USk: 17th and NW Davis

Posted on March 9, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve approached these buildings, which are part of the St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception complex, dozens of times. Needing a break from bidding I stole away to sit in the car (easier to lay watercolors out) and do … Continue reading →

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Holiday Images

Posted on December 25, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

A challenge, accepted. I had fun doing several trees and ornaments! Messy Messy Merry Merry! And a day of painting in our pajamas, eating sinful treats, and curling up for naps. My kinda holiday! May yours be peaceful and bright! … Continue reading →

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Watercolor Pencils, Ho-Hum

Posted on November 17, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

I was challenged to use a tool I have but am not fond of for a week, and to figure out why I never reach for it; mine was watercolor pencils. I have a mess of them that I bought … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, color, drawing, painting, pencil, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged Caran D'Ache, journal, Neocolor II, sketching, watercolor pencils | 6 Comments

75 Day Challenge: Gads what day??? 41!

Posted on September 7, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Brenda Swenson has a drawing challenge to draw every day for 75 days. We are supposed to use a black or blue pen, but I know I will not do that one. Still, I play along because challenges are fun … Continue reading →

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Anyone Doing the 44th Worldwide Sketchcrawl?

Posted on July 3, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

I will be out in Portland doing my first sketchcrawl! If you want to participate you can register and look here for groups, but you can also do it yourself on that date, and post images on Flickr. 12 July … Continue reading →

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N is for Nicolaides: A-to-Z Challenge

Posted on April 16, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Continuing on with the technique I learned from Gwenn Seemel, I am still very uncomfortable and yet excited by it. I get lost in it. It allows me to SEE better –through my fingers attached to a pen — or to … Continue reading →