Tag Archives: #travelpalette

Tools: New Watercolor Palette Arrangements

Posted on September 30, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve been a little depressed lately. Okay, a LOT depressed, some for “good” reasons (family issues) but some because I-don’t-know. I cleaned my palettes, and finally added a couple of new colors. Left, in my primary palette, and I added … Continue reading →

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Tools: Fall Watercolors

Posted on September 14, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

Gads I love color! I’ve been asked why I buy so many tubes of watercolors… It’s true, I could buy a dozen tubes and mix everything — well almost everything, because the Primatek colors have their own lovely granulating properties. … Continue reading →

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Tools: Sparkling Paints

Posted on June 17, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

I bought these handmade paints by KJ Design by Karen from Etsy. This is not a glowing review of the seller, tho’ the paints are okay. Unboxing, the paints were not wrapped individually; bits of colors had transferred onto other … Continue reading →

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Tools: Gouache

Posted on June 13, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

I’ve not given gouache a real chance to woo me, so I decided to play with some very old gouache before I purchased better quality tubes. When I moved into watercolors, I enjoyed them for their transparent washes, so gouache, … Continue reading →

Tools: Schminke Supergranulating Paints

Posted on April 28, 2022 by dkatiepowellart

☾ I wanted to try Schminke’s Supergranulating paints. I liked the idea of two or more pigments that separate through granulation when painted. I bought nine of them, along with Schminke’s pan set “Wintertide” of 10 basic colors, plus two … Continue reading →

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Tools: Updated M.Graham Palette

Posted on September 15, 2021 by dkatiepowellart

Recently I reorganized my palettes, and the M.Graham was moved into a smaller Schminke palette. I still find MG watercolors a bit stinky, but remember I returned the following pigments out of my palette and that stopped the headaches: Sap … Continue reading →

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Tools: The Saga of the M.Graham Palette

Posted on January 13, 2020 by dkatiepowellart

A gift of credit at Merriartist left me with $$$ to spend on watercolors… I’ve had a few M.Graham paints and enjoyed them, but my experience was they often didn’t dry in the pans, probably because of the moist climate … Continue reading →

Inktober 15, Chicken Curry with Great Northern Beans

Posted on October 15, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

One of our favorite meals, I make this every week. it starts as a roast chicken, and then becomes curry burritos I freeze for lunches or dinners later on. We buy Smart Chicken, which, even when not organic, is Non-GMO … Continue reading →

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Inktober 12, Denny Pat’s Spice Rack

Posted on October 12, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

I keep working on various things that came from my mom’s house. I am amazed this spice rack made it through 60 years intact. *okay, i notice some glued bits* I can imagine my brother as a little kid buying … Continue reading →

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Inktober 8, Summer Artichokes in my Da Vinci Monterey Trio!

Posted on October 8, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

Mmmmm, this summer the organic artichokes were amazing. We had them every week! This is one of those tests of soul-mate compatibility: Are you a hot butter or a Mayo person? (NO Miracle Whip!) My ink-only sketch was too fuzzy … Continue reading →

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Da Vinci Paint Launches the Monterey Trio!

Posted on October 4, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

I am so happy to be chosen to be a Da Vinci Watercolors Trio Artist! Quinacridone Gold, Alizarin Crimson and Sap Green create Katie’s Monterey Trio. Da Vinci Paint packages their NEW 8ml Vegan tubes to highlight great watercolors in … Continue reading →

Posted in color, creativity, landscape, painting, process, review, watercolor | Tagged #davincitrio, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #montereytrio, #travelpalette, opaque, palette, transparent paint, watercolor | 8 Comments

Tools: Travel Palette, Three

Posted on February 10, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

Part 3, on other palettes and changing brands! Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… Okay, remember when I said that I was going to stick with December’s travel palette? I lied… I’ve changed it up twice and think … Continue reading →

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Tools: Studio Palette, Two

Posted on January 20, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… After the travel palette sort, and after successfully trading some paints I didn’t want, I began to look at the paints that have ended up on the sidelines, and wondered about my … Continue reading →

Posted in color, review, watercolor | Tagged #allthecolors, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #studiopalette, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, palette, Primatek, transparent paint, watercolor | 11 Comments

Tools: Taking Another Artist’s Palette Advice

Posted on January 6, 2018 by dkatiepowellart

Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… An aside… Recently I took the advice of a USk sketcher I admire and bought a series of Holbein’s Antique “IRIDORI” Watercolors pigments… AAACK, bad paints! Be glad if you didn’t buy … Continue reading →

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Tools: BIG Changes in My Travel Palette

Posted on December 27, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

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 →