Tag Archives: tree

VSW: Sky View

Posted on May 17, 2019 by dkatiepowellart

A fantasy overview of conifers next to water… A quick and easy doodle of the trees, a jumble of different colored ink lines. Pentel Aquash waterbrush touching the lines lightly and not overdoing it, letting some white breathe through the … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, landscape, pen & ink, process, waterbrush | Tagged #christmastree, #diamineancientcopperink, #Hahnemühle, #pentelaquash, #PentelAquashWaterBrush, #robertosterink, art journal, lake, ocean, sea, tree, virtual sketchwalk, water | 4 Comments

Every Day in May: 20-21, Bike in the Park

Posted on May 21, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Business is interfering with my posting life! It is not walk in the park this week, deadlines and stress abound! Drawing this from the top of my head was freeing, a trip outside at 1am! This was going along nicely … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, ink painting, landscape, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged #365sketch2017, #EDIM, art journal, bike, De Atramentis Document ink, flower, grisaille, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, park, Pentel Aquash Water Brush, Platinum Carbon pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Sunflowers, Super5 Frankfurt ink, tree, watercolor | 7 Comments

Every Day in May: Days 11-14

Posted on May 14, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

FINALLY, I am caught up with postings and painting! Christmas cactus remind me of my grandmother, Mimi. I have NO green thumb for indoor plants but I have always had one of them in my home. Ours is a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, waterbrush, watercolor | Tagged #365sketch2017, #EDIM, art journal, bookshelf, buddha, cactus, Christmas cactus, De Atramentis Document ink, food, Ganesha, Ghandi, grisaille, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, Jack Cornfield, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Mother's Day, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pentel Aquash Water Brush, Platinum Carbon pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Super5 ink, tree, Vitacost, watercolor | 4 Comments

CA Trip: Mitchell’s Moreton Bay Fig

Posted on January 17, 2017 by dkatiepowellart

Mitchell took me to see his Moreton Bay Fig in Santa Paula. I understand that. I have relationships with trees too, and this one is amazing. It was planted in 1879 — and yes, it is famous — and grows … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, ink painting, journal, landscape, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook | Tagged California, Handbook Journal, Mitchell Powell, Moreton Bay Fig, Morton Bay Fig, Platinum Carbon pen, Santa Paula, tree | 14 Comments

Palm Tree Goddess Under the Full Moon

Posted on February 15, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

Mitchell gifted me with art supplies for Valentine’s, and I took half the day to play with them. My first watercolor turned into a mixed media, because I added some colored pencil and Pitt pen. Watercolors are very different from … Continue reading →