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On the Eve of my 65th Birthday 2020
This will be a word I contemplate every day for the next year… After 40+ years at this Buddhist thang I should be able to find peace and joy in the midst of even the worst situation, which we are … Continue reading
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VSW Sydney, 4, #notinktober
The Sydney Opera House. Image for reference by Debi Taylor. Started with a line drawing, as always. This building is so complicated I cannot image trying it without guidelines. Jørn Oberg Utzon, AC, Hon. FAIA (Danish: [ˈjɶɐ̯ˀn ˈutsʌn]; 9 April 1918 – … Continue reading
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VSW Sydney, 3, #notinktober
The Sydney Opera House. This was a wild toad ride. I was going along nicely, enjoying the markmaking in the middle of the night, when I reached for a waterbrush and had not closed the top tight and a huge … Continue reading
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Recovery
No, not the twelve step kind… Needing to recover after work weeks of complete crazy.. A prompt circulating to day is “disgusting”. I see Trump in the feeds more than any other item. But you know, even the tag I … Continue reading
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Inky Sky #notinktober
Pure color. Not easy to do a wash in inks (or watercolor, but I find the latter easier). I think it is because you are adding a bit of water in the waterbrush, and the ink doesn’t really want to … Continue reading
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VSW Sydney, 2, #notinktober
I messed the proportions on this one totally Ah well… The Opera House. Image for reference by Debi Taylor. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” … Continue reading
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VSW Sydney, 1, #notinktober
Looking back on the city from the Opera House. Image for reference by Debi Taylor. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer … Continue reading
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Rona2: Zebra Beans
It isn’t that I’ve stopped eating beans, it is that I am settling into a comfort zone with my cooking of beans. I still write down my experiences with new beans and am finding new beans to try but have … Continue reading
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True Blue Buddha
One more, because I love this statue so much, using PenBBS with Robert Oster True Blue ink. I think my first Buddha, below, is full of the passion I was experiencing that night after watching videos of protesters in our … Continue reading
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Australian Sky Buddha
My sketchbook is about exploring, and I wasn’t completely happy with my first Buddha. I tried another using TWSBI Eco 1.1 with Robert Oster Australian Sky Blue ink. This is a Buddha-of-the-Sky! What do you think? I call him Buddhaball … Continue reading
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Posies #notinkober
Ink drawing with a Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges. Then many inks painted… J.Herbin Rose Cyclamen ink, L’Artisan Pastellier Classique Jaune ink, Sailor MO Tangerine ink, L’Artisan Pastellier Classique Vert ink, Troublemaker Sea Glass ink. To … Continue reading
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Full Moon #notinkober
Full Moon…. Two inks…. Robert Oster Thunderstorm ink and a whole lotta water in the center: Letting ink do what it will. Robert Oster Green at Night ink to create the trees in front of the moon. On this strange … Continue reading
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Kinktober 2020
This year, I am not doing Inktober, but KINKtober, which is both because 2020 is a truly crap year, and that is my initial in front of inktober… but then I saw the company I would be in and it … Continue reading
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Using Watercolour vs Sketching Journals
Covid changed my journal use yet again. Between the pandemic, sequestration, and the Portland protests, I began to write pages in my sketching journal… because that is what I carry with me, and I felt like I was writing to … Continue reading
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The Sketchpack Project 2020, 22-31
Continuing with the Sketchpack Project on “Emotional Body: If you’d like to see the first post go here; the second post go here. the third post, here; below, my completion. Saturday when no one intrudes. Platinum Plaiser pen with DeAtramentis … Continue reading
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Rona2: In the Groove with Rancho Gordo
You are not hearing me rave as much about Rancho Gordo beans because I am kinda getting into a groove with them. I cook more of them in the manner described on their site, and then mix it up with … Continue reading
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The Sketchpack Project 2020, 12-21
Continuing with the Sketchpack Project on “Emotional Body: If you’d like to see the first post go here; the second post go here. In the second post I talked about overwhelm and upset, and finally working through it. These images … Continue reading
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The Sketchpack Project 2020, 9-11
Continuing with the Sketchpack Project on “Emotional Body: If you’d like to see the previous post go here. Continuing, and I was thrown a bit this week…. My friends lift my heart, and many are overseas. So many in Austrailia! … Continue reading
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D.Katie Powell Art 