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USk: MPFC Finish Studio
Every so often I like to sketch our studio rooms. This is primarily my finish room, where I work conserving objects. I use our own mixed shellac and (primarily oil) paints to bring back dead finishes. You can see one … Continue reading
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Easter Cherry Blossoms
Very late in posting… The cherries are nearly ripe! (Not really.) The thing about the cherry blossoms in the park is that they are not only a feast for the eyes but sometimes you can smell their fragrance… Also, they … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, color, flowers, journal, landscape, memory, pen & ink, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #cherryblossoms, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #pinkflowers, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #waterfrontpark, #waterproofinks, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Holbein, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, urban sketcher, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Booster
Booster hit us hard, but better than getting Covid! “Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. “I think not….” Me… why I journal! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or dkatiepowellart.me and sign up … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, current events, journal, memory, pen & ink, urban sketchers
Tagged #booster, #covid, #hahnemühlewatercolourbookcotton, #hahnemuehlepapersarevegan, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Joy, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Platinum Carbon pen, urban sketcher, watercolor
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USk: Worst Nicolai Sketch Ever
Oh gads what to do when the sketching is not happening? I try to give my babies a fair shake and finish them, but this one I finally gave up on and splashed a little color on and called it … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, landscape, review, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #urbansketching, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Portland Oregon, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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USk World-wide Sketchout: Autumn at the Studio
Yesterday was a worldwide USk sketchout, and I am swamped. But the trees outside the studio had not lost their leaves YET (starting) so into freezing car and parked down the block and looked up at the studio. My finish … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, landscape, sketchbook, sketchcrawl, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #urbansketching, #USkGlobal24hrSketchwalk, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Jinhao, Portland Oregon, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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USk: Autumn at PSU Market
Gads the children were enthralled by his playing! We often eat breakfast at Portland Curry — Chana Masala, Yum! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new and improved dkatiepowellart.com and sign up for my … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #psufarmersmarket, #urbansketching, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Curry, Portland Oregon, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, Sennelier, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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Eagle Creek Fire Rain
The evening the rains came after the Eagle Creek fire, I felt so blessed. Skies which were grey with smoke and ash falling, suddenly had the blue of night. Actual color, yellow from the setting sun and the green of … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, ink painting, journal, landscape, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, writing
Tagged #eaglecreekfire, #Hahnemühle, #nwportland, #platinumcitrusink, #robertosterink, #super5ink, #urbansketching, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, NW Industrial Sanctuary Portland, Super5 ink, urban sketcher, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk
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USk: Labor Day in the Finish Studio
Labor Day weekend and we are laborers so we are working… I have new A/C and a new lease on life in my newly cleaned and reorganized studio! I sat close to the door and tried to draw the entire … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, furniture, journal, memory, pen & ink, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #delrey, #masonmonterey, #momentcatchers, #mpfconservation, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Del Rey, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, finish studio, Holbein, Labor Day, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Mason Monterey, Oregon, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USA, USk, watercolor
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USk: Another Cal-Bag
What can I say… it is outside my office window. Feeling stuck, I turn to a material I rarely use, Watercolor charcoal big fat pencil. If that won’t loosen you up — having no control with a fat dull tip … Continue reading
USk: SCBWI Day
Somehow I have to sketch every day… Nothing special, a doodle in front and in the lecture hall. I felt like I was coming down with something by the end of the day… so a very half-hearted attempt to finish!! … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, pen & ink, urban sketchers
Tagged #365sketch2017, Aquabee Super Deluxe Journal, architecture, art journal, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Urban Sketchers, SCBWI, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk
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USk: PAG lecture doodles
Gads I even remembered to post the pic of me drawing… as I now have a phone on me. This will probably be the first and last time, but my husband is so sweet… About to become dueling phones… Stillman … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, pen & ink, urban sketchers
Tagged #365sketch2017, art journal, doodles, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, PAG, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Portland Artisans Guild, Portland Urban Sketchers, Stillman & Birn, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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USk: H&R Block, yup, Taxtime is Near….
The new construction in Portland is rather depressing. Here is the welcoming plaza between two buildings. Not one plant. BTW, I added the green and brown… Could not stand all that grey and I am a fan of the color…. … Continue reading
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Tagged #365sketch2017, architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, Sennelier, Stillman & Birn, Super5 ink, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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CA Trip: Mitchell Lived Here and Here and Here
A complicated little house not far from the Moreton Bay Fig. Not easy, lotsa mistakes…. Logic (an architectural drawing) is easier. Not my style anymore… and little fun for me! I release those days! Relying on seeing leads to charming … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, art journal, California, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline masking fluid, going home, Hand Book journal, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Noodlers ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Santa Paula, Sennelier, travel, urban sketcher, USk, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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CA Trip: The Chili Hut
Mitchell’s mom ran the Chili Hut in Santa Paula… When I sketched the building where it was I put a couple of women in dresses as they might have been then and used a 50’s style car (made up of … Continue reading
Tools: Grey Inks for Grisaille
“Grisaille (/ɡrᵻˈzaɪ/ or /ɡrᵻˈzeɪl/; French: gris [ɡʁizaj] ‘grey’) is a term for a painting executed entirely in shades of grey or of another neutral greyish colour… A grisaille may be executed for its own sake, [or] as underpainting … working … Continue reading
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Tagged Alphabet District Portland, architecture, art journal, Diamine Ink, grisaille, grisaille underpainting, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pilot ink, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Urban Sketchers, Super5 ink, urban sketcher, USk, virtual sketchwalk, waterbrush
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NaSkeFiMo, or Fill Up The Journal and Be Done with It!
Working to finish up a journal I don’t like. Not because of the paper — Strathmore paper is good paper. The journal is not falling apart (I’ve stuck with THOSE.) No, this is because the Strathmore Journal has a strange … Continue reading
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Tagged Alphabet District Portland, architecture, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Diamine Regency Blue ink, fear, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy LX, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Urban Sketchers, Strathmore journal, Super5 ink, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, virtual sketchwalk
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