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VSW: Washington Irving’s Home NY
Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook went to upstate New York to paint Washington Irving’s home (the author of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.) From scribbles to watercolor, the finished product didn’t please me; I like the scribbled version better. I … Continue reading
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VSW: Disaster Sketching the Lyndhurst Mansion
I wanted to tackle this image from our Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook. This is a lesson in positive critique… I want to paint the light. I’m a novice. Nothing wrong with being a novice… But dang how to paint … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithprimateks, #Hahnemühle, #holbeinwatercolors, #LyndhurstMansion, #middleofthenight, #paintinglight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #primatekwatercolor, #schminkeHoradamWatercolors, #schminkesupergranulating, #upstatenewyork, #virtualsketch, #watercolorjournal, #watercolourbookcotton, art journal, daniel smith primateks, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lyndhurst Mansion, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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USk: Falling Snow
I gave it a shot, painting the snow falling under the light from the window in our studio. Everything was sooo dark, but the falling snow popped. To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, journal, landscape, memory, painting, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeinwatercolors, #middleofthenight, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #snowfalling, #snowstorm, #watercolorjournal, #WhiteUniballSigno, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Primatek, watercolor
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VSW: French Country House
. Playing on our FaceBook group Virtual Sketchwalk, I loved this image — woudl want to live here in teh South of France! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, flowers, journal, landscape, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #countryhouse, #france, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #southoffrance, #watercolorjournal, #watercolourbookcotton, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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VSW: Pudong Skyline
Pudong from images by Aniko Szedlak for our FB group, Virtual Sketchwalk. I think I’ve not painted a night scene before and this was a huge challenge… And also came very close to complete Direct Watercolor. I am okay with … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
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Patrick’s Cane
Today is the 10th anniversary of his death. I am winding through memories of my family these days. I miss my brother Patick. He was the best brother. I had all his important belongings, though I gave some to his … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, loss, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #babybrother, #brothers, #cane, #chevy, #chevytruck, #clarinet, #coors, #danielsmithwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #ironwood, #ironwoodcane, #memories, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #patrick, #patrickbeck, #piano, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sketchingmemories, #walkingcane, #watercolorartist, #watercolorjournal, brother, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Mimi and Me
My grandma could do not wrong… I called her Mimi but have no idea where that came from. When I took my first Communion they drove down from Grass Valley: her coming to visit was the best thing about Communion. … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, history, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor, writing
Tagged #catholic, #firstcommunion, #grandma, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #ilovedmymimi, #mimi, #nostalgiejournal, #sketchingmemories, #watercolorartist, #watercolorjournal, #woodlandhills, family, Native Californian
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Pillows
It’s been ages since I have pulled out my watercolors for anything more than a splash. You know that I don’t artists criticizing their work, but in this case, I am sharing with you a process of my own, as … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, furniture, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, waterbrush, watercolor, writing
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VSW: Singapore Buddha
Virtual Sketchwalk image of Singapore Buddha provided by Jill Bartos: THANK YOU! I thought he might stay an inky sketch… NOPE! I had to add color… I love color! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check … Continue reading
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VSW: Koh Samui Thailand
Virtual Sketchwalk from images provided by Jill Bartos of Koh Samui Thailand: I miss palm trees. Home home home! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #KohSamuiThailand, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #palmtrees, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #virtualsketchwalk, #watercolorjournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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VSW: Pittock Mansion, Detail Stonework
Ink and watercolor. Detail. To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. “I think not….” Me… why I journal! Hahnemühle Watercolour … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #pittockmansion, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #portlandhistory, #Portlandoregon, #stonework, #watercolorjournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, watercolor
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VSW: Pittock Mansion, In the Style of…
I love inkpainting, but I’ve been stalled a bit on my own growth as a watercolorist… I am actually a bit bored. Not that I am very very good — but I have a handle on watercolors after playing with … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #mentors, #middleofthenight, #pilotink, #pittockmansion, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #portlandhistory, #Portlandoregon, #stealfromthebest, #watercolorjournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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VSW: Pittock Mansion, West Bedroom
What do you do with a really bad drawing in your nice new art journal? I started this on a day of talking and talking and a little sketching with an art friend. We went to the Pittock Mansion to … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #pittockmansion, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #portlandhistory, #Portlandoregon, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, #watercolorjournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Patriotic Jumper in Grey
The Patriotic Jumper is actually white. He is huge, almost the size of a horse, and he is one of my favorites. He ended up grey because I had to save a perfectly good drawing which I messed up. I … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching
Tagged #birminghaminks, #carouselhorses, #cwparkercarousel, #fountainpenrevolution, #Hahnemühle, #himalayan, #jantzenbeachcarousel, #nostalgiejournal, #parkercarousel, #super5inkdarmstadtink, #tarnishednickel, #watercolorjournal, art journal, carousel, horses, Jantzen Beach Carousel
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Parker Ponies
The little Parker Ponies are set on the table as if they racing. I see these wooden horses in movement in my imagination all the time, and what they might have been like in their glory! I’m sitting next to … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching
Tagged #carouselhorses, #cwparkercarousel, #Hahnemühle, #jantzenbeachcarousel, #jinhaowithjowonib, #nostalgiejournal, #parkercarousel, #parkerpony, #super5ink, #super5inkdarmstadtink, #watercolorjournal, art journal, carousel, horses, Jantzen Beach Carousel
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Sharing a Carousel Event!
Carousel horses have always delighted, even in the midst of virtual games and E-ticket rides; most of us don’t stop and look at them, but are seduced by the music and the action and the lights. I started a group … Continue reading
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Tagged #carouselhorses, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #jantzenbeachcarousel, #parkercarousel, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #stargazer, #watercolorjournal, art journal, carousel, Daniel Smith watercolors, horses, Jantzen Beach Carousel, Platinum Carbon pen
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Carousel Horses Arrived!
I sketched these in October and kept thinking I would use watercolor on the first images of the carousel horses. Now I am letting them be what they are, the beginning of the coloring book. To hear about classes, follow … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers
Tagged #carouselhorses, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #jantzenbeachcarousel, #super5frankfurtink, #super5ink, #watercolorjournal, art journal, carousel, Daniel Smith watercolors, horses, Jantzen Beach Carousel, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen
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Horses are Coming!
An exciting project, the restoration of the Jantzen Beach Carousel, is moving into our studio *that’s MPF Conservation, our business studio.* After weeks of posting daily, I am taking a break… We had the move planned and then our main … Continue reading
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Tagged #carouselhorses, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #jantzenbeachcarousel, #middleofthenight, #super5frankfurtink, #super5ink, #watercolorjournal, art journal, carousel, horses, Jantzen Beach Carousel, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen
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D.Katie Powell Art 