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USk: Portland Protests
It is hard to write about this, because frankly I, like many others, are struggling with depression about what is happening in our country and now, in our city. I’ve been far too depressed to make art of any kind. … Continue reading
Pussycootis, a Friend’s Cat
I sketched this for my friend from an image he posted, because he loves Pussycootis and the image was compelling! Simple line drawing in a EF Platinum Carbon (waterproof) ink, followed by adding pale greys and brown in diluted brown … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #catantics, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #greytabby, #greytabbycat, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #tabby, #tabbycat, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks
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Gibbs: All About the Food
Gibbs is all about the food! It wasn’t always this way, but Gibbs had a incident with Midazolam, a drug often used for sedation which led to personality changes. (See the article on various drugs for cats and humans — … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pencil, portrait, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #catantics, #cattoy, #danielsmithwatercolors, #gibbs, #greyorangetabbycat, #greytabby, #greytabbycat, #greywhitetabbycats, #HahnemühleHarmony, #hahnemuehlepapersarevegan, #haribol, #hesagoodboy, #pacificnorthwest, #PentelAquashWaterBrush, #Portlandoregon, #shopcat, #studiocat, #studiocats, #tabby, #tabbycat, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks, #WhiteUniballSigno
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The Looseness Carried Over
The messiness and creative energy held over when I was in the studio the next day, and did a fast sketch. Since then I am trying to at least sketch daily; some days it doesn’t happen, but often it does, … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithwatercolors, #finishroom, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #MPFCfinishroom, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #sennelierwatercolors, #twsbieco, #urbansketcher, #urbansketching, #waterproofinks
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Blocked; a Friend Saves the Day
I don’t remember feeling this hopeless, and yet here I am. I hesitate to call it depressed because depression feels like a vague feeling, as in when you are not quite sure why, and I KNOW WHY: I feel hopeless … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, direct watercolor, painting, pen & ink, process, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #benupen, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #pacificnorthwest, #Portlandoregon, #regime, #regimefatigue, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #urbansketcher, #urbansketching, #waterproofinks, USk
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Sofa Fabric
We have a large hundred-year-old sofa in to be restored; the frame was badly broken, and all the buildup (stuffings) had to be replaced and re-engineered, because they were done wrong by a novice upholsterer, who changed the way … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, flowers, furniture, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithwatercolors, #fabric, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #mpfconservation, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #platinumbrushpen, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #platinumjapaneseartpcoketbrushpen, #Portlandoregon, #sennelierwatercolors, #urbansketching, #waterproofinks, $sofafabric
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Izzee Keeps me Company
Izzee is always a happy gurl when she can sit close and watch me sketch. Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Platinum Japanese Art Pocket Brush Pen, Platinum Carbon pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges, De Atramentis Document Urban Grey ink in … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #brothersistercats, #catantics, #greytabby, #greytabbycat, #greytabbykitten, #greywhitetabbycats, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #Izzee, #platinumbrushpen, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #shopcat, #studiocat, #studiocats, #tabby, #tabbycat, #urbansketching, #waterproofinks
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I Prefer Painting Over Virtual Artwork
I read a mundane op-ed in the NYTimes this morning from a writer I rarely read — and I won’t mention it because he’s a dweeb and I don’t want to be sued. But the upshot is that he believes … Continue reading
Posted in acrylic, art, art journal, creativity, direct watercolor, gouache, ink painting, oil paint, painting, pen & ink, ritual, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #flexnib, #fountainpenrevolution, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #himalyapen, #holbeinwatercolors, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #sennelierwatercolors, #ultraflexnib, #waterproofinks
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Curry Chicken: Good Food is Good Medicine
One thing that is still available to us during this crazy time is cooking. Good food is good medicine. I think I made that up but who knows? Curry Roasted Chicken, YUM. Place chicken upside down in glass roasting pan. … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #benupen, #currychicken, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #goodfoodisgoodmedicine, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #holbeinwatercolors, #nwportland, #pilotyuyakeink, #Portlandoregon, #regimefatigue, #roastedchicken, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #sketchbookcotton, #urbansketcher, #urbansketching, #waterproofinks
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How Do I Use My Journals? What Do I Write About?
Facebook recently alerted me to an anniversary of 10 years using watercolors in a sketchbook. As a result a friend asked me how many sketchbooks have I gone through in ten years. After counting, I found it is between 6-8 … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, commentary, creativity, gouache, journal, loss, meditation, painting, pen & ink, ritual, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #dailyjournal, #diary, #foldingjournal, #foldingsketchbook, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #journaltopics, #journalyourlife, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #robertostersignatureink, #watercolorsketch, #watercolourbookcotton, #waterproofinks, #writeitdown
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How Many Sketchbooks in a Year?
Facebook recently alerted me to 10 years using watercolors in a sketchbook. I had to share that anniversary — it surprised me — and as a result I was asked how many sketchbooks have I gone through in ten years. … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, commentary, gouache, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #foldingjournal, #foldingsketchbook, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #holbeingouache, #holbeinwatercolors, #journal, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #robertostersignatureink, #sennelierwatercolors, #sketchbookcotton, #sketching, #urbansketcher, #watercolorsketch, #watercolourbookcotton, #waterproofinks, #zigzagjournal, USk
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Laguna: Main Beach and the Sixties
Continuing my sketchbook on early memories of moving to Laguna Beach, California. My first summer living in Laguna, Main Beach, above, was one of my haunts, along with Sleepy Hollow and Woods Cove. This was when we lived on Cliff … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, landscape, memory, painting, pen & ink, ritual, series, virtual sketching, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #californianative, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #imabeachgirl, #lagunabeach, #lagunabeachcalifornia, #pacificnorthwestartist, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #twsbieco, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks, home
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Cats: Yaman
PS. Yaman had a skin issue; that is why the bandage. I’ve been getting questions. I hope this two-page watercolor of Yaman has finally taught me a lesson, and it has nothing to do with the quality of Hahnemühle’s Nostalgie … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, Cat, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #blackcat, #blackcatsaregoodluck, #brothersistercats, #catantics, #cattoy, #danielsmithwatercolors, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #pacificnorthwest, #panthercat, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #Siamesecat, #siblingcats, #virtualsketching, #waterproofinks, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book
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Christmas in July, a Challenge!
Teagan has challenged us to create posts about Christmas in July in Teagan Geneviene’s Christmas in July blog hop! ☾ To get in the spirit, we put up a huge cut-out poster of a tree… and added curly bits of … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, painting, pen & ink, watercolor
Tagged #artjournaling, #bloghop, #christmascookies, #christmasinjuly, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolors, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #PilotMetropolitan, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #sennelierwatercolors, #super5ink, #waterproofinks
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D.Katie Powell Art 
2025 1 20 Rump
IMO the flag should be flown upside down and at half-mast for the next four years because we are in distress as a nation. I won’t be stopping these rants anytime soon and if I do, then you should all … Continue reading →