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Earth, Sun and Sea

Published on August 24, 2009 in Abstract Art, Art by black women, ART GALLERY, Experimental design and Originals. 3 Comments

I finally did it, art just for me. Here they are, three multi-media, high textured abstracts.

Earth Sun and Sea

These were created with oils, acrylic and sawdust on paper. They’ve been mounted and framed in heavy, solid wood faux stressed frames.

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Exhale

Published on July 24, 2009 in Abstract Art, Art, Art by black women, Experimental design and Visionary. 4 Comments

Exhale

Exhale, in color.

This painting is from a line drawing that was scanned, digitally colored and manipulated. The color is the same type of vivid work I do but the abstract composition is rather experimental.

Exhale d1

Art title: Exhale
By: F. Magdalene Austin

Handmade Doll Tutorial

Published on May 28, 2009 in African-American Rag Doll, Art by black women, Black Children, Children, Crafts, Experimental design, Originals and Rag Doll. 0 Comments

Joy the Sunflower Girl

Joy the Sunflower Girl is different from the dolls I’m use to making. I wanted to try something a tad bit different. Instead of a doll with a more formal look I added an extra  large smile and a different type hands and legs.

When I first started making dolls I had such a difficult time getting the head to stand up. It was floppy and all over the place.  Since I’m not good with tutorials or patterns I had to figure out on my own how to do this.  Below is a short, rough tutorial to assist with your handmade rag doll’s head so it doesn’t flop around.

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One Thing Leads To Another

Published on April 29, 2009 in Art, Art by black women, ART GALLERY and Experimental design. 1 Comment

my-house-at-nightAbout six months ago I took sawdust, acrylic paint and paper and smashed them all together. The end result was dreadful but I didn’t toss it. Last night I pull the blotched texture experiment from my drawer, scanned it and started to play. The very first image in the small gallery is the horrid texture, the other images are my play.

I drew shapes then filled them with the original image and then changed the color with the colour wheel to get tree green or sunny yellow, etc. I tried in most cases to keep the original texture but obviously some of them strayed kind of far.

The gallery is a typical example of how far from an original idea I get with most of my work.

F. Mag

Tapestry

Published on April 15, 2009 in Art, Art by black women, Digital Art, Experimental design, Flowers and Pretty Picture Gallery. 0 Comments

I confess, I love era paintings, tapestry, paisley, mismatch patterns and oversize flowers. These are the inspirations for my experimental painting below.

tapestry

F. Magdalene Austin

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