Archive for the 'Sunflowers' Category

Watch Over Our Children

Published on January 8, 2010 in Angels, Art, Art by black women, Black Children, Butterflies, Children, Sunflowers and Visionary. 2 Comments

It usually doesn’t take me 7 or 8 days to complete one painting but it looks like this one will need even more time. Seven days now but I’m getting closer.

The painting shows a young African-American child walking through a field of sunflowers and wildflowers while being guided by an older Black angel.
Painting Details: The sky and flowing water meet and roll around her skirt into a field of flowers. There are two small butterflies floating above a sunflowers, one single white daisy. The child has small green leaves as trim for her clothing and is holding a tiny little flower.

I believe the final version will make a slight distinction between the sky and water. I may also add a few tiny details to the adult angel but other than that Watch Over Our Children is nearly completed.

Update:

Ah yes, it sometimes takes awhile but the end result is worth it.

The colors have been changed dramatically as were the flowers but I like this version best.

Thanks for visiting,

fma

Flower A Day

Published on December 14, 2009 in Art, Art by black women, Sketchbook diary and Sunflowers. 0 Comments

I’m enjoying my flower sketches before dinner. I’ll absolutely continue them.

This sketch shows a house with a purple petal fence and a huge sunflower as a setting sun over a bronze colored house. The original sketch shows much more detail such as small gold flowers on the house and small blue flowers in the sky and even on the purple fence. To finish off the sketch I added a light filter from photoshop.

Medium: Crayola markers w/ water over crayola crayons and metallic gel pens in a 4×4 sketch book. Full image size, 8 inches.

Thanks for visiting,

F. Magdalene Austin

Sunflower Stretch

Published on October 21, 2009 in Art, Art by black women, Flowers, Originals, Sketchbook diary, Sunflowers and Women. 1 Comment

………from my sketch journal.

This is representative of me doing my stretches during the evening to relax before bed.

Medium: Watercolor pencils on paper
Art by: F. Mag

An Experiment With Crayola Markers

Published on September 30, 2009 in Abstract Art, Angels, Art, Art by black women, Experimental design, Originals, Sketchbook diary and Sunflowers. 8 Comments

I had no idea I could use a basic crayola marker this way. All I did was draw a little of the picture then brush over it with a wet brush. Some of them I really liked but others I wish I’d done a few things differently.

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fma
An Experiment With Crayola Markers – September 29th, 2009 7:50AM EST

Walk In The Garden

Published on February 11, 2009 in Angels, Art, Art by black women, Digital Art, Faceless Beauty, Pretty Picture Gallery, Sunflowers and Women. 2 Comments

I will walk in your garden

I will oversee its prosperity

I will sing the sunflower’s lullaby

Painting details: Two large sunflowers, blue swirls of life at the heart of the flowers. There’s a red headed angel in a long blue robe standing as overseer of the garden.

Title: Walk In The Garden
Art by F. Magdalene