Finishing “Awake” took much effort but it is here, reworked, beaming with color and striking details. Bellow are my comments. I woke to a new existence somewhere unknown, they called it a stroke. Now words come like slow snails, or they are kidnapped so as not to form on my…
Category: Tree Art
How My Head Works. Worth the Fight.
I can’t believe I left the “T” out when sketching. LOL In my defense, I was in the hospital. I had to slide the “T” in as best I could. I’ve not heard back for my primary doctor to clarify if he wants me 100% non weight bearing now or…
Sketchbook Pages: Uprooted
I feel uprooted. Everything is different. My home is great but I’ve not laid down roots here. Most of my possessions are new because the old got thrown out. The only photo of my father that I had was thrown away accidentally. It is gone forever and it hurts. My…
The Resilience Tree Series
The Resilience Tree Resilience Tree – Beginnings Resilience Tree – Risen We have not seen the last of the Resilience Trees. Next year’s creative goals includes a tree a day. I look forward to starting January 1st in a special book just for trees ๐ Original art by Faith Magdalene…
Art for Art SALE 25% off *** ArtForArt17 ***
On sale now are all items in my Etsy shop and items in my Available Art Galleries until August 4th, 2017. I’m having a sale so I can spend money in August. ๐ I gotta buy art supplies. In other words, I’m selling art to make art. August is the…
Paint Sketch and Alter
“She dreams of flowers” “Her fullest potential” “The Girl” in apostrophe earrings.
Soothing Tree Drawings in Watercolor and Ink
Drawing trees is soothing. I usually draw them bare. I love leaves. i like to see them up close and examine the cells. I recently learned that my sweet potato plant was holding water in the cells of the leaf because I watered too much and too late in the…
Encaustic Rise – A Heart of Fire
Earlier in the day I said, “I have no reason to be awake.” Let me correct that please, and introduce what was done with the anger instead of internalizing it. A reason to be irritated was that, after turning my phone to do not disturb, I still got a call…
Community Grabs and Pay it Forward
I’ve updated the Etsy shop with a few new things. I thought I might try digital downloads of tree drawings. Sometimes I see drawings and think, I’d love to paint that. I figure a creative person can take a simple tree drawing, print it on watercolor paper and have some…
Pencil Drawing, Tree Child
Sometimes when I don’t know where to go with a drawing I’ll hang it up and leave it alone. Eventually it’ll come to me. I don’t know if I want to go a different direction with her hair or keep going then add a bird or two. I’m not sure,…