8 Day One-On-One Kids Beginner Procreate
Information about new 8 Day One-on-One Kids Beginner Procreate class. I teach students step-by-step how to use the basic features for Procreate and help them get started in creating their own art works.
Procreate Summer Flex Class
Starting June 7th a work at your own pace kids Procreate class begins.
Summer Classes: Posting
Outschool is offering $20 credit for parents/students. You can find this credit by using my profile link here.
Art Process Detail
This is a portion of an art piece I’m working on.
iPhone Photo edit: Roses
I would play around with the filters and photo editing controls to get an image you are pleased with. Try adjusting the exposure or highlights. Play around with it and see what you come up with.
Gloss for Paint
Gloss is a type of medium that can be mixed with different acrylic paint colors to give your matte paint a glossy-er look. Or you can add just a bit of color to the gloss for a varnish. Not all glosses are built for oils or acrylics so read the labels to make sure you get the right kind of gloss for your project.
Art Class Update
To view a list of my current classes please visit my Outschool Profile here.
Interior Home Art for Mom
I fixed the image into a frame at my mother’s home. Cropped. Slightly elongated. I wanted to see how the colors would compliment her interior space. Not sure yet if this work is meant for her space. She loves it, so that’s a good start.
Paint Pens for Pokémon Room Painting
Two important things I learned from this project, which will be repeated again later. #1 Paint down, gravity is your friend with paint pens. #2 Don’t forget to wait until the paint dries.
Art Inquiry
A family member reached out to me asking if my art was for purchase and how they could purchase an original art work. I answer her questions here.
Red Teal Acrylic Abstract
Red On Teal Abstract, acrylic, marker on canvas, 14 in. by 12 in.
She’s Copied: Painting of Woman in White Dress
Photos of large scale art work with it’s smaller copy.
Queens and Pawns
Art work of Queens and Pawns
Digital Art Studio: Procreate
Drawing digitally is great to pass time or just quickly get an idea out there.
Liverpool Win Sports Painting: Sadio Mané
I received a request for a Sadio Mane painting. Just in time for the Liverpool win. To have completed a project that took me into an unexplored painting theme was really exciting. I love it! Ali is next y’all!
The Cactus Stays
Often times I paint over some of my used canvases because the art was initially created as a quick sketch or teaching exercise. Yet every so often one gets in with the family.
Branded Photos: Coco Chanel
Have you ever turned an ordinary house item into an art piece?
Queen Tings Art Collection by Kymberli Grant
Queen Tings Art Collection by Kymberli Grant
Art & All Tings Love December 22, 2020 Three Clicks
Promo Video for AATL Shop
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Carrie at the Salon by Deborah Willis
Carrie in the Salon photo by Deborah Willis. The experience of black hair salons and what this scared space actually means. Understood as a non-negotiable experience used to uplift and protect our crowns. This is my take on the art work.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Film Review
As I write these words there is so much emotion. This rollercoaster ride of a pandemic, protests, financial hardships, health issues and the TRUTH of the world revealing itself so clearly, and at sometimes violently, throughout 2020 is meticulously played out throughout this film.
Isis Goddess Art: Creation
The story for this piece includes Ancient Egyptian Religion and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
What’s the point of writing another blog post?
What’s the point of writing another blog post when you just don’t feel like it? You’ve been at it for years (or months), what’s the point?
Oshun: African Goddess of Love
This is a depiction of an Oshun, an African deity. The goddess of love, prosperity, order and fertility.
Playing Chess
As more and more time passed my thoughts about this painting changed again. When I felt like the victim in a relationship, the woman depicted in the painting became a pawn. When I felt powerful she became a queen. Over time my understanding of what I painted deepened from what it initially was (at the age of 15 years old).
Blue Ink Abstract: In My City
In My City Blue Ink Art
Red Ink Flowers on Paper
Doodling flowers has always been a form of escapism for me. If I was in class or waiting for an airplane, I’d doodle flowers to pass the time. I’ve often wondered why my style hasn’t changed that much since high school. All the different drawing techniques I’ve learned since then and my mind continues to…
Afro Singer: Charcoal on Newsprint
The summer I imagined myself as a musician I created this avatar. I was young and trying out every thing I could from singing to dancing to writing lyrics. Hahaha It’s funny because this was the same summer that I realized how much music influenced my visual art. Just a couple of years after this…
Most of the people on the beach wasn’t bothered by those gray clouds. With everything that has happened in the year 2020, I felt appreciative of the moment of right now. I focused my attention to the shoreline and how the sunlight reflected off of the water.
