Sketchbook diary – Page 7 – SUNDRIP

PTSD No3 Whisper

Posted on May 5, 2012May 5, 2012 by Faith

I had no idea there would be a series of paintings called PTSD but there is. . .

In PTSD No3 there’s a river that flows from the sky right through the woman, past the eyes and forms the figures dress. The dress runs over the brick wall and simply stops. The paint on the brick wall has bits of stone mixed in making this piece multidimensional. I had to mix in a bit of stone with the sunflower painting because sunflowers in stone is significant to me. There are also tiny little details, layer upon layer of color and edge to edge movement which all comes together to form PTSD No3 Whisper.

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Faith M. Austin

On the Rocks: A Fish Tale

Posted on July 27, 2011September 20, 2011 by Faith

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Friday evening I began to worry about my big fish Jocelyn because she was hovering above the rocks at the bottom of the tank. I went over in my head what could possibly be wrong with her. Old age isnâ€™t the problem. Able to live up to 25 years sheâ€™s just a youngster at age six. Sheâ€™s not been over fed, sheâ€™s not bloated, her bladder is healthy, whatâ€™s wrong? Usually the big fish is graceful and playful as she swims wit her two tank makes, but something has changed, something is off.

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Petunia

Posted on August 2, 2010August 2, 2010 by Faith

There’s a little egg shaped child, with big brown eyes, dressed in purple, standing by sunflowers. She calls herself Petunia.

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Catwalk

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Faith

It was cool enough this evening for the cat and I to talk a walk outside. Ms. Mary Jane is leash trained and does well walking around the yard secured in her kitty cat harness.

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Rainbows and Daydreams

Posted on July 8, 2010July 11, 2010 by Faith

Rainbows and Daydreams is a painting from my sketchbook that shows a little black girl dreaming amongst the flowers.

Media: Crayola crayons, Crayola markers on 6×9 sketchbook paper. Minor digital corrections.
Art by: F. Magdalene Austin

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Snails Three and Ducky

Posted on June 22, 2010July 3, 2010 by Faith

The mama snail I added to my aquarium recently had a few babies. I’ve watched these little tiny lives grow from the size of a pencil eraser to now the size of a dime. They’re so, so sweet.Â For those of you who are unaware Little Duck is my nickname, which means the little duck in the picture is me following them around watching them grow.

The original sketch is in my sketchbook and was done in ink and tea stains. The picture published has coloring corrections and a few tiny other details added.

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Sketchbook Madness

Posted on June 9, 2010January 8, 2016 by Faith

.Â .Focus and grow against all odds. These two pieces from my art therapy sketchbook shown two figures with a central eye directing them through life. Both have one large flower included in the painting and a very still background. “Version Two” shows much more activity with the sun on her shoulder and pools of water on her breasts. She, unlike “Version One” has a scar under breast and is holding a single red flower. She also has flowers above her head and blades of grass at her feet. I’d describe the two pieces as figurative and surreal.

.“Snakes Scorpions and Mothers” is also an oil painting from my private art journal. It shows a mother holding her newborn as well as a snake around the mother’s neck.Â With an out stretched hand she holds a golden egg. You’ll also see wheat, small and large flowers, a churning sky in the background and detailed home life in the wings of the mother.

“Mother of the World” also shows a mother holding her newborn. She’s standing in a field of fantasy flowers, swirls and colors that run into one another. Some of the colors were made to drip, run and bleed into one another for a raw yet strikingly chaotic atmosphere. You will notice that in addition to holding the child up right she has balanced growth and life in the other. Included in this painting are black flowers and a red crown above the mother’s head.

The art work above can be seen in my Etsy shop along side other original works of art. Please see my sidebar for the Etsy link.

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F. Magdalene Austin

Stone and Shadows

Posted on April 16, 2010April 19, 2010 by Faith

Stone and Shadows was originally sketched in pencil on paper.

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Single White Bloom

Posted on December 21, 2009December 23, 2009 by Faith

“Single White Bloom” is for the Flower a Day Project.

The flower was painted in oils in my 4 x 4 sketchbook. There’s something personal and maybe even romantic about a single stem. I think I like them better than a bouquet not just for a painting but on my kitchen table as well.

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Flower A Day

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Faith

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.