What’s up good people! Today was a great day to draw up a piece & upload due to the rain & cool temperature. So I decided to heat it up with dope lyrics & a afro on a chill chick! Plus I really wanted my own art work in my apartment hanging around so I got to work.
I used a #2 pencil to draw her out first, (all from my imagination) went over her a couple times to darken it up & refined the drawing. I initially wanted to paint her completely but my painting technique isn’t as great so I painted the background with black acrylic paint. I than outlined her with white acrylic paint & went to work on the basic details of her afro, & body structure with black acrylic paint to stand out more. I colored her body in with a Crayola brown colored pencil, used a normal #2 pencil to shade her afro, & used a red Crayola colored pencil for her lips.
I felt confident enough to paint her jewelry, as it wasn’t too much of a big piece just in case I messed up. To be completely honest, I couldn’t find a gold colored pencil in my stash of supplies.
I used an old picture frame I picked up awhile back when thrifting, switched it out & ta-da!! Mission complete.
This piece was inspired by 
“You have learned fables, facts & earned labels, remember time when you would finger me on turn tables”.
I choose that line specifically because
We humans go through plenty joy & pain, & along the way we gain labels we do or do not agree with, facts & stories comes with us. Long story short the combination in my opinion meshed so well; thus the finished product!!
I hope you like what you see, please comment your opinion/thoughts & always give love, & be love.
Dream