Black Power

I created this project because I wanted . My overall vision for the work was to draw a picture of a black girl with a puff and a crown with details as in depth as in the picture without the color. I wanted to bring out the beauty through value and lines which was used to represent her facial structure and contour.I think that my art communicates that black is beautiful can be represented in many ways.I think i achieved personal happiness in getting to represent who i am in the way that i am a black female. My current work relates to my past work because usually when i create an art project it relates to things that affect my life or things that have been inspiring in my life. I would say my work fit in with todays look on black people and black history month . I think i could relate my artwork to Kehinde Wiley because his art represent black empowerment and black lives matter.I first started my art piece by creating many sketches of what I wanted to draw. Once I got the idea of how I wanted to draw I then got my utensils and started my work. I started first by drawing her outline features. Then, I started on her features. Once I got her features down packed I finished by carving of her facial structure. The image that I was trying to describe was a picture of a black girl with a crown . My work reflects the world I live in because people always have something to say about black history month. The technique that I think was most important was how precise I cut the linoleum because it really brought out the features of the drawing. A new technique I used was using a paintbrush to cover the parts that were blan