An exceptional new course is being offered by Lilla Rogers at Make Art That Sells called Redrawing Black History.
She’s teamed up with artist Tamisha Anthony to focus on black female artists that may have not made it into our history books, but have had an enormous impact on art movements, civil rights, and the world.
Before the class began, Lilla and Tamisha offered warm-up prompts with two incredibly important musicians, Betty Davis and Marian Anderson. I had never heard of either of them! WTF?! Wild and disturbing. And why I’m so grateful for this course.
Below are a couple of the sketches. I’ll post more portraits soon of more women we’re learning about. Please feel free to comment and share!
An ink brush painting of a woman. Inspired by my research of musician, Betty Davis.
Ink sketch by Kendra Shedenhelm of historical opera singer, Marian Anderson.