Palette Update - 12.7.20

Urban sketching palette update!

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceDecember 8, 2020urban sketching, travel watercolor palette, fountain pens, watercolor and ink, illustration, Green Sailor fountain pen, TWSBI eco fountain pen, Noodlers apache sunset, DeAtramentis Document YellowComment

Phenomenal Black Women 2021 Calendar

Gift yourself or (and!) a loved one 12 months of inspiration! Each month features a different quote portrait from the Affirm Black Women series.

Paint + Sketch, ThriveLydia MakepeaceNovember 24, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, etsy shop, Phenomenal Black Women 2021 Calendar, Inspirational Quotes, Watercolor and ink portraits, 2021 Feminist Wall Calendar, Etsy shopComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Leslie Mac

“White folks. When racism happens in public - YOUR SILENCE IS VIOLENCE.” - Leslie Mac

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 21, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Leslie Mac Quote, Silence is Violence, Black Lives MatterComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Elexus Jionde

“White people can’t ever let go of 9/11, a single day in our history, but want you to get over 300 years of racial oppression lol.” - Elexus Jionde

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 19, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Black Lives Matter, Elexus Jionde quote, Black historyComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Gwen Ifill

“It is human instinct to confuse belief with truth.” - Gwen Ifill

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 18, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Gwen Ifill quote, Black journalist reporterComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Zora Neale Hurston

“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” - Zora Neale Hurston

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 16, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Zora Neale Hurston quote, Harlem Renaissance, Black woman writerComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Bree Newsome Bass

“There’s no Black Liberation without Black women.” - Bree Newsome Bass

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceOctober 15, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Black Lives Matter, Bree Newsome Bass quote, white supremacyComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

“We are a society that has been structured from top to bottom by race. You don’t get beyond that by deciding not to talk about it anymore. It will always come back; it will always reassert itself over and over again.” - Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw