Nina Simone: Blackness and Beauty

[@gwensimmons_gigi1629]

I agree with you, Nina is beautiful inside and out, such a remarkable woman/artiste. Love her music to this day, Dec’2021!! Admiring your painting of her and this series… Thank you! 🥰👍🏾💫🤩🪅

[@bluewren65]

Riveting portrait of a beautiful and super talented woman. I love the bold way you started the portrait by laying down the wash of graphite. I was a bit scared at first: how is she going to rescue this? And then the magic unfolded. So lovely to have you back, Sade, I've missed you.

[@SadieSavestheDay]

I was scared too! Thank you so much for your kind words. It means a lot to me

[@cymonescurio]

Beautiful portrait and beautiful words. 💗

[@SadieSavestheDay]

Thank you!

[@ChrissieNicely]

Beautiful! I love Nina Simone! Have you seen Ma Rayney's Black Bottom? That movie really bringst home the struggle of a black person, a woman and particularly a black woman in the entertainment industry. The first black woman who really stood out to me was Grace Jones. She was always called androgynous but I always thought she was/is the most unapologetically female and I still love that about her.

[@cherylclough4309]

What a beautiful portrait of a beautiful woman. I loved seeing you work with granite as a watercolor medium. I must say Toni Morrison is most amazing. I was lucky enough to hear her speak and read from one of her works years and years ago. She was riveting and amazing.

[@bookishindian]

Thank you for this sharing of your art and your thoughts about Nina Simone!

[@petiteflower5259]

Lupita Nyong'o is so incredibly gorgeous, I could stare at her skin for days. She also went on Sesame Street and talked about loving your skin so she's just all around A+ person.

[@caitlync6613]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful portrait and your beautiful thoughts ❤️

[@tessa6307]

Thank you for the beautiful video! I loved hearing your thoughts and experiences

[@SadieSavestheDay]

I’m so glad!

[@nickadamopoulos6472]

Nina is one of the best artists, she was brave ,wasnt scared to speak her mind but I just love her voice. Thank you.

[@SadieSavestheDay]

So true!

[@kellyjohn-strate1roadza457]

I love this! Great job ❤

[@SadieSavestheDay]

Thank you!

[@SequoiaMakes]

Wonderful portrait and I'm now wanting to try water soluble graphite! On Nina Simone, I love her music and I lover her blackness. She was beautiful. Black is beautiful. I can sing Young, Gifted, and Black with all sincerity and I am a white woman. I appreciated Nina's power as an artist and as a black woman. She commanded respect and that to me is her beauty shining. I really mean it when I say that blackness is beautiful, not in a fetishist way, but as truth. I wish more white people were like me. Black lives matter. Black beauty matters. Black women matter. Nina Simone matters. You, Sadie, matter. All the love for your sharing your love of Nina and your thoughts on blackness and beauty. You are a fantastic artist and a wonderful gift to this world.

[@SadieSavestheDay]

Thank you! Black women are amazing and I wish more people could see it!

[@Merels]

I don't know Nina Simone that well, but I have listened to a few of her songs. I really like to find black artist or bipoc artist, because I think diversity in the art community is important and important for my view on the world. I love your videos!

[@SadieSavestheDay]

Thank you for trying to broaden the range of the artists you follow! It’s so important!

[@ms.marvelous7019]

Just a fan of Black women period 🖤 a good friend of mine introduced me to the beautiful music of the lovely Nina Simone

[@SadieSavestheDay]

😊 Black women are amazing

[@MadebyDawn23]

Miss your art. Thank you for your video. How are you doing?

[@SadieSavestheDay]

Thank you for your comment and asking. Honestly this time has been very hard

[@MadebyDawn23]

@@SadieSavestheDay I totally understand, things been challenging here too in the country of Belize but the way I see it is that if we dont live through the hard times we can will never be able to shine better. Keep shining Sister, see you on the other side.

[@pru5730]

I love this Sadie, every word and every brush/pencil stroke! Nina Simone is one of my favorites. She was beautiful and brilliant. Her life story makes me sad, too. Most days, I don't think we've come far at all as a species... As a white woman, I fully recognize my privilege but skin color shouldn't be a factor in anything. Yet it is a factor in everything.

[@SadieSavestheDay]

I can only hope we move forward into a better direction in the future

[@AafkeVultink]

I always love to watch a portret from poc; though Im as white as they come being mixed race I thought I was able to get that sence of dignity and pride in the faces and Im still happily failing at it knowing that that is not my doing Im just not aware enough yet in how to do right by those roots to get that in. For me that is just part of the learning curve; I dont want to paint that if I cant feel that the right way.

[@SadieSavestheDay]

It’s hard! I can’t wait until you are able to get the sense that you’re looking for in your portraits!

[@AafkeVultink]

@@SadieSavestheDay I think Im sticking with botancials lol