by Lachri | Apr 19, 2017 | Acrylic painting
I joined in on a 20-minute painting challenge. Our theme was Easter eggs! We had 20 minutes to finish a complete painting or drawing. ?Sheldene Fine Art ?Unmask Art ?Jared – Kitslams Art Supplies used: (amazon affiliate links) ?Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paints...
by Lachri | Apr 19, 2017 | Art tips
Crow Star writes; I understand that you can’t draw something once, decide it isn’t very good, and think that you just suck at drawing that one thing. You have to practice. My question is, how long or hard do you work at one thing or medium before you...
by Lachri | Apr 19, 2017 | Art tips, Pigment Markers, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Today I’m sharing some tips and techniques for using Winsor & Newton Pigment markers and showing you how well colored pencil work over them to create soft blending and a realistic marker drawing! Winsor and Newton provided me with some of the markers...
by Lachri | Apr 12, 2017 | Art tips, Q & A
Anjali writes; Hi Lisa! I’m currently taking a Design program in college, and am required to take two drawing classes. They are focused on high-realism, and are meant to be for beginners. Meaning, I have painted before, but before this class I never drew more...
by Lachri | Apr 12, 2017 | Acrylic painting, Art tips
See how easy it is to paint fur when you first paint a monochromatic underpainting with all of your fur details then glaze your color over that! These tips and techniques work for oil painting too! If you’re a beginner struggling with creating realistic fur,...
by Lachri | Apr 5, 2017 | Art tips
Deborah writes; Hi Lisa, I saw a couple of your video where you airbrushed the background. I noticed you used 140lb hot pressed watercolor paper. I recently bought 140lb cold pressed watercolor paper. What is the difference between hot and cold pressed? Is there a...
by Lachri | Apr 5, 2017 | Art tips
I’m going to show you my layering process for drawing Phalaenopsis Orchids and Clownfish in colored pencil! I’ve got tips and techniques for blending, layering and getting fine detail as well as what kind of paper to use and things to be aware of when...
by Lachri | Mar 29, 2017 | Q & A
Ancy writes; I saw this statement on a local art gallery’s facebook page, and would like to know if you agree: “When artists are younger or inexperienced, they don’t really know where they’re going, where they’ll end up, what the future...
by Lachri | Mar 29, 2017 | Acrylic painting, Art tips, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
In this time lapse painting lesson, I’m going to show you how to paint a landscape with mountains and flowers and a deer in acrylics. See how I use the airbrush on the background to creat an out of focus look which adds depth to the hand painted foreground and...
by Lachri | Mar 22, 2017 | Acrylic painting, Art tips, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Did you know you can use Liquitex Pouring medium as a background for an acrylic painting? With a few simple tricks you can create something both realistic and abstract! Make sure you let your pouring medium portion dry for at least 3 days before you paint your subject...
by Lachri | Mar 22, 2017 | Acrylic painting, Art tips, Vlogs
Uggg… You just KNEW you should have changed into paint clothes before you started painting. But you haven’t gotten paint on yourself in months! You should be fine right?? I do this to myself all the time. While normally I just leave the paint in the...
by Lachri | Mar 15, 2017 | Art tips
Take a tour around my studio with me in this 360° video! Want to see a better view of how I have my supplies stored? Check out this video after to get ideas for your own art supply...
