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...
by Lachri | Mar 14, 2017 | Art tips, Colored Pencil, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
See how I use the airbrush to create a bokeh background for my colored pencil blue and gold macaw drawing. I’m sharing tips and techniques on blending colored pencil with odorless mineral spirits (OMS) that are going to be helpful for beginners and advanced...
by Lachri | Mar 1, 2017 | Art tips, Oil Painting, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Part 1: How to paint clouds and water reflections in oil paint Part 2: How to paint grass and trees in oil paint This oil painting tutorial was broken up into two parts. First we are going to look at how to paint realistic looking clouds and water reflections, then...
by Lachri | Mar 1, 2017 | Art tips, Q & A
Michael writes; Hi Lisa, When drawing portraits I try to get my drawing as accurate as I possibly can to the reference photo, but once I’m done with the drawing all I can really notice are the imperfections on my subjects face. For example, most people usually...
by Lachri | Feb 28, 2017 | Art tips
Today’s critique comes from artist Alfio Raciti. You can view more of Alfio’s beautiful work at www.alfioraciti.com. There is so much to love about this piece! The soft and dark background contrasts very nicely with the tigers making them really stand out....
by Lachri | Feb 16, 2017 | Art tips, Q & A
Erin writes: I am getting into graphite pencil drawing and I just ordered my first set of Faber-Castell polychromos…Here’s my question: if your reference picture is a 4×6 photograph but you want to draw it onto a 9×12 piece of paper how do you...
