lisahuntart | May 11, 2012
I’m offering a Ghosts & Spirits Tarot limited edition kit numbered 25. As of this writing, nearly 10 orders have been placed by individuals from as far away as Thailand. I’m always excited to put packages of my art creations together for people. For the custom colored-pencil drawings, the keywords so far have included: raven, enchantment, cat, Rainbow Bridge, dreamer and reincarnation…
Category: Announcements, Bird Oracle, Custom Drawings, Fairy Tale Corners, Family, Ghosts & Spirits Tarot, Music, Out and About, Paino, tarot |
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Tags: art award, artwork, bird, courage, creativity, drawing, Ghosts & Spirits Tarot, grouse-shapeshifter, Impressions, inspiration, Kyra Kramer, piano recital, studio, watercolors
lisahuntart | January 5, 2012
The transition from 2011 to 2012 was a mix of excitement and tumult. We finally finished our kitchen, with a mere few days to spare before visitors descended on Chez Hunt-Kramerville. During that period of “out with the old/in with the new”–my press sheets for Ghosts & Spirits Tarot finally arrived…
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lisahuntart | December 20, 2011
I just mailed out the last of Holiday orders—drawing right up until the last possible moment to assure delivery of goodies. I can happily report that I have completed and mailed almost 40 Spirit Drawings in the last few months. What a ride and what a great way to keep everything energized in the studio!…
Category: Announcements, Family, Ghosts & Spirits Tarot, Inspiration, Life Lessons, Out and About |
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Tags: artwork, bird, black belt, drawing, Ghosts & Spirits Tarot, Lynn University, piano recital, tae kwon do
lisahuntart | November 18, 2011
Artist and model Tamara Newman sent me a beautiful photo of herself to use as inspiration for a bird shapeshifter piece. I immediately knew I had to draw her. I loved how she pulled up her hair and looked to the sky as if she was about to open her wings and fly into the heavens of endless possibilities…
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lisahuntart | November 4, 2011
I’m not a big fan of using photographic reference. For me, I feel it tends to impede my creative flow. But sometimes a photograph will provide the artist with a peek at the world from a new point of view. When I rely too much on my own mental resources without refreshing the internal well, there is a potential for stagnation and redundancy…
Category: Announcements, Bird Oracle, Family, Inspiration |
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Tags: contest, creativity, drawing, Emily Carding, Flamingo Gardens, humble, inspiration, Lesley Morrison, Moxie Nox, painting, parrot, parrot-shapeshifter, photographic reference, PTA Reflections Contest, shapeshifter, The Healing Wisdom of Birds, watercolors
lisahuntart | October 28, 2011
When the fed ex guy dropped off a fat box from my art director at U.S. Games, my happy dance alarm threw me into a whirl as I quickly tore into its contents. Out came the final Ghosts & Spirits Tarot manuscript, card back designs, card art and the long-awaited cover designs. It is hard to describe how one feels when one first lays eyes on pieces of production, but it is similar to seeing one’s artwork or earned award newly framed and hanging on the wall…
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lisahuntart | September 30, 2011
Here are the first four “spirit drawings” I’ve rendered for customers. I really enjoy receiving keywords such as “bird”, “bear”, “Shaman Spirit” and turning them into art. Like the custom soul drawings of last year, these are created with a spontaneous flourish—using the recipient’s words as my guide…
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lisahuntart | September 21, 2011
I always start with big bold watercolor washes, letting the paint flow as it will. It’s very much a “wait and see what happens” exercise and is the least premeditated part of the piece. I used several different blues, greens, and reds to achieve layers of rich hues. I purposely left some whites of the paper—it just felt right…
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lisahuntart | August 22, 2011
Here I am posing with the legendary Stuart Kaplan, tarot authority and founder of U.S. Games Systems. I enjoyed having lunch with this charismatic genius who has brought so many visionary decks and products to fruition. He knows his stuff! Not only that, but the brownie ala mode that Stuart had ordered for me was the best I ever had…
Category: Announcements, tarot, Travel |
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Tags: Animals Divine Tarot, artwork, Bobbie Bensaid, creativity, games, Ghosts & Spirits Tarot, inspiration, Lynn Araujo, Pamela Colman Smith, Paula Palmer, Stuart Kaplan, tarot art, The Encyclopedia of Tarot, U.S. Games Systems
lisahuntart | July 15, 2011
One of the most common questions I get as a professional watercolorist is: “How long does it take you to paint a picture?”. That’s a fair question though not an easy one to answer. It depends on a variety of factors including: subject matter, the amount of detail, how a painting flows along and even the level of distraction one may have to reconcile when one is working in one’s home. I can say this for sure: I’m a much more efficient and confident painter now than I was 20 years ago…
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