lisahuntart | December 2, 2011
After taking a week off to work on remodeling the kitchen, I came back to the studio with an abundance of stored-up creative energy. The result was successive, almost explosive dances with my pencils…
Category: Custom Drawings, Family, Spirit Drawings |
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Tags: alphabeasts, artwork, bird, creativity, drawing, spirit drawings
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…
Category: Announcements, Bird Oracle, Family, Inspiration |
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Tags: animal, artwork, bird, creativity, drawing, Lisa Hunt, oracle, shapeshifter, Tamara Newman, watercolors
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…
Category: Announcements, Family, Ghosts & Spirits Tarot, tarot |
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Tags: artwork, Ghosts & Spirits Tarot, Lisa Hunt, painting, tarot, U.S. Games Systems, watercolors
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…
Category: Announcements, Custom Drawings, Family, Spirit Drawings |
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Tags: artwork, creativity, drawing, Lisa Hunt, sketching, spirit drawings
lisahuntart | September 12, 2011
As many of you may know, I recently spent a few weeks up North visiting my childhood haunts in Connecticut. Fortunately I was able to capture some beautiful photos before Hurricane Irene descended on the woods and wreaked havoc in my old neighborhood. My poor parents lost a lot of trees, as to be expected in an area inhabited by so many of these formidable giants.
Category: Bird Oracle, Family, Inspiration, Life Lessons, Out and About, Pets, Travel |
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Tags: animal, artwork, bird nest, birds, Connecticut, creativity, inspiration, Lisa Hunt, painting, Patrick Dougherty, shapeshifter, The Florence Griswold Museum, trees, watercolors, woods
lisahuntart | August 7, 2011
I was and still am a daydreamer. What does that oft misunderstood term mean to me? For me, it’s about letting my foot dangle in the cool waters of dream imagery–where the slightest, most unassuming thing can initiate a fit of daydreaming, active imagination, and fantasizing. Basically, when I’m not drawing, painting or writing, I’m thinking about drawing, painting and writing, at least on a subconscious level…
Category: Bird Oracle, Family, Inspiration, Pets |
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Tags: active imagination, artwork, bird, clouds, creativity, daydreaming, doodles, drawing, dreams, inspiration, Kort Kramer, Lesley Morrison, Lisa Hunt, loon, shapeshifter, sketching, subconscious
lisahuntart | July 29, 2011
Mom was a stunning woman. She had that jaw-dropping beauty that made heads turn. She reminded me of Elizabeth Montgomery from Bewitched fame, a TV show I loved watching as a kid. From my point of view, Mom breathed magic. But more than that, Mom was an artist and a darn good storyteller too. She was beautiful and brilliant, everything I hoped to be…
Category: Family, Inspiration, Life Lessons |
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Tags: analytical psychology, artwork, creativity, drawing, Fairy Tale, illustrating, inspiration, mom, märchen, sketching, writing
lisahuntart | July 22, 2011
Just when I thought I was done with spring cleaning, I spontaneously decided to clean my bookcases. Like my editor said to me on a Facebook post about this latest ambitious endeavor: “Sometimes cleaning out the cobwebs is good for the psyche and the soul!”…
Category: Books, Family, Life Lessons, Pets |
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Tags: books, eBooks, Home, intellectual stimulation, library, Sleeping Beauty
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…
Category: Announcements, Bird Oracle, Family, Life Lessons |
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Tags: animal, artwork, bird, bird oracle, Donovan, heron, journey, Lisa Hunt, painting, Shapeshifter Tarot, studio, watercolors