Merch!

     I've been updating my Society6 page some and below you will find the link to access some available merch on my Society6 page. Ships right to your door step, great for affordable prints and gifts. There you will find tote bags, throw pillows, mugs, shower curtains, framed prints and even wallpaper!

www.society6.com/lisangart

Sssspring Is Here!

Snake In The Bathroom 48 x 48 x 1.6 inches 2019 $6500

     Spring is here and I finished my painting! I heard this funny story about how snakes have been known to hide in the pipes of homes for warmth when it's cold out and now that winter is gone, this snake's making its presence known. This by far has been my most challenging snake painting. I'm most proud of the way I've looped the snake in and out of itself, sort of making a tangled mess, climbing up the walls, snaking around the sink, coming in and out of the sink and spilling out of the bathtub. It took a few tries drawing it out, weaving the body back and forth to get the right composition I wanted. Anyway I've put it in storage for now until interest comes knocking. For now I've put it available on my Saatchiart.com page and my LISA NG ART Easy page. 

     Really happy how shadows make the head pop out and the way the marble tiling came out. I used medium to thin out the paints to achieve that marble like effect.

     Close up of the snake's belly, pressing up the glass of the shower.

     These scales took a long time! Check out that snake belly, I like how it added variety to all the green scales in this particular composition.

     Spilling out of the bathtub.

     Snakes are interesting to draw and paint. They can be simple like just one line, or they can be tangled, or they can outline the contours of its environment like how this part snoops against the windowsill and toilet. The toilet holder is all gold, all class too.

     Marble tiling, I'm so happy with the way this turned out. This, I think it's my best marble tiling I've painted. I studied a lot of marble trying to achieve this effect. I looked at green marble, lime green marble, white marble and sort of combined all those elements to get the right kind of marble I desired.

     The snake stretches to the ceiling too, exploring that use of space.

     Looping along the golden bath mat here.

     I love the way pink and green look together. I didn't want to overdo it with the pink as I sometimes do but used only a very selective amount, for the bar soap only. I think it looks nice with the green and the gold faucet. 

     Piles and piles of more snake and shadow and some water puddles too.

     Here it is in my studio so you can get a better idea of the scale of this painting. It takes up a lot of space! It's a little sad having to put it away for now, it's occupied my brain for 3 or 4 months this snake! A whole season goes by from start to finish with one of these giant animal paintings.

     Anyway, I've already begun my next painting now. Already I am excited, I love creation.

PAINT TIP: Painting Translucence

Been on a hot streak as of late and feeling so honoured to have been informed I've exerted so much artistic influence over my peers (I do have an effect on people!) I wanted to impart a bit of wisdom to those who have embarked on their own personal journey in the world of painting. My late high school art and philosophy teacher, Doug Moore (scroll way back to find out more) taught me about this and today I share it with you.

Today's lesson is painting translucence. In the photoshop world I would call it the opacity tool. In the paint world it is called the medium. Purchasable at any art supply store, it is a thick, sorta whitish, sorta clear substance that comes in a bottle. I prefer the matte one over glossy just because it mixes well with my matte acrylic paints. 

Here is what you can do with it. Below is a bubble, although there are probably? plenty of YouTube videos that may teach you how to do this, this is my first exercise. Paint a bubble. Below I have painted the background first, including the pattern. I then took a white and with a tiny paint brush, painted the wobbly circular, contour outline of the bubble. Next, I mixed just a little bit of white into the medium and with a larger brush, painted in a thin layer of translucent white in the white circle. I used layers of different amounts of white in the medium to make some parts of the bubble look more white than others. This gave my bubble a more shiny, round look.

Taking it a few steps further, medium is great for painting skin. Skin is not flat, it does not contain of just 1 colour or 2 but several! Skin consists of many, many different tones. I thinned each one out with medium and painted them in layers. Skin has blue veins and red arteries and freckles and folds and dips and curves and moles and various gradients of different tones and shades. Mixing different colours with medium aids this translucent quality, mimicking the way a pink or brown skin overlaps blue veins for example, and all that is underneath.

Life is multidimensional, sometimes simplistic but mostly complicated. Our feelings contain a multitude of concerns, a vast spectrum of depth, an array of colours, tones and patterns, hopefully you will find this bit of knowledge useful in capturing all that, much luck!

The Green Anole Lizard USA Take Over

Collective Arts Brew Series 12 US Apply Cherry Cider

Wonderful news! My Green Anole Lizard painting has been selected to be featured on Collective Arts Brewing, Series 12, Apple Cherry Cider, limited edition run beer cans! Only available in the USA unfortunately, but available all across the USA!! Above is a photo of the painting in can format, I'll let you know when and where they can be purchased as information comes available.

I'm featured today on their instagram @collectivebrew and on their website wherein you'll find my short bio and my answers to, "How did you get started as an artist?" and "Who or what influences your art?" Give it a look to find my answers 🐉: https://collectiveartsbrewing.com/lisa-ng-feature/

Green Anole Lizard acrylic on canvas 12 x 12 x 1.5 inches 2018 $500