Monday, July 19, 2010

OK! So I Skipped Ahead!

Recently, my long anticipated "Drawing Lab" book arrived and much to my absolute excitement, I discovered that one of my all time favorite artists had a tutorial in it. Which I found to be super exciting because whenever I look at her work, I always find myself saying, "How'd she do that?" I am fascinated by her things. She is Liesel Lund and although we have never met, I love her. I check her blog for new things every, single day, I think and when I found that she had posted the pictures from her "Drawing Lab" tutorial, only bigger, I decided to give it a try, even though it was found at the back of the book, I just went for it. So instead of drawing "cats in bed" (lesson 1) I skipped ahead. I NEVER skip ahead. This is SO unlike me. I have to do things in order, especially if a book tells me to. But I was so excited and I just did it.
Here's what I ended up with after following Liesel's tutorial, which can be found on her blog HERE. I started with a teeny, tiny, picture of a pink geranium and "Lieselized" it. This was so much fun. It used just about every type of medium, except collage, and did I mention it was fun? You just have to try it. In fact, I ended up trying it on one of my "cats in bed" (yes, I went back to lesson 1, I'm not completely liberated yet) but I will have to show you that another day. Oh, and here's another great reason to check out Liesel's blog today, she's giving away a copy of "Drawing Lab". Trust me, you really want it.

4 comments:

  1. Very nice! I hope you are feeling better. We will see ya later on today!

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  2. What a beautiful piece of art! I have not heard of Liesel Lund or Lieselizing (what a fun word!), but am headed to her site now! Thanks for sharing your beautiful art, and Liesel with us! Happy creating!!!

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  3. Oh this is fabulous, when I clicked on it to enlarge I discovered even more colors... You can skip ahead anytime. If anyone gives you grief tell the Queen said so. Ha Ha... I knew that Liesel was in the book and that you would love that. I am glad you went ahead and did her style and that is was so much fun too!

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  4. Hi Jolene! I love what you created! How fun! Thanks for all your kind words! It makes me really happy to know that the tutorial inspired you to try something new and to surprise yourself. I'm so glad that you followed your heart's desire and skipped ahead! Good for you! And isn't it fun to create with so many mediums? : ) I hope you enjoy the rest of the book! Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm and your beautiful art. Have a delightful day! Liesel

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