Sketchbooks and Human Experience
One thing I really love about sketchbooks is that they’re all about exploring. What’s on the...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Thursday, March 30th, 2023
One thing I really love about sketchbooks is that they’re all about exploring. What’s on the...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
I’ve got a new sketchbook nearly full of a bunch of new experimental graphite sketches and wanted...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
-By Vanessa & Ron Lemen Below is a Q&A about what it’s like to be an Artist...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, January 7th, 2023
Hello and Happy New Year! I’m emerging from hibernation as we enter the new year to share a new...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, December 10th, 2022
I read a quote on NPR the other day that said “Doing just 20 minutes of improv a day can increase...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, November 12th, 2022
Some folks have asked me about some of the marks I make and what brushes make those marks. I use...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, October 15th, 2022
I have the honor of being one of the judges for this year’s Illustration West 61 competition....
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, September 17th, 2022
I’m sharing another video of my painting process here again today. This one is a new painting...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, August 20th, 2022
I’m sharing a couple videos, in two parts, of the process of a recent painting. The painting is...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, July 23rd, 2022
I’m sharing a peek at a quick video (below) of a warm-up mark-making session I filmed recently....
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, June 25th, 2022
Some notes and tips inspired by observations made while teaching oil painting I’ve noticed a...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, May 28th, 2022
This painting was finished recently for an upcoming group exhibition, The Enchanted Brush...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, April 2nd, 2022
Finished up this painting recently, and I’m sharing some notes on the tools I used to create...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, March 5th, 2022
Disappearing Landscape is a treasure of an art book featuring the work of Vachagan Narazyan, one...
Read MorePosted by Vanessa Lemen | Saturday, February 5th, 2022
I finished this painting recently and wanted to share some notes on the process. What...
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