Lisa Larrabee Art

Lisa Larrabee Art is a teaching blog that shows drawing and painting techniques used and taught by the artist. Take a look behind the scenes into the artistic process.

2.25.2025

Experimental Charcoal Painting

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by Lisa Larrabee There is a strong overlap between drawing in charcoal and painting. Both processes allow you to add and subtract, blend, m...

4.02.2024

Explore, Learn & Play!

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by Lisa Larrabee One of my favorite things to do is use my teaching demos for artistic experimentation. In this example, I started with a p...

11.28.2023

Changing Direction

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by Lisa Larrabee Some of my best exploration comes from my teaching demos. Not always the demos themselves, but the paintings afterwards....

10.24.2023

Upcycle Your Painting

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by Lisa Larrabee Do you every wonder what to do with old artwork that you feel is kind of meh ? Recycle it. Better yet, upcycle it and ma...

10.08.2023

What's Relative?

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by Lisa Larrabee Value is relative. Temperature is relative. Color is relative. There is that word relative again! To simplify, all of...

8.24.2023

Paint with Charcoal

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by Lisa Larrabee Charcoal is both bold and forgiving. You can blend and smudge charcoal or sharpen it to draw with precision. Charcoal is ...

8.03.2023

Quick & Bold Graphite Studies

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by Lisa Larrabee Graphite is a staple for any artist. It can be used for a variety of purposes from doodles to stunning finished works ...

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Lisa Larrabee: I have been creating art all of my life and teaching adult art students since 2001. I love learning and experimenting with new techniques and then sharing what I've learned with others. I have found that teaching and making art go hand in hand. Being around creative, artistic people is energizing and inspiring. The learning goes both ways!

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