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Bold Ink Drawings…

April 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment

I started doing these bold ink drawings a few years ago with a class I took with Carla Sonheim,
it was fascinating how one can break the ice (fear) of the blank page!
And how new ideas and concepts come about, as this “Personitas” series (little people)

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Once again, I have committed to the #The100DayProject2019 on IG, which started on April 2nd.
Here is more info.

Bold Ink drawing by Lisa RivasWe are now on day 19, you can follow me here: #100daysofboldink
I did start ahead so to have a bit of a back up in the posting and I’m not planning on doing 100 consecutive days, that is too difficult! Plus…

…my observations on this challenge is that you do discover a lot about your style,
but you stop being authentic and motivated after about 65 to 80 days in the project.
It also takes over your life and affects your true flow, it becomes a numbers game.

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The little people must be sacred to the big ones,
and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.
~Victor Hugo

   

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…more FLORA in the Shop!

April 23, 2019 · Leave a Comment

A new flora collection is being introduced in my SHOP, the KINDRED BOTANY!

This new botanical collection is from 100 small drawings of fantastic flora.
Each small drawing in itself turns to meet the possibilities of the digital world
where it is reborn in a related image. A very limited edition of 5 prints of each image.

Visit: KINDRED BOTANY at my shop, it is a very easy shop to navigate and super secured!
More on this specific collection here: https://lisarivas.com/kindred-botany/


I want to create a market where people from all walks of life can encounter each other
in an atmosphere of beautiful chaos,
the coming together of kindred souls. ~Rei Kawakubo

   

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…some Rolling Colors!

April 21, 2019 · Leave a Comment

• First I had some toast, bacon and eggs…
• Then I went outside to enjoy the garden and…
• Look what I found in the nooks and crannies outside…
• A beautiful array of eggs perfectly outfitted!

• HAPPY EASTER to you ALL!

Reason enough for me to call them • • • “Rolling Colors” • • •
Easter Eggs handcrafted by Lisa Rivas © 2015 (inquiries are welcomed)

Click here to purchase

Easter is not a time for groping through dusty,
musty tomes or tombs to disprove spontaneous generation or even to prove life eternal.
It is a day to fan the ashes of dead hope,
a day to banish doubts and seek the slopes where the sun is rising,
to revel in the faith which transports us out of ourselves and,
the dead past into the vast and inviting unknown.
~Author unknown

   

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Serendipity …is a happy-dance!

May 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Creating art is often a happy situation, but it requires a certain stance.

One of pushing the envelope of serendipity, with a bit of photographic memory…
eventually (quicker than expected) it will reach that “imaginative” image.

And then (maybe) see a little story coming thru.

I wish that it could be as simple as that, but usually,
it takes, even more pushing and nudging, to make that magic happen!

Here is an example of setting forth:

Start with forcing a branch… tis a Dogwood!

…so lovely, look at it’s lines + shadows…

 

It’s an ever-flow of song and dance…

..and a bit of “solo” in the umbras!

 

Now let that imagination fly, one will see all kinds of activity!

 

Outline all that pertinacity spotted…

…also exalting shapes into view!


…this got ever so very complicated!

Almost Puzzle-Like…

Now for even more considerate scrutiny, finding the stanzas…

 

 

 

The Tip © Lisa Rivas
Is located in the upper left hand corner.

 

 

 

What secret is that? © Lisa Rivas
Is spotted towards the middle left-hand side.

 

 

 

Did you know? © Lisa Rivas
Sits on the bottom left corner.


“What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.“ ~Jose Manuel Barroso

 

 

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…happy spent bulbs!

February 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment

…among discards and rejects there are treasures,
tiny trees, small stars, dots of color,
…when recovered and loved,
they turn into gems of hope!

discarded bulbs

Spent bulbs for the garden, hidden gifts.


Product Highlight

Now in my shop!

Pied-a-Coudre by LisaRivas

Pied á Coudre means sewing foot in French

 

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