Lisa Hobbs-Martynec

2011-05-25T19:39:00.001-07:00

Another piece for my Aunt's charity. (Guideposts Trust in England) This piece was very fluid and went quickly. I am very happy with the color pallette and will probably use it again. This is a small format watercolor (8" x 10"). Really feeling more comfortable with the paints. But not getting as many pieces done as I would like to. Only one a year is pretty bad! Better get back to work on some more. Thanks for looking.

2010-05-12T20:21:00.000-07:00

Here is the companion piece to my last entry. Watercolor 10 x 14. I had fun painting the hedgehogs and might attempt some other "cute and furry" animals for my next pieces. Don't have any on the table yet so I better go get some inspiration! Thanks for checking out my art. Will try to get some more up sooner than later!

2010-03-23T20:19:00.000-07:00

As usual it has been too long since my last post. But here is the latest for your enjoyment. This is the second Christmas card attempt for my aunt's charity. "Waiting" apparently did very well. Small format again (approximately 6 x 8) and in watercolor. Hopefully I won't be up on any copyright infringement charges! The companion piece to this one will hopefully be coming in a few months. Stay tuned!

2009-06-17T20:12:00.001-07:00

Here is the latest! Had fun designing this one. As usual, it didn't quite get to where I wanted it to go but I am happy with the final result. Surprisingly, this is the first piece I prefer to see the hard copy of rather than digitally. It is still a learning process. I am sure it always will be. Done in watercolor again, the size is approximately 13 x 17. And yes, I did mean for the feet to look like that. (Jason has been harrassing me about them!) Enjoy! Now on to the next piece!

2009-03-10T21:31:00.000-07:00

Wow. It has been too long. But back in the swing of things again. This is a small watercolor (8x10) so I "finished" it rather quickly. My aunt and cousin work for a charity in England and asked me to do a Christmas card for them. Not sure if this will be used but I really like the way it turned out. I stayed with a very traditional approach to the medium with just a hint of my own style. So this is probably the most mainstream imagery you will see from me. .....but then who knows. I really enjoyed it. (Although I am still pretty bad at posting corrected imagery so take the color/contrast with a grain of salt.)

2008-05-30T20:39:00.000-07:00

Better late than never. Took me a while to complete this piece. (14 x 18 watercolor) I am very happy with how it turned out. Started pretty bad but the end result is very satisfying. Still have a long way to go but I feel I am making progress.

2008-02-27T21:19:00.000-08:00

I have decided to call this one finished. Detail that I added and shading isn't very visible at this size. I also did a better job with digital color adjustment on this one. Will work to improve things in the next painting. Overall I like the end product in this one so much more than I expected to. Image size 16x20, watercolor on hot press paper.

2008-02-25T19:57:00.001-08:00

Well, finally another piece completed. This one was done as a mural (40"x 60" total on two canvases) for a friends nursery. It is the map of the original "Wind in the Willows" artwork by E. H. Sheppard. Strictly a copy job but I loved doing it for her. This was done in my familiar medium of acrylics. Now it is back to finishing my "Stubborn" piece. Should be posting it in the next few weeks. Then onto a new piece involving a very large hat!

2008-01-16T19:12:00.000-08:00

This is a waterbased oil painting I did of Jason's grandparents a few years ago. It isn't the greatest image of it (taken with a camera off the wall quickly) but thought I would throw it up here. I love the picture of them but not being very skilled with oil paints it didn't come out as romantically as I imagined.

2008-01-15T20:26:00.001-08:00

Still working on this piece, but wanted to put something out there to get things going. My first watercolor in years. A little rusty but still enjoying it. This may end up as just a "study."