Artist of the Day: John Lisle
John Lisle
LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY
PRIMARY MEDIA: Colored pencils, acrylic, watercolor, pencil, paper, digital [Photoshop, Illustrator], fabric paint
EDUCATION:
University of North Texas [BFA, general arts & design, 2009]
MAJOR PROJECTS:
Hand-painted scribble suit [personal work]
Cut-out paper projects [personal work]
WHAT IS THE MOST VALUABLE PIECE OF ARTISTIC ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER RECEIVED, AND FROM WHO?
I find there are two things that come into my head the most often when I’m working. They are:
- Spread color throughout a piece, so the eye doesn’t get stuck on a spot of color that only occurs in one place. Unless it’s intentional. That’s from my college watercolor professor.
- Jillian Tamaki once tweeted something along the lines of, ‘Explore new ideas/techniques with your freelance work.’
