Lisa Libby

Lisa Libby is a portrait artist whose work is highly influenced by the post-impressionist movement. While she does focus on painting mainly portraits, she experiments with various subjects and styles. No subject is off limits. She is a curious artist who studies other artist painting techniques and styles.

Process:

Lisa’s process for painting a piece begins with a fast painted outline Once the outline is mapped out on the canvas, Lisa blocks out the darkest shaded areas and lightest points. Her first focus when beginning new work is to lay down the light and shade and then introduces shapes of color. She paints fast for the first layer and then slows down when fine tuning the details. Most of her artwork is finished in 3-5 sessions, taking sometimes 1-week to a month to complete. She likes to allow her work to breath and sometimes leaves it on the easel to observe and tweak as needed. However, once she feels the inspiration fading, she knows it’s time to finish up the details and lay the varnish. She enjoys taking several photos of unfinished work in various lighting and angles to observe how the portrait feels under different light and to archive her process. In the past, the last step of finishing her work was to sign her nam...

Bay State College
Miami Institute of Fine Art and Design