Art Doll Adventurer gets to paint!

Life guard stand in Carlsbad at dusk



Oh Dear! This color looks so dull on my monitor!
It was warm and striking and the painting looks very richly colored!
Hopefully your monitor will render it with the vibrancy the evening deserved.

I decided to try a sketch last night just to see if I still remembered how to do it and still liked the process... I do... I have an easel named Daddy Longlegs that I have loved for years, a French easel, and ever so dapper, but Longlegs is missing a few screws! Upp and wing nuts and well, he is just so darned heavy. So I am off to find a lighter alternative. Anyone have any suggestions?

Enjoy the evening, LI

See Me Grinning!

Yeah! The book is out in the world!

It seems to be seeping from the east coast - New York was the first "sighting" - towards this side of the country where it has yet to land in my mail box... I am hopeful for the mail tomorrow.

I have been working all weekend on creating blogs and generally thrashing around helplessly in Dreamweaver! Blogging is much easier, and oh, so addicting!

Here is the new website which will be updated... Hummmm... After I go buy a BOOK on Dreamweaver!

http://www.artdolladventures.com

And

Here is the new art doll adventures blog!

http://www.artdolladventures.blogspot.com

Enjoy! Create! Share! And Play! Li

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to summer!

One of our "book dolls" waves you into the new season with wishes of a beach-full of creative inspirations!

Here is a little site that I made last week.
http://www.artdolladventures.com

Ahhh you say, where are the pictures? Whats with all of the black? hummm is this really the Li I know? Yes! it is a work in process, more soon.

In the meantime click on the Amazon link to see more and make comments!

Later, LI

li and anna

Just trying to see if this works...

Introducting.... The first cover for Art Doll Adventures!

It will come out in June of 07, as you can imagine, I can hardly wait! Here is the little blurb the Publishing Co wrote about it. Stay tuned for info and updates!

Art Doll Adventures
Exploring Projects and Processes through Cultural Traditions
Lisa Li Hertzi
Doll-making inspired by cultural icons

Finding meaning in your art is one thing; doing it for the fun of the creation is another. How do they go together? Making dolls inspired by cultural icons brings new meaning to your work and helps you connect with larger universal truths. Doll makers are very conscious of and interested in the history of the human/female figure and cultural icons, and often use them as starting points for their designs. Spirit dolls, African icons, goddess figures, and Hopi katichinas are all popular forms.

Using history as a starting point, Lisa-Li Hertzi has created five exciting doll projects, inspired by five very different cultural and historical icons/figures. Through the projects, she explores the creative process, the meaning and significance of each figure, and teaches techniques that doll makers are currently experimenting with: journaling, collage, mixed media, and found objects. Each doll is presented as a step-by-step project with complete instructions, and is followed by a gallery featuring interpretations by leading doll artists of the same cultural figure. Fantastic full color illustrations and patterns by the author are included.

Lisa-Li Hertzi is a professional illustrator, graphic designer, and artist, and runs the art department for Squadra Inc. USA. She is known for her eclectic line of cloth doll patterns, ranging from the Boulder Goddess which is based very roughly on the Venus of Willendorf, to Lilly, a Feisty cowgirl to the EarthSky Man, who was inspired by a raft trip down the Colorado River. She is a popular teacher, using both her patterns and classes to explore art, science, history, the figure, color, and more.