Dutch Artist Creates Enchanting Portraits Of Women

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Anita C
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“Art plays a very big part of my life. It’s what I wake up to and go to bed with,” artist Lisa den Teuling says about her passion for art. Inspired by everything that surrounds her, she creates illustrations based on women, animals, and nature.

“I always start with a certain subject and create a mindmap around it. I do some word associations and create a mood board and color scheme. The first part of this process is mainly intuitive. After this, I start connecting the dots and I sketch a few ideas, of which I work out one of them. Which will then become the final piece,” the visual concept developer, who is also the owner of Studio Lisa based in The Netherlands said in an interview for Ballpit and added that she uses mixed media when creating her illustrations. However, she has recently become obsessed with digital art.

If you are curious to see her work, check out the gallery below. Don’t forget to follow her on Instagram for future updates.

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’Shining a light on what’s important’🌿 – This is my version for #growdtiys – Which is a draw this in your style challenge from Grow Artzine. If you haven’t heard of what they are doing, definitely check them out: @grow.artzine They are 40+ artists who united against the amazonian deforestation. – I was so inspired by what they where doing that I wanted to participate in some way. – Really enjoyed making this aside from all the client work that I have to do! – Would love to know what you think of it? – Swipe to see the original✨ – – – – – – – – Made with @procreate – – – #editorialillustration #illo #womenwhodraw #womenofillustration #illustraties #procreateart #illustree #illustragram #freelanceillustrator #femaleportraits #illustration_art #illustration #ilustracion #illustratie #illustratrice #procreate #femaleillustrator #digitalillustration #illustrationartist #illustrationwork #procreateapp #friendsofillustration #studiolisa #conceptualart #femaleempowerment #versatileart #femaleillustrator #illustagram #climatechange

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You are enough✨ Powerful women week day: 7 – I can not believe that it is the last day of Powerfulwomen week! – I want to thank all of you who participated! I never thought it would get as big as it got! The empowerment was/is insane and I felt every bit of it. I hope you all did as well! I love with how many new illustrators I got to connect during this week and how much new talent I discovered. To me this is truly the power of social media! – And of course I want to give a massive thanks to the amazingly talented illustrators who joined me in hosting this challenge: @asiaorlando_ @barbaratamilin @badass.femme @mcmeillustration @petrabraunillustration @weronika.salach @_maggiestephenson_ @nancychalmers_ I had so much fun creating this challenge together and I can’t believe all of your talent💚 – It doesn’t mean that the focus on powerful women should stop after this week! The challenge is over but we as powerful women are certainly not! – I hope you all have enjoyed yourselfs with this challenge and got inspired! Thank you so much for all your excitement and encouraging comments/shares and likes. It means the world! – Hopefully we will be able to do another Powerful women week next year! – And remember, you are enough! – – – – – – – – Made with @procreate – – – #powerfulwomenweek #illustrationchallenge #illustratorsofinstagram #youareenough #empoweringwomen #womenofillustration #femaleartists #illo #illustration #digitalart #illustrationartist #artistsofinstagram #illustrationchallenge #womenwhodraw #studiolisa #illustration_daily #illustrated #editorialillustration #illustratie #illustrationnow #procreate #ilustracion #femaleillustrator #womenwithpencils #illustratrice #illustration_art #illustree #magazineillustration #illustrationdesign #illustrationhowl

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Be your own queen👑 – I had the most interesting encounter with an older lady a couple of weeks ago. She stopped in the street and started to talk to me. She talked about my hair, how much she liked it and how she used to have hair until her ankles. And how she used to love to float on the water with her long hair surrounding her. – The conversation started very random. She then asked me how old I thought she was and told me she was 86. Only 14 years from being 100 years old, she told me. ‘You can’t tell.’ I said. ‘That’s why I tell everyone, it makes me feel young’, she said and smiled. She took of her glasses, she had these big purple sunglasses. And underneath these glasses where the most piercing blue eyes I have ever seen. – She then got serious and told me something along the lines of: ‘You are going to have a lot of obstacles in your life, everyone does. But the most important thing is to stay positive. And believe in yourself. Whatever people think or say about you, you should be your own queen!’ – Before I could thank her she walked away and waved and said ‘ciao!’ – I was left completely startled but felt very inspired. Such a random encounter, but such an important message. – When I got home I immediately started to draw. I had to create an illustration about this woman, the message and the situation. – I also created a video whilst creating this illustration, you can see that on my youtube channel: Studio Lisa – – – – – – – – – #editorialillustration #illustration #editorial #editorialart #editorialdesign #concept #conceptual #conceptualart #conceptualdrawing #procreate #procreatedrawing #illustratie #artwork #llustrationart #illo #ilustracja #ilustración #illustratie #illustratrice #femaleillustrator #versatileart #versatileartist #studiolisa #womenwhodraw #illustagram #editorialartist #creativefreelancer #creative_journey #womenofillustration

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I am joining ‘Our Planet Week’🌿🌎 – Swipe to see the proces video! – This is a challenge/movement created to use creativity to call attention to care more about our planet and help get through this rough period of pollution, fires, unawareness, government indifference and so much more! – The challenge is created by these amazing illustrators: @belliesartboutique @corahlouiseillustration @dancelstudio @asiaorlando_ @elenig @hollymaguireuk @julika.illustration @lizarusalskaya @_maggiestephenson_ @rachel_winkle – Thanks lovely ladies for making this challenge happen! – I am going to try to join in with as much prompts as I can! – And I would like to encourage all of you to join as well!!😊 – – – – – – – – – This illustration is completely made in @procreate with the beautiful watercolor brushes created by @maxulichney 💚 – – – – – – – – @ourplanetweek #ourplanetweek #drawthechange #digitalillustration #digitalsketch #illustrationwork #illustrationartist #procreate #illustrationart #illo #natureillustration #femaleillustrator #illustration_art #ipadproart #studiolisa #illustrationoftheday #illustratoroninstagram #womenwhodraw #illustrating #illustratie #digitaldrawing #illustrationnow #illustration #illustree #womenofillustration #procreateapp #artoftheday #illustrated #editorialillustration #editorialillustrations #womenartists

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