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Welcome to Leana Asher Studios LLC. Independent artist crafting original, custom pieces for clients who want something one-of-a-kind. See more of the work online.
I almost quit making art this year. Not because I I almost quit making art this year.Not because I stopped loving it. Because everything else ;being a single mom, health issues, hustle while keeping it together mentally and physically, everyone’s advice about staying in my lane , do this or do that. It wasn’t working. So I gave myself the smallest possible permission: just sketch. No pressure, no gallery, no plan.That sketchbook found my visual voice again, and it turns out it’s been quietly shaping my figurative oil paintings the whole time. Some days it’s oils in the studio. Other days it’s watercolor and this sketchbook outside. Two mediums, one voice, both mine.Now I’m ready for the next part: building this into a sustainable business ➡️but on healthier terms than I’ve tried before. Less hustle, more heart. I want to lean into connection, community, and creativity — building this with people, not just selling to them.That means selling my art directly to the people who connect with it. You.No map. No compass. Just building it in real time.Following along means you’re part of it from here. Hit follow — I’d love for you to see where this goes. 🎨#ArtistJourney #WomenInArt #SketchbookArtist
I almost didn’t sketch today. I was tired. I’d bee I almost didn’t sketch today.I was tired. I’d been running around all day, and I couldn’t think of one good reason to get my sketchbook out.But I did anyway.One quick sketch turned into this watercolor, and I’m calling that a win.Here’s the before and after.#Sketchbook #watercolorandink #dailysketch
No pencil. No eraser. No mistakes to hide behind. No pencil. No eraser. No mistakes to hide behind. 🖋️I’m early into a new sketchbook, and I switched it up on purpose ink and watercolor instead of oils, landscapes instead of figures. A professor once told me: if you want to grow, change your subject or change your medium. So I did both.Every mark has to count when you can’t take it back. That’s the whole point.To everyone who’s been following this sketchbook with me — thank you. More pages (and some exciting new work for you all) coming soon 👀#watercolor #inkandwash #sketchbook #landscapepainting #artprocess
I think the worst thing an artist can do is repeat I think the worst thing an artist can do is repeat themselves.It happens so easily. You find something that works, people respond to it, it sells, and before you know it you’re just making the same painting over and over with different colors. I’ve caught myself doing this. It’s comfortable. It’s also a little bit death for the work.So lately I’ve been packing a small sketchbook and getting outside with ink and watercolor instead of staying in the studio with my oils. Not because I’m done with oil painting, I’m not, not even close, but because switching mediums makes me look at things differently again. Ink doesn’t let you hide or fix your mistakes the way oil does. Watercolor has a mind of its own. Both of them have a way of humbling you a little, in a good way.I’m not sure yet what all of this is turning into. But it feels like the right kind of uncomfortable, and it’s connecting me back to why I wanted to make art in the first place, to actually see, and to feel connected to this land and to myself.More coming. Thanks for sticking around while I figure it out. 🎨#OjibweArtist #SketchbookJournal #ArtistJourney
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