Workshop Photos!

I'm catching up on fun events from last year and one terrific experience was my Still Life In Oil workshop hosted by Paint St. Louis.  Below is my painting from the workshop along with some photos from that class.  I had the best students!  If you are interested in a pastel or oil workshop, check out this link:  LISA OBER WORKSHOPS

"Sweet Somethings"      Oil on panel        16 X 14

Pastel Society of America Signature Membership status

I am very happy to learn that the Pastel Society of America has granted me signature status!  That is very exciting.  This is the first time I have applied so I am thrilled.  I'm told I can now put the initials PSA behind my name.

15th Annual Pastel 100 Win!

HOORAY! The 15th Annual Pastel 100 winners have been announced and guess what? I made the list! Second place in the Still LIfe and Floral category. How fun is that? And I will receive pastels to top it all off! I believe the Pastel 100 issue will be April's issue of Pastel Journal in which the competition winners will appear. Anyhow, check out the list. Congratulations to all the folks on the list. I can't wait to see all the paintings.  Here is the winning painting:

Fantastic Results at Still Life Workshop in Arkansas!

I've just returned from a successful workshop in Gravette, Arkansas and had a fantastic time!  The students were fantastic and I had an opportunity to visit Crystal Bridges Museum as well.  Below are some photos of my visit.  You can see what a terrific job everyone did.  I can't wait to go back in February of next year for a portrait workshop.  If you are interested in joining me, please click here.

This is my demo piece, almost finished.  Just  a few little touch-ups not shown.  Happily, it found a home with my host in Gravette.

Lisa Ober has a new website! You may want to switch your hosting!

I'm pretty cheap when it comes to paying for website hosting and design.  I understand that professional web designers who do a great job deserve every penny they get, but I update my website so frequently that I cannot justify paying to have someone do it for me.  For many years I have maintained my own website using various companies with varying degrees of success.

Enter Weebly.  It's the perfect tool for artists, photographers, or anyone wanting a professional looking website that can be up and running in about 5 minutes...including e-commerce sites.  For FREE (basic site) or at a REALLY great price (bells and whistles) they offer a drag and drop website that does everything I could ever want a website to do.  It is SO easy to use.  It's entirely customizable.  It is optimized for mobile and even has an app allowing you to edit your site from your mobile device.  I have never seen anything like it.  So I have just made the switch.  Check it out and I think you will agree.  Here is my new site:  Lisa Ober's new website.  Let me know if you decide to give it a try!

Here's a little screen shot: