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Posted on June 23, 2025June 25, 2025 by Artist Lee Suzanne Jordan

Strides for Pride 2025

Strides for Pride floral blog post header

I’m committing to 40 minutes of movement a day during June and July to raise awareness and support LGBT+ youth at Covenant House. Why am I doing this? Many LGBTQ+ adults I’ve talked to were kicked out of their parents houses or ended up on the streets when they aged out of the foster system. Children should be given love and support. I’m taking a few small steps over the next few weeks and I hope you’ll join me. No act is too small: cheering me or others on, watching streams, donations of any amount or sharing posts. You can learn more about the Strides for Pride program on the Covenant House website. I’m committing to be active for 40 minutes each day for a week (Pride events! Dancing! Walking! Staircases!) and raising at least $120 to help provide shelter…

Posted on April 10, 2025April 10, 2025 by Artist Lee Suzanne Jordan

Free Hands Off Graphics

Free Hands Off Designs blog post header featuring the head of a bald eagle

A few days ago I shared three designs I made in Canva based off of my original award winning painting, Peace. I’m excited to share three new designs, also free for non commercial, civic use. They are available in PDF format by default. Please contact me for commercial use or if you have questions about how to create your own signage and designs. The first is a blue, white and red version with “Hands Off” text, featuring a bald eagle. The second has a modified version of the peace dove design. The third features the bill of rights with wolves because ‘merica. Enjoy! Printing instructions are at the bottom of this post. Here is a link to our constitution and bill of rights: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitutionAccess a version of the Canva design: https://bit.ly/419hfree Download the PDFS: Hands Off Our Freedom Signs V2…

Posted on March 29, 2024October 2, 2024 by Artist Lee Suzanne Jordan

Spring & Summer Pop Art Pet Classes

Pop Arts Pet Class happy people holding pet paintings

I’m excited to announce I will be teaching at least one Pop Art Pets class every month through July! Using a photo reference, I’ll have the key features of your pet sketched out on canvas when we begin class, so you can relax and enjoy creating a fun portrait. If you’ve ever wanted your very own fun painting of your best buddy or are a beginner looking for a relaxed class, this is for you! My approach is a hybrid of 1:1 and group instruction, so you’ll get help picking colors, choosing a composition, and more. We will also have templates you can paint from available if you don’t have a photo or reference you want to work from. Dates: April 19th, May 13th, June 7th, June 23rd, July 12th, July 26th Sign Up / Register: $35 per person, includes…

Posted on November 1, 2016February 15, 2017 by Artist Lee Suzanne Jordan

Five Quick Color Tips For Your Next Project

Many developers and designers I talk to are very frustrated when it comes time to pick colors for a project. It can be hard to choose the right color or set of colors for a project. I want to share with your five quick tips for using color in your next project so you can make the best user experience possible. (more…)

Posted on October 20, 2016February 15, 2017 by Artist Lee Suzanne Jordan

Draw Better Faster with Pencil Warmups

get better at drawing faster with warmups

Are you frustrated by your skill level? Feel like you’ve hit a wall? Do you feel dissatisfied with what you draw? Do you want to learn how to do better gradients or other techniques? Warming up with pencil drills can help you! Warm ups with pencils can help you: Become more skilled at drawing (people things whatever) Learn your tools inside and out Build muscle and hand/eye coordination Relax Focus your mind Check out this video on pencil warm ups (5 min 36 seconds) Practice doesn’t have to take a long time or be boring. Just a couple of minutes before you start drawing “for real” can help you mentally and physically prepare and grow your abilities. I like to start with circular marks to warm up my hand and fingers and reconnect my hand/eye coordination. Make the connection with…

Posted on July 17, 2016February 15, 2017 by Artist Lee Suzanne Jordan

100 Days In Review

I spent 100 days this spring drawing every day and posting it to instagram. Some were awful, most of them were OK, and a few were awesome. A lot of people I talked to during the project kept telling me they thought the hard part was doing something every day. It wasn’t easy and sometimes I did not do very good work. The really tough part was posting at all. I was exposing myself as a creative every day. There are amazing creatives posting on instagram every day, sometimes multiple times a day. And there was me. I was surprised to find a lot of support for me even when I thought a post was crappy. Here is a list of good things that happened from the 100 Days project Committing to posting every day Documenting different problems I ran…

Posted on April 3, 2016February 15, 2017 by Artist Lee Suzanne Jordan

Packing for Creative South

This is my second year attending Creative South, an amazing tiny con for creatives based in Columbus, GA. Last year I had not idea what to expect and since I was packing now I figured it’s a great time to share some packing tips! (more…)

Posted on May 24, 2015February 23, 2016 by Artist Lee Suzanne Jordan — 1 Comment

Planning a Successful Infographic

Infographics that look great are the norm. To really stand out, it takes more than cool graphics and an interesting layout. It all starts with the story. Here are five questions to ask yourself when planning an infographic. Who is the audience? What is the key thing you want people to know? The narrower the focus the better. When does the story take place? Is it about a future problem or something happening right now? Will putting a time/date on it create a sense of urgency? Does that contribute to the key message? How does existing data support your message? Where is the story set? (more…)