An artist sits cross-legged, facing the viewer, in a desert landscape with sage and cactuses, painting in sketchbook.

Art Toolkit Ambassador

Lisa Spangler

Lisa Spangler is a wandering watercolor artist living in Austin, Texas.

A former software engineer, CTO, and current website designer, Lisa carves out time between working to get out and paint the natural world around her, from leaves to cacti to mushrooms. Through her art and travels, she aims to capture that feeling of awe and wonder on paper and spread that joy to others. Lisa has with big plans to take her and her husband’s newly converted van on some long adventures!
A Demi Palette with various watercolor pans sits open on red rocks, with a brush leaning over it, and hands hold an open folding sketchbook, showing watercolor dots.
A hand holds a watercolor illustration of an acorn, with rocky hills and sage in the background.
A hand holds an open sketchbook, with a watercolor illlustration of trees and green leaves. Trees and green leaves are in the background.
A hand holds a watercolor palette with colorful watercolor pans, and a watercolor card painted with a round circle of oranges and pinks. Leaves and flowers are in the background.
Hands holding an open sketchbook, with a watercolor illustration of a reddish-orange rocky landscape, which is also in the background.
A hand holds a tiny sketchbook with a monochromatic watercolor illustration of a distant rock formation, which is also in the background
A Pocket Art Toolkit in grey with blue trim lays open on a white table, with an open Pocket Palette filled with colorful watercolors, a pair of scissors, a roll of tape, and a blue paper towel.
A hand holds a watercolor illustration of various flowers, with a flower field in the background.
Three small accordion-style sketchbooks lay open on a white background, each showing a dot of a different color, and a description of the color underneath.
A hand holds a watercolor palette and a tiny sketchbook with a monochromatic watecolor illustration of a rocky landscape, which is also the background.

Blog posts featuring Lisa Spangler

An artist sites on a rock, dipping a paintbrush in a Pocket Palette.

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