Lee Hansheng Studios Blog

🎨 Art as a Daily Practice and as a Career

For me, food, gardening, and art aren’t separate categories~ they’re all creation. They flow into each other. That interchangeability is what lets me ebb and flow with what I need to make at any gi...

Small Art, Big Heart: The Making of My Watercolor & Sumi-e Bookmarks

I’ve been an avid reader my entire life. Books raised me, challenged me, softened me, and sharpened me. But as much as I love a good story, I also love the ritual of reading~ the tangible experienc...

What’s in My Studio? Tools I Can’t Live Without

None of these tools make the art for me~ but they hold space for the art to happen.

July within LHS Studios

One of the simple joys lately has been swatching a new palette of watercolor paints—testing out pigments, building mixes, and re-familiarizing myself with the subtleties of each color. It’s a medit...

Garden as Muse: How Nature Shapes My Work

Gardening also keeps me grounded — literally and emotionally. It reminds me that not everything blooms all at once. That some things take time, and that time itself is part of the process. There’s ...