Lisa Tennant
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About
Creative: Art Direction, Graphic Design, UI Design, Illustration, Art. Print expert.
Training & Teaching: foundation art, fine art, illustration, web design, graphic design, digital multimedia.
Illustration: Children's market, editorial, greeting, promotion, icon/logo
Fine Art: Painting, Drawing
Specialties:
Graphics: Print, Web, Multimedia
Design Software: Adobe CC—InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro, After Effects; AutoDesk—3ds Max, Maya;
Programming and Markup: HTML, CSS
Illustration Media: watercolor, gouache, charcoal & conté, pencil, digital vector, photo montage and editing
Fine Art Media: Painting and Drawing—watercolor, charcoal & conté, collage, acrylic on canvas -
Education
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Web Developer Certificate Digital Media, Web Design Specialization; Web Development CertificateSeminole State College of Florida2009 - 2011
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MFA Fine Art PaintingEastern Michigan University1989 - 1991Watercolor Painting
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BFA Fine Art and Graphic DesignEastern Michigan University1980 - 1984Graphic Design, Painting, Drawing, Geologic & Geographic Studies
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Experience
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Freelance Designer & ArtistSole Proprietor2000 - Present (26 years)Illustration: Children's Book, Greeting, Editorial, Promotional, Print on Demand;
Fine Art: Painting, Drawing, Collage
Design: Art Direction, Graphic Design, UI Design, Video Editing, Storyboarding; -
Subject Matter ExpertFlorida Technical CollegeOrlando, FLApr 2024 - Sep 2025 (1 year 5 months)Courses Designed for Graphic Design Online Diploma: Sketching Techniques & Lab, Color Theory & Lab, Scanning & Digital Image Manipulation & Lab, Digital Design for Publishing & Lab, Graphic Design in Advertising & Lab Collaboration on Course: Digital Reproduction Methods & Lab
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Adjunct ProfessorCentral Texas CollegeJan 2019 - May 2024 (5 years 4 months)Teach Watercolor Painting, 2D Design Foundations, Digital Media, Graphic Design, Illustration, and Color Theory.
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Full-Time ProfessorFlorida Technical CollegeApr 2011 - Feb 2018 (6 years 10 months)Instruct the Web, Graphics, and Multimedia curriculum at the college level: Adobe applications; HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery; Animation, 3D Modeling, Vector and Bitmap Art, Design Layout; Color Theory, Typography, Composition; Project management, Content Management Systems (Drupal)
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Awards
2025 • 3rd Place Non-Signature, SWA Membership & Small Works Exhibition. • Finalist
2024 • Merchandise Award, Landscape/Water Category, Women in Watercolor 5th International Juried Competition. • Finalist, Artist Magazine's "Splash 25: The Best of Watercolor" art competition.
2023 • Finalist, Artist Magazine "AcrylicWorks 10: The Best of Acrylic" art competition. • MWCS Award & Selected for Travel Exhibition, MWCS 76th Annual Exhibition.
2022 • MWCS Award, Selected for Travel, MWCS 75th Annual Exhibition, Detroit, MI. • Merit Award, Watercolor Art Society-Houston 45th International Watercolor Exhibition, Houston TX.
2021 • Cheap Joe's Art Supplies Award, Texas Watercolor Society 72nd Annual Exhibition, San Antonio TX. • 1st Place Award—Watermedia, Texas & Neighbors 36th Regional Exhibition 2021, Irving TX.
2020 • People’s Choice Award, Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary Gallery Water Media National Juried Exhibition, Plano TX. • 3rd Place Overall, 2nd Place in Painting Awards, and Honorable Mention Award, LightSpaceTime Gallery Primary Colors Online Exhibition • 1st Place Award—Watermedia, Texas & Neighbors 35th Regional Exhibition, Irving TX. • Juror's Award, Society of Watercolor Artists International Exhibition, Ft. Worth TX
2019 • 3rd Place Award—Watercolor Category, Annual Art Competition, Cultural Arts Center, Temple, TX.
2018 • People's Choice Award, June, Orlando Museum of Art First Thursdays Exhibition " Art & Architecture", Orlando FL.
2017 • Best Retention of the Year, Florida Technical College, Kissimmee FL. • May Best of Show, Sanford ArtWalk. • People's Choice, Sanford ArtWalk August.
2013 • Faculty Best Retention of the Year, Florida Technical College, Deland FL.
2012 • In-House American Graphic Design Award for Publication Design.
2010 -2011 & 2013-15 • American Graphic Design Award for Publication Design.
2008 - 2014 • APEX for Publication Design and Illustration. -
Affiliations
Michigan Water Color Society
Texas Watercolor Society
Society of Watercolor Artists
Watercolor Art Society - Houston -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@ltennant, member since 2007
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