Author Archives: Gina Lento

#Inktober #11Basking in the sun, I was reading Danny Gregory’s “Art Before Breakfast” and Page 113 talks about not being so hung up on perfection, which in Julia Cameron’s book “The Artist’s Way,” she echoes that same sentiment. When you try to be too perfect, you pretty much take yourself right out of your creativity.Continue reading “#Inktober # 11”

Here is my #Inktober Day 4. I sketched this at the nursing home visiting my mother-in-law while my husband hovered waiting to snatch up his favorite candy. They were coloring and I had given my mother-in-law some candy which she happily ate and we all created “art” together…..my husband eventually got the peppermint patty.   Continue reading “#Inktober Day 4 and Raku sketches”

     

“ROCKY” Grey paper Strathmore Sketchbook Pen&Ink #Inktober I figured 31 Days to showcase some of my horse babies would be a cool idea   

I had to get my sketching “fix” this evening. I was driving along looking for something to catch my eye and this house caught my attention. It looks like it belongs in the French Quarter but it’s right here in Bayport NY   

 Carla Marla’s   Gallery 125, Bellport, NY 

My sketches in the show at the Paper Cup Studio in Bellport,NY Some are still available for sale. You can go to http://www.papercupstudio.com for more information.   

For weeks I have been working on pieces to submit to the grand opening of the paper cup studio…..here’s some images of the paper cups I did….and in one picture you’ll see part of the display…these are available for purchase from the Paper Cup Studio at http://www.PaperCupStudio.com      

“Gazebo”8×10 Plein air Pastel on Multimedia pastel board