We are less than a month away from Inktober and that means the return of the Little Witch and her Dragon. They are taking a vacation at the shore and are enjoying their Labor Day on the beach. Dragons love the sun on their hides. The laughing gulls are wondering if there are any handoutsContinue reading “Happy Labor Day”
Author Archives: Gina Lento
A visitor
John and I were watching TV and getting ready to call it a night when something crashed into our windows behind the couch. We froze. John got up to open the door but I cautioned him not to because we have everything from panthers, bears, coyotes, foxes and heaven knows what else living in ourContinue reading “A visitor”
Inky Inchies
Day 9 and the post was “ink.” I got a little carried away again. Each square was done independently but I tied them together with laying them out on my desk and turning them to see how well they would work together as a group. The bottom two were separate pieces done with crayon andContinue reading “Inky Inchies”
More Inchies
Day 7 was “Broken” and Day 8 was “Boots“ For”Broken,” I thought of something more, ambiguous and just let impulse take over. For “Boots” and octopus with boots popped into my head so I went with it.
Inchie Challenge Continued…
Days 4-6 prompts: Day 4 – Yellow – I was totally spontaneous and I used two Tombow Markers and a waterbrush to create this one. Simple designs like this can grow into something else… Day 5 – Wood – They Draw had sent out an email about typography so wood became wooden letters. Day 6Continue reading “Inchie Challenge Continued…”
Inchie Challenge
During August, I participated in the Inchie Challenge. Inchies are small 2×2 Art. I like doing these because they can lead to ideas for other work. The ideas for Inchies was started by Amy Maricle and occasionally she’ll host an on-line challenge to encourage people to create these little pieces of art. One thing thatContinue reading “Inchie Challenge”
I have done something horrible
Or maybe I didn’t It depends on how I look at it… With fresh eyes…. I’ve hacked up a bunch of my art 😱 I have a bin of unframed art and I needed a new project. I had put the art in a bin for a later time when I might touch it up.Continue reading “I have done something horrible”
Art with Grandkids
Four of the five grandkids are here for a visit. They wanted an art lesson from Grandma. Fortunately, Carla Sonheim has done many Children’s’ art weeks so I was able to use the Picasso Elephant lesson with my four grandchildren ages 7 and 4 (with no sets of twins). The 7 year olds Leila andContinue reading “Art with Grandkids”
Morning routine
These sketches are part of my morning routine. I do these every morning for my daily warm up, which is similar to the drills that soccer players do everyday for ball control with their feet. My drills are for eye/hand aka “seeing” and the boxes are thinking creatively and drawing spontaeously. I use the SktchyContinue reading “Morning routine”
Live Critter Sunday 8/1
These two photos are sort of a seek and find. Look very carefully at each photo. That’s not a cable or hose in that cactus outside of our window. This guy is about three feet long. He’s a black racer. Not a venomous snake, he’s a handy fellow in the garden to assist with pestContinue reading “Live Critter Sunday 8/1”
