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Author Archives: Gina Lento
The art of stickers
Last week, I wrote to you that I was finishing my “dailies” sketchbook from the past two years. This week, I started a new one and I am really excited that the Leuchtturm1917 square sketchbooks now come in lavender. What’s so exciting about that? I do a small daily sketch and it takes over twoContinue reading “The art of stickers”
Car butt sketch
Trying to get back outside more to sketch. I started this post last Thursday evening but as I was typing it, my daughter sent us a text “I feel like there’s no way you guys didn’t hear that explosion? I just saw it on FB” So, I didn’t finish this because we sort of wereContinue reading “Car butt sketch”
Happy Valentine’s Day
Some Valentine Art for you to enjoy today. Over the past couple of days, I have been working on some Valentine’s Day art. I was given 5 prompts to post over the past few days, and today. The prompts came from a small group of artists that I have been working with on line. TheContinue reading “Happy Valentine’s Day”
A Fun Way to Track Your Reading in a Bullet Journal
My book tracker for 2026 Over the summer of 2025, I attended a virtual week long event hosted by Peggy Dean. One of the artists contributing to the event was Jessica Mack. She presented a Bullet Journal (aka BUJO) spread that she makes every year in her BUJO to track the books she read duringContinue reading “A Fun Way to Track Your Reading in a Bullet Journal”
Closing out 2025
The last 6 holiday sketches and saying good-bye to 2025 I am closing out 2025 with my last holiday sketches of 2025. Plus how this year went…. 2025 as the new year At the beginning of 2025, I sat down with my Bullet Journal and various artists’ suggestions on how to plan out your year;Continue reading “Closing out 2025”
December 2025
Here’s a peek at what I have been creating this month Aside from the usual mayhem that December brings…I have also been working with a small group to do a Christmas Challenge. You can read more about it on my Substack at this link: Day 1 – Odd Stocking Revisiting an old “friend” that hasContinue reading “December 2025”
Saying Good-bye to Mack
Yesterday, John and I had to make the tough decision to say good-bye to a member of our family. He was a long haired Chihuahua who came into our lives March 2 of 2011. Mack was born at Christmastime, and Christmas was one of his favorite times of year. He was especially fond of unwrappingContinue reading “Saying Good-bye to Mack”
National Chihuahua Appreciation Day
I have so many Chihuahuas that I have sketched or painted that I had a bit of a tough time choosing which ones to post. I decided to repost some of my Tiny Dogs from my Tin Dog series of 2020. These tiny dogs were painted in a tiny sketchbook that was provided by theContinue reading “National Chihuahua Appreciation Day”
Today’s sketches
I am a member of a Pattern Club called Pattern & Process. It used to be Photoshop Club but it has evolved. We had a Zoom session today and we sketched some reference photos. It was interesting to see how people used the photos. These are mine:
