Gina Lento

A sketch from the Doctor’s office

Over the weekend, I had an issue with my eye that sent me to the ER. I had to go to the eye doctor yesterday as a follow up. They put drops in my eyes to dilate them and then they put me in the waiting room until my eyes were ready. This is aContinue reading “A sketch from the Doctor’s office”

Today’s sketch

With all this nice cool weather we have been having, our strawberries went beserk. Here’s a quick sketch of 5 that I picked today….

Sketching on the street

Went out sketching with my sketch group this evening. It was mild for a bit, then a fog came in off the bay and it got chilly and damp. It’s May 31 and my fingers got too cold to hold my pen. So no color today. Maybe I will add a dash of colorContinue reading “Sketching on the street”

Strawberry rocks

Sometimes as artists, we need to put our skills into something that we didn’t quite go to art school to learn how to do. We have a large strawberry patch in our yard. Last year, it was attacked by local wildlife. I looked up home remedies and one suggestion was painting strawberry rocks to putContinue reading “Strawberry rocks”

Stories

Young Roland before his Gunslinger days

Commencement

My sketches are based on a special event today. Today our youngest child has graduated from college. While attending the event, I sketched it. Graduation ceremonies can be a little long so I came prepared with a moleskine sketchbook and a Uniball pen. We are very proud of her and her accomplishments. May hasContinue reading “Commencement “

The dachshund king

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba…..

Sketching at Barnes & Noble

Today’s sketch

Working on an involved project so I just had time to do these couple of cheater blind contours. Blind contour is when you don’t look at a page while you are drawing, which makes drawings look like those wonky Picassos. Cheater blinds mean you can peek a little…these are cheater blinds…..

Home on the range

Buster and Edgar stopped to set up camp for the night. Edgar whipped up some stew while Buster looked for more firewood. Then the two friends sat by the fire and ate their stew in the comfortable silence that comes from being friends for a long long time.