I Draw and Paint Stories
You know the weather is bad when you need to saddle up the tauntauns……
This is the view out of my studio window….I kinda took a little creative license…it’s a little loose….I was just having a little fun….the book is 5 x 8 1/2 in so it’s kinda tough to really tweak the details on the tauntaun, but you get the idea.
Acrylic in a moleskine sketchbook…..
# 39 was a field trip because it was so nice out.
It was such a beautiful day today that I had to get out to sketch. It was chilly down by the water and being the wimp that I am, I did this sketch from the car…..this study was sketched using gouache in a 5 x 8 1/4 Moleskine watercolor sketchbook. I painted this with Pentel waterbrushes which made it challenging. I wanted to do all the signs in a row but I only had about an hour to do this so I did a study of just this sign.
As an experiment, I used a purple underpainting…..that made it even more challenging….
Can you guess where I was today?
“The Old Opera House”. Gouache done in a Moleskine watercolor sketchbook.
Pulled out the brushes again….I originally intended this to be another soft bodied acrylic piece. The under painting is a mottled, speckled layer of rolled on acrylic, which is why the whole painting looks speckled. I was originally going to use soft bodied acrylics to paint this but instead I used casein. It was an experiment, next time I will try something different for the under painting.
Also, I limited my color palette to white, black, ultramarine blue, rose red, yellow ochre and burnt umber.
Today’s Sktchy was painted with acrylic…. Just had the urge to use a brush today.
I haven’t priced it yet but it will be for sale at the link below….I will post it with the cropped measurements after the Super Bowl.
#35 of 2017
“I am ignoring you until I get a treat.”
2.5 x 3.5 in
Mini art created on Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper, using Daniel Smith watercolors, Noodlers Bulletproof ink, colored pencil and gel pens.
This is for sale and can be purchased here:
# 34
This little budgie has been in my queue for a long time. I used to have a very loyal budgie, he passed away a bit tragically. He used to follow me around the house. They are big hearts in a small package. This is a mini art sketch (the size of a baseball card.)
It is available for sale for $15.
“No Groundhogs?” That’s right woodchuck chuckers, it’s Groundhog Day….again? I looked for groundhogs to sketch on Sktchy and couldn’t find any so this young lady had to do. She doesn’t understand all the hoopla about Groundhog day since the Groundhogs are pulled out too early in the day before there is enough light to actually see a shadow. And besides, even dogs know that there are six more weeks of winter no matter what a Groundhog might predict. Although, watching “Groundhog Day” is one of the benefits of the festivities.
“No Groundhogs?” Can be purchased for $15.
It is an Artist Trading Card, 2.5 x 3.5.
Wow, you guys are really in for a treat tonight….I finally finished the sketchbook! Here are the last two sketches….
You’re going to need to scroll all the way down for Sktchy # 32….
Tonight was sketch night. We have been doing our Sketch Nights at the Library for the winter….tonight we sketched shoes and I showed everyone another way to do the shoes a la Danny Gregory….
And finally, here is this evenings Sktchy…
This sort of just happened….I loosely scribbled this sketch in my morning pages…. I scanned it in and reduced it to 3.5 x 2.5 so I could fit it on an artist trading card. I smooshed cray pas on the back of the photocopy and then transferred it to the trading card……The final result is on the bottom of the page.
Today is the last day of January. One month down, 11 to go. I haven’t decided how I want to proceed with February. I have been jotting down different ideas for changing things up for February so I don’t get stale…Do I do Artist Trading Cards? (ATCs) Do I start off the month with something related to Valentine’s Day? Hmmm….
“Austheia” Only two more Sktchy drawings to go to finish this sketchbook! I am debating on finishing off the book tonight so I can start something new for February. Stay tuned.
Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration
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