I Draw and Paint Stories
The theme for Day 11 was “swirling.” Instead of drawing something that swirls, I opted for a completely different idea and grabbed some old art
(see previous post: https://ginalento.com/2021/08/25/i-have-done-something-horrible/ )
and I cut it up into the 2×2 squares. I sprayed the squares with spray Ink and sealed them after they dried so they wouldn’t reactivate. They reflect the light a little and my scanner wasn’t handy so this is just an iPhone photo of the 4.
Day 10 – indigo
Here is my exploration into indigo. In my humble opinion, the best shade of indigo is from Daniel Smith.
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 handouts coming. The Little Witch is enjoying her latest issue of Broom Network Magazine where she is picking up decorating ideas, recipes and reading about the new cauldrons and brooms that are coming out this Fall.
Soon, it will be pumpkin and apple picking time!
((This is the raw sketch. There are some things that I would def tweak if I did this digitally but the joys or working with traditional materials are the quirks and happy accidents that make original art…original….))
I used Arches Text Wove paper and didn’t realize that the watermark is on every page of this sketchbook….LOL. At least I know it’s genuine! This paper is a little more textured which makes the pens I use act up a little bit but I am finding ways to work with it. Watercolor would def work better but I have a set color palette for the Little Witch series with Arteza Brush pens.)
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 our part of Florida.
Instead, I opened the slider which was inside our screen house but has a view of the side of the house. There was something hanging in our screen door.
This barred owl stared back at me and I took his photo. I spoke gently to him because he looked a little out of it. He just looked back at me and hung there a bit and flew away, banging into the top of the carport as he left. We have many creatures that crawl around the carport…lizards, geckos and what not so someone missed being a meal.
In the morning, we found that his crash into the window broke the screen. But that’s ok. It can be repaired. We heard the owls later and the next evening so I guess all is well.
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 and ink washes.
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.
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 6 – Sea
I kinda went berserk on the prompt for Sea. I am also doing Carla Sonheim’s Year Long class and the lesson came up for working with crayons and melting them. I made a bunch with crayon and used other media over top over the crayons. I created many Inchies for the prompt “sea.”
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 that I agree with Amy is that you always have time to create art. However. Amy has created a no hassle way to create art in a short time and that’s with 2×2 inch sized art that can be done anywhere. You can tuck little 2×2 inch squares in your bag and all you need is a pen or pencil. I usually carry a small sketchbook but little 2×2 inch squares can also be inspiring and fun.
There were 12 days of prompts:
Day 1 was “Bundle“
Day 2 was “egg“
Day 3 was “mend”
The squiggles was an Inchie I did, just playing around with taking a line for a walk.
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. An idea came to me for how to permanently seal my pastels. Why not repurpose some of this half baked art?
Hack Girl came into being…
Most of the art I was Ok with hacking it into smaller sizes or sealing the pastels that were done on paper and then hacked them!
All but one.
One didn’t seal up nicely and it wrecked an image I liked and I was like …
“WTF did I just do?!! What was I thinking?”
Oh well, too late now.
It actually doesn’t look that bad and I will probably paint over it to pull it out. And make it better.
But it still left a pit in my stomach.
One piece seriously was Sh-t and now I’m like…
“Ooo cool idea for Halloween!”
So here is most of the hacked up art.
Onwards and upwards, right?
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 and Dempsey were totally digging it. Julian, one of the four year olds, finished his and ran to put it in the van to make sure it went home. Mia, 4 year old #2, had a hissy fit that her elephant did not look like an elephant (it wasn’t supposed to😂) and ran away crying but she was happy after being given a small chunk of brownie. (Chocolate makes everything better.)
We also made some blob animals, too.
Below are some examples. Most were squirreled away before I could take pix.😂
Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration
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