Acrylic/Mixed Media – Page 25 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Zombie doll from Sktchy

Ok. So by now you are all wondering how this got started. I wanted to work on a project for Halloween. Last year, I took an internet workshop with Leslie Wood. I saw her Little Deads in Art Journaling magazine and drooled. I took the class, and Leslie encouraged us to create our own characters.Continue reading “Zombie doll from Sktchy”

Zombie dolls

What do I do for fun? Lately, I have been working in this Teesha Moore style sketchbook. I started with a 22×30 sheet of watercolor paper and I actually painted it several years ago with watercolor on both sides. I had used Halloween kitchen towels as my inspiration, then cut the sheet up for theContinue reading “Zombie dolls”

Sketches from this evening’s anatomy sketch night

We had a bunch of real and faux bones and skeletons this evening for sketch night. I sketched the Chihuahua skeleton I found in Target. They look almost like dinosaurs, lol.

Inktober Days 13 to 23

I have been busy working on a few things so I haven’t been posting much. However, I have been doing my daily Inktober sketches and posted them on Sktchy….most of them are 5 minute timed sketches done first thing in the morning. Enjoy! This pie is actually day 20.

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”

Today’s sketch

That moment when you realize that you aren’t alone…” #Sktchy30 Day 11 101 of 2017

Today’s sketch

“Tiny baby”. This is collage/gesso/pencil and acrylic….I cut a hand shape out of a magazine and then I used gesso to “glue” it down. I brushed gesso over the top the collaged piece and then used pencil to pull out the details of the hand. Then I used acrylics to do the puppy. I haveContinue reading “Today’s sketch”

Today’s sketch

Today’s sketch shared double duty with the International Fake Journal Month….. This is the sketch…. you can see the IFJm completed version here… https://talesfromtheplants.wordpress.com/

A new look, sketches and other fun stuff

Today I did some housekeeping on this blog and I gave it a new look. I didn’t intend to but I was adding another blog, (more on that in a bit) and one thing led to another. I added Social Media links and some other things. If you get a chance let me know whatContinue reading “A new look, sketches and other fun stuff”

Sketch night and today’s Sktchy

I am taking Carla Sonheim’s year long inspiration workshop. Today’s prompt was sandpaper collage….so I did a sketch and I left the hat, scarf and shirt undone….I was going to do all of these items with collage but then I changed my mind. The background is so “busy” that I needed something less patterned….so IContinue reading “Sketch night and today’s Sktchy”