Carla Sonheim’s 365 class – Page 5 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Serendipity kitty

Today’s kitty is a lesson in Serendipity. In the world of an artist, serendipity means several things. Aside from being at the right place at the right time, serendipity also applies to the “happy accidents that occur in our work. We’re plugging along on a piece and something happens to alter the work. Paint spills,Continue reading “Serendipity kitty”

Jailbird kitty

I take Carla Sonheim’s year long 365 course. Every day she gives us a new prompt. Today’s prompt was a random pick where she picks two words out of a hat. I had to chuckle, today’s random words are cat and bars. At first I sketched a cat behind bars, but then this idea poppedContinue reading “Jailbird kitty”

Feeling a bit crabby

A few years ago I took a year long class with Carla Sonheim and Lynn Whipple, called Year of the Spark. One of the assignments was automatic writing in little booklets that we made just for the purpose of writing in them. I have done a bunch of them and occasionally I use them asContinue reading “Feeling a bit crabby”

Catching up

Here are some sketches from the past few days:

Kangaroo/gift

I signed up for Carla Sonheim’s 365 workshop for 2018. Everyday there is something in your email. A lesson, a prompt, a quote, sometimes an interview with a variety of artists (visual, musicians, literary). I have found that the random pick (two words picked out of a hat) are great for filling that sketch boxContinue reading “Kangaroo/gift”

Ode to Dr Suess

My own character: Wispy Whisper Thing

Les chaussures

One of our 365 assignments was art and shoes. We were instructed to do one line shoes, writing about how we feel about shoes and copying in our own artistic “language,” shoes done by Master artists of our choice. The first photo is my one line shoes where we had to draw the first thingContinue reading “Les chaussures”

Winter in bloom

We have a small collection of orchids on our bedroom windowsill that take a break from blooming in the fall. Every year, in December, we move them from the west facing bedroom to the south facing window in my husband’s office to make room for holiday decorating. That speeds up their rebloom so that byContinue reading “Winter in bloom”

Temp job

I am taking Carla Sonheim’s 2018 365 days of inspiration. One of the prompts this month was “temp job,” to create temporary “art.” Two of my grandkids visited over the weekend, so I baked a heart cake that I assembled by using square and circle cake pans. We cooled the cakes and my husband andContinue reading “Temp job”

5 minute sketch using my left hand

This gentleman, Rick N, is a very prolific contributor to Sktchy, the app I use for reference photos. I have sketched him a few times. The object of this sketch was to use my non-dominant hand and sketch a person in 5 minutes. I prefer to use live people when I can but when thatContinue reading “5 minute sketch using my left hand”