children’s book – Page 16 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Hair styles

Assignment – hair styles. I just kept it basic but I still wound up with 4 sketchbook pages of them….

I don’t know if I will be posting these every day but here is my sketch page for today’s prompt – Hats I have a sketch page full of these really pretty hats and I don’t remember why I did them but I was able to use my sketchbook as a reference for these sketches,Continue reading “Daily Prompt – Hats”

Sketch – Eyeglasses

I am taking an illustration course over the next few weeks and we are given daily prompts that we are encouraged to sketch. I pulled out my sketchbooks and found the various eyeglasses that I have sketched and combined them all here. I have been going to my sketchbooks first because I have so muchContinue reading “Sketch – Eyeglasses”

Chopin

Chopin loves poetry and music. He loves to sing his poetry and will often go outside to sing his poetry to the world.

Joey

Joey loves carrots. He is a Carrot Connoisseur. He has been “relocating” carrots that he “finds” in gardens and plants them in his secret garden.

Darcy the Giraffe

Darcy loves sweets. Standby for more about Darcy….. This is the whole sketchbook spread. I don’t use the opposing page to keep each sketch clean and undamaged. This is a a sketchbook/journal that I bound from a kit from Innovative Journaling. The paper is Arches Text wove and it is very soft and has aContinue reading “Darcy the Giraffe”

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to everyone! Higgins loves challenges, puzzles and reading Agatha Christie books. He’s very good at helping his friends with solving mysteries.

Nigel

Nigel is a dreamer. He loves to spend time walking in the sun, smelling the flowers and thinking.

Lil’ Easter Bunny

It’s April and Easter is only a few days away so I am starting off the month with a few Easter critters. I had several blob creatures that looked like bunnies and this is one of them. I am working in a sketchbook that is made from a leather cover with Arches Text Wove paperContinue reading “Lil’ Easter Bunny”

People in the neighborhood #4

Lizzy wants to be a princess, loves to dress up in her grandmothers tiara and jewelry. Lizzy thinks she’s a long lost Royal. This series of postcards were inspired by a Lesson in Carla Sonheim’s 2021 Year Long Class.