children’s book – Page 20 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Esmerelda and the Pink Diva Bird

Esmerelda is a shy daydreamer who would love to dance ballet with a large ballet troupe and hopes to someday be a prima ballerina. The Pink Diva Bird dreams of singing opera at La Scala in Italy. She practices her scales every day and loves to dress up. These creatures came from sketches done inContinue reading “Esmerelda and the Pink Diva Bird”

Happy Hearts Valentine Themed Sketchbook

Ok, so I am a wee bit late posting these. This hand bound, hand painted, 20 page sketchbook was a little labor intensive and most of the postcards my mom received from this sketchbook were critters without page embellishments. I just finished all of the embellishments today. Some of these may get bumped out byContinue reading “Happy Hearts Valentine Themed Sketchbook”

First sketch of 2021

I did this quickly because the instructions were to spend 10 minutes creating some art….I picked the hedgehog….I ran outta time to tweak this some more.

AEDM Day 2

I have had a busy day today. It was a gorgeous day here by Jensen Beach. It’s been windy all day and the wind brought in cooler weather. We opened all the windows. It won’t last long. In a couple of days it will probably be around 80 again but we’ll take what we canContinue reading “AEDM Day 2”

Inktober Day 25 – Buddy

There’s nothing like a moonlit evening by the water, hanging with a friend, just enjoying the moment.

My updated two page spread

I toned the blue down quite a bit and added some accessories to the gulls.

My two page spread

Here is the two page spread that I submitted for my class and what I previewed in yesterday’s post: One week if class left…. The text is from a story written by Zoe Tucker.

A page spread develops – artistic process

These are my sketches for a page spread that I am doing for my children’s book course. I had a ton of ideas and I did a bunch of thumbnails, but I opted for the simplest design in order not to get frustrated, and could complete it within the time frame allotted. Advice that IContinue reading “A page spread develops – artistic process”

My final pose submission for Bob

Here is my character pose submission for the Illustrating Children’s Book Course that I am taking to up my knowledge on illustration submissions.

Inktober Week 3

These are posted daily on my Instagram account but I am posting these weekly on my blog to give your mailboxes a breather…. Inktober Days 15 – 21