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”
Category Archives: Daily Sketch
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”
More Flowers
I didn’t think I would say this but I am really enjoying this technique. It’s very liberating. No rules, just drawing with the brush pen what I feel the watercolor marks are telling me to do. I may get a few more pages ready in my sketchbook so I can do more. In the meanContinue reading “More Flowers”
Square Flowers
I love working in Square sketchbooks. This one is actually a square Moleskine I found somewhere. I don’t remember where I purchased it. The paper isn’t the best for wet media so I only use the one side but that’s ok because I have been able to do some surprising projects in it, most ofContinue reading “Square Flowers”
Flowers and Ink
Another small sketch with watercolor and random flowers….original is 4×6. One of the splashes of paint reminded me of the pink lady orchids that I saw in the wild in New York many years ago. One of those unexpected gifts that Karma gives you….
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”
Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration 