Wow, 15 days before Christmas. 2020 slowly coming to an end. This time last year, I remember being so excited about the New Year coming, thinking that 2020 would hold lots of promise. Little did we know what we had in store for us. This fellow is happy just to be away from human settlements.Continue reading “Christmas Art Countdown Day 10”
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Christmas Art Countdown Day 9
I started my day working on my iPad this morning, trying to get ahead of some designs. Before I knew it, I ran low on battery power. I figured this was the perfect time to get my post written, while the iPad is recharging. One thing about being an artist is I never seem toContinue reading “Christmas Art Countdown Day 9”
Christmas Art Countdown Day 8
Day 8 came to me after a bit of writing on and entirely different subject. I wrote a quick story about Christmas Eve with my husband’s family and sat in bed thinking of what I could do for Mistletoe and I pulled out my ipad and sketched this idea. When I got up, this isContinue reading “Christmas Art Countdown Day 8”
Christmas Countdown Day 7
Today’s prompt is snowflake. For this prompt I actually cut out a snowflake from paper, scanned it into my digital program and then went from there. I made a bunch of snowflakes before I decided on which one I liked best and this one is the winner.
Christmas Countdown Day 6 – St Nicholas Day
Today is St Nicholas Day. I celebrated St Nicholas Day with my kids as they were growing up when a friend told me that he and his wife celebrated St Nicholas’ Day with their children. They were Italian and apparently their family brought the tradition with them from Italy. When my son was around three,Continue reading “Christmas Countdown Day 6 – St Nicholas Day”
Christmas Countdown Day 5
I started out by drawing the garland and wound up adding the door and the kitty. This way I could mail it to my mom as a postcard. My mom has a black tuxedo kitty with white paws named Barney. Barney is an outgoing kitty who is very adaptable. I put him in front ofContinue reading “Christmas Countdown Day 5”
Christmas Art Countdown Day 4
One thing I miss about living in Florida is the Winter activities. When I lived up North, I was trying to get out more to do things outside. One thing about Long Island is that they would get snow there and it would last a while. One Sunday, John and I put our hiking bootsContinue reading “Christmas Art Countdown Day 4”
Christmas Art Countdown Day 3
Here is day 3. I tried doing a few things differently with this guy. I really like how he came out. All of these Christmas Countdown pieces all start with a pen and ink sketch and then I scan them in to my digital program to add color. I have been having fun with these.
Winter Sweater
Day 2 of the Christmas Art Countdown. If I still lived in the snow belt I would have to consider getting a sweater like this. I had fun designing it.
Christmas Countdown – Day 1
Some playful images coming up this month for you to enjoy while you prepare for Christmas (or other holidays) during the month of December… For Day 1, we have a chubby penguin. He overindulged a bit on some nice fat juicy fish. He’s debating on taking a walk to burn off some of what heContinue reading “Christmas Countdown – Day 1”
Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration 