Category Archives: Design/Pattern

Summer Painting #3

Today’s painting is of a subject near and dear to my heart….sandpipers.  Sandpipers are comical little birds and I could sit and watch them over and over without ever getting tired of them.  They have their own personalities and there always seems to be a bully that wants to control the entire beach.  Disney PixarContinue reading “Summer Painting #3”

Summer Painting #1

I have been doing some small daily paintings painted on small (and square) cradled wooden panels. I picked small formats because it’s easier to do a painting a day when you work small. I have been trying to think of some ideas for a calendar which is why the square format works best right now.Continue reading “Summer Painting #1”

It takes two

Here, our two lonely coyotes meet and sing a duet. I really like how this heart turned out.  When I started it, I almost thought I was going to need to gesso over it and start over.  The coyotes and ground turned out fine, but the background was a hot mess.  I layered the backgroundContinue reading “It takes two”

Solo Song

A forgotten song Of Longing and love thought lost Springs forth from the heart Gina Lento Coyote song can evoke many emotions.  One of them can be fear.  There is nothing more surreal than the first time you hear the yips and howls, especially when you hear them just outside your window.  A cold primalContinue reading “Solo Song”

Too-ra loo-ra Loo-ral

Today is National Sticky Bun Day. However, I haven’t done anything with Sticky Buns other than a sketch in my daily ‘toon box where I have Lucy and Mack looking longingly at a sticky bun on the table.  (No, we haven’t had any sticky buns today.  But the day is still young.)  What I didContinue reading “Too-ra loo-ra Loo-ral”

Jekyll Island Map

I wanted to do this map sooner but other projects got in the way. I am taking Mike Lowery’s “Getting Paid to Draw Course” and I am doing it as a repeat because he has a whole new group of artists and special guests for 2023. I started the class early because we are goingContinue reading “Jekyll Island Map”

Jekyll Island

John and I went to Jekyll Island this past weekend to get away and to also celebrate his birthday. It was a spur of the moment decision. The weekend’s forecast for Jensen Beach for this past weekend was high 80’s, possibly hitting 90. We were vegging out and decided on a whim to go exploringContinue reading “Jekyll Island”

Jensen Beach Map

I was playing around in my sketchbook trying to work on some illustration “to do” lists and one of the items on my list is to do more maps. I usually go very project detailed and would post them on They Draw and Travel but sometimes just freeing up my creativity to play in myContinue reading “Jensen Beach Map”

That’s Right WoodChuck Chuckers…

It’s GROUNDHOG DAY! Groundhog Day was always one of those days that you acknowledged but didn’t make much of a fuss about, (unless winter has been an especially cold and snowy one…) until the movie “Groundhog Day” came out. I fell in love with the movie immediately. We even had a VHS version, then aContinue reading “That’s Right WoodChuck Chuckers…”