Editorial Art – Page 45 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Are your dogs friendly?

No, they are not. Sorry. Please don’t bring your dog/child over here. The other evening, we took Chloe and Mack down to sit by the Indian River. There was a gorgeous cooling breeze and we were relaxing with the dog children. Of course, here comes the dithering older lady with her dog and her maskContinue reading “Are your dogs friendly?”

Drawing people

I have a daily practice of drawing people. If no one is handy, I use the SKTCHY app for reference. I do two types of sketches. A five minute timed sketch and a Cheater Blind Contour sketch. I use brush fountain pens for the the timed 5 minute sketch. This helps with my brush skills.Continue reading “Drawing people”

Sketching with my iPad

I was the biggest skeptic of digital “art.” It seemed too easy to draw over photos. Every time I saw a digital portrait on Instagram, I passed because I thought it was too perfect. Then I joined the SKTCHY app on the iPhone and I saw more digital portraits. Some looked way to perfect, butContinue reading “Sketching with my iPad”

Sketchbook fun

It was a wet stormy day the other on Independence Day. Usually we get hit by a passing storm in the evening. Sometimes we just get “heat lightning.” Other days we get the whole kickass “boom- booms- light- show” and then no rain at all. On Independence Day, we got the whole show and weContinue reading “Sketchbook fun”

Twinkle Twinkle Little Bee…..

What? What happened to star? A prompt from Carla Sonheim’s “Best of 365” was to come up with new lyrics to “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” but you have to include the words “Giggle, Dizzy, minty, bee, sour.” Here’s what I came up with:

The first time I ever saw a unicorn

The first time I saw a unicorn, I was on Chincoteague Island. I was painting plein air in the woods on Assateague… I was trying to capture the memory of when Paul Beebe saw Misty for the first time…I rubbed my eyes, (ended up with pastel all over my face), but yes, it was stillContinue reading “The first time I ever saw a unicorn”

Mapping this moment

I haven’t done a map in a while. I decided to post one for the call for artists for the ‘They Draw and Travel’ Blog. They requested that artists submit a map that records this moment in time. Art in the time of COVID-19. I decided to map our morning walk. We are fortunate toContinue reading “Mapping this moment”

Paisley project

I am taking a portfolio building class that I actually signed up for the end of last year… it runs from March to June…May’s assignment was to create a square shaped paisley design. I started this project in several steps and I approached using Zentangle patterns. I really enjoy doing Zentangle shapes. They are veryContinue reading “Paisley project”

This week’s sketches

Happy Mother’s Day to the mom’s out there…It’s another week during Corona Virus World. I have been spending my time creating art, which is business as usual for me. We’ve been watching Ozark in the evenings and finished the first season and are in the second season. That series shows how lies just make peopleContinue reading “This week’s sketches”

April Dailies

Here are the daily doodles for the past four weeks. I just that I have three more weeks worth of pages in this sketchbook and I need to decide if I am 1) continuing these dailies (I like them so I probably will), 2) spend money on another 500 series Strathmore mixed media sketchbook (theContinue reading “April Dailies”