Hand Lettering – Page 6 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Making a statement with a sketch

Today’s sktchy prompt was Art Activism. I went to the local aquarium today….I saw some creatures that I know are struggling against human greed and indifference. I took a photo of a snow monkey and used him for my #sktchy30 #day13. In the sketch, I used the poem “all things bright and beautiful” and addedContinue reading “Making a statement with a sketch”

Today’s sketch

Today is the 8th of the 30 day challenge and the 98th for the year….

Today’s sketches….

Playing a lot of catch up….. This is a sketch that I just did at Barnes & Noble and I see that on my haste to move on to something else, I forgot to date this so I will do that now….both subjects were pretty stationary so I was able to easily draw them. BelowContinue reading “Today’s sketches….”

Today’s sketch

National Puppy Day….most of my gear is packed in the trunk of the car so I did this with what I had with me…..the more we travel with our Chihuahuas, the more I wish we had an RV. This is very loosely done….we just checked into our hotel a short time ago and I needContinue reading “Today’s sketch”

Fountain pen maintenance day

Fountain pens must either be used daily or they need to be flushed weekly. Today was flushing day…..shamefully, a few pens needed a cold bath today….however, all are well and happy now. Today, I took a J Harbin mini fountain pen on a road test. After I flushed it I filled it and used itContinue reading “Fountain pen maintenance day”

A bunch of sketches!

Wow, you guys are really in for a treat tonight….I finally finished the sketchbook! Here are the last two sketches…. You’re going to need to scroll all the way down for Sktchy # 32…. Tonight was sketch night. We have been doing our Sketch Nights at the Library for the winter….tonight we sketched shoes andContinue reading “A bunch of sketches!”

Today’s Sktchy #31

Today is the last day of January. One month down, 11 to go. I haven’t decided how I want to proceed with February. I have been jotting down different ideas for changing things up for February so I don’t get stale…Do I do Artist Trading Cards? (ATCs) Do I start off the month with somethingContinue reading “Today’s Sktchy #31”

Today’s Sktchy Day 28

“Pizza?” Soooo, I added a rooster to celebrate the Chinese New Year……only, I don’t know if I would trust this guy behind the wheel. Sktchy Day 28 of 2017 and only 5 more pages left in this sketchbook!!!!

Art Before Breakfast using breakfast food

I am taking Carla Sonheim’s 365 Days class and our assignment today was to create art from a non art supply. We bought that high protein/fiber pancake mix (Kodiak) from Costco, so we decided to have pancakes this morning for breakfast. John sometimes works from home so while he was on a conference call,Continue reading “Art Before Breakfast using breakfast food”

Sketch and new skill acquired

Since I already posted a sketch yesterday, I didn’t post this sketch that I did at Starbucks yesterday evening. I was trying some different things in tbis sketch. This evening I took a class at the library and I FINALLY learned how to make a sketchbook with the Coptic Stitch. That was a big bucketContinue reading “Sketch and new skill acquired”