Merry Christmas! The day is finally here. Just when you think you won’t get everything finished on time, it all falls in place. Played with the brush markers this morning and decided to do a tree. It feels good to play with the materials for the fun of it. It’s not perfect, but trees areContinue reading “Merry Christmas”
Category Archives: Mixed Media
Simple Wreath
Today I made two loaves of cranberry bread, a holiday cake, carved my stamp, did chores, and made a lasagna for tomorrow evening. John made his sauce, I added the ground sausage after it was finished for the lasagna. I finally sat down to do my holiday sketch and with a tad of holiday stress,Continue reading “Simple Wreath”
Skates
Ellie dreams of being an Olympic figure skater. She practices every day and loves skating in the snow. The creek near her house freezes over in the winter and it is her favorite place to skate. She and her friends create a rink and a track on the frozen creek and they do pretend OlympicContinue reading “Skates”
Flower lady
Not everything I “find” on a page is an animal. The other day I found a rose, and on this page, I found a lady with flowers, her expression showing us that maybe stopping to smell the flowers and taking that moment for a quick meditation, just may be what the “doctor” ordered.
Long beaked Cardinal
Another Imaginary Creature pulled out from the page. I drew the beak long and almost erased it, but left it because it isn’t supposed to be representational anyway. There’s a lot of angles to this guy. He uses them to hide in oak and elm trees. I also included what the page looked like beforeContinue reading “Long beaked Cardinal”
Georgie is about to have a bad day
I have a few “prepped” homemade sketchbooks with patterned backgrounds that I use for characters. Sort of like a staged background. Today I used the background to randomly “find” a character. This guy almost jumped off the page. But then he looks very terrier-ish so that would be normal for a terrier. Georgie is aContinue reading “Georgie is about to have a bad day”
Final Inchie Day
The final prompt is “DETAIL.” One of the things that Amy Maricle encourages during the challenge is to do multiple versions and then see if they can be part of a larger piece. I played with acrylic paint and created a bunch of blue blocks and then followed the brush strokes to find a pattern.Continue reading “Final Inchie Day”
Inchies – Swirling
The theme for Day 11 was “swirling.” Instead of drawing something that swirls, I opted for a completely different idea and grabbed some old art (see previous post: https://ginalento.com/2021/08/25/i-have-done-something-horrible/ ) and I cut it up into the 2×2 squares. I sprayed the squares with spray Ink and sealed them after they dried so they wouldn’tContinue reading “Inchies – Swirling”
Inky Inchies
Day 9 and the post was “ink.” I got a little carried away again. Each square was done independently but I tied them together with laying them out on my desk and turning them to see how well they would work together as a group. The bottom two were separate pieces done with crayon andContinue reading “Inky Inchies”
Inchie Challenge Continued…
Days 4-6 prompts: Day 4 – Yellow – I was totally spontaneous and I used two Tombow Markers and a waterbrush to create this one. Simple designs like this can grow into something else… Day 5 – Wood – They Draw had sent out an email about typography so wood became wooden letters. Day 6Continue reading “Inchie Challenge Continued…”
Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration 