Pastel – Page 7 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Roof top Round 2

Painting in progress….a rare video of me painting.

This evening, for Paint the Great South Bay, we were given access to a rooftop so we could paint. It was awesome and we had a whole new view to paint. Here is my painting from this evening, with the clips on…. Here is the postcard print for my mom with kitty added…..kitty is aContinue reading “Roof top Kitty”

Last Alive After Five of the summer

Tonight brings the summer to a sad close….yes, we still have a little over a week to Labor Day, but tonight was the final AA5 of the summer☹️. This is also the week of Paint the Great South Bay. So far it has rained, I was swarmed by flies and bit by a yellow jacket.Continue reading “Last Alive After Five of the summer”

Happy Valentine’s Day!

In between making sketchbooks, making Valentine’s Day cards and a multitude of other projects, here is my map for Valentine’s Day, which is also up on They Draw and Travel’s website. My favorite candy is Lore’s Chocolates in Philadelphia. But I love See’s and I like Kilwin’s ice cream (their candy isn’t bad either.) See’sContinue reading “Happy Valentine’s Day!”

Fundraiser Painting

Taking a break from Zombie dolls to do this post…. I was honored to be asked to paint during the Dia de los Muertos Celebration, a fundraiser for our local historical cemetery. I frequently sketch and paint at the Lakeview Cemetery, so I was more than happy to donate my time and a painting forContinue reading “Fundraiser Painting”

Plein air again

Tonight was sketch night and I pulled the pastels out again…. I started this around 6 and the sun sets on the South shore at 7:09 so I didn’t have much daylight toward the end of the painting session. It still needs some tweaking if I wanted a polished piece and there is enough informationContinue reading “Plein air again”

Today’s sketches

More goats and people….

Sketching with pastels

So I decided to combine sketching and pastel. I went to the local wild life refuge and sketched goats and an alpaca. I didn’t have any plan in mind except to just try using the pastel sticks to actually draw with them. I liked how these turned out and I think I will go thereContinue reading “Sketching with pastels”

The Artful Flea

Once a month, on second Saturdays, Chincoteague has an arts “flea” market. I wanted to do one more painting before this evening’s wet paint sale so I tackled painting the market. This was a ton of fun! I usually sketch big markets and crowds of people with ink & watercolor, but this time I usedContinue reading “The Artful Flea”

Today’s Chincoteague Paintings

Yesterday I passed a house that had a bunch of mermaids in the yard…..I went back there early this morning and painted the mermaid in the lifeguard chair, then I painted the hanging mermaid this afternoon. Both of these will be available for sale tomorrow evening.