Haphazard Flowers

April 3, 2021April 2, 2021 | Gina Lento

I was on a Zoom this evening with Carla Sonheim and a few other artists. Carla had some flowers that she encouraged us to draw via blind contours and I randomly placed them around the page. We were encouraged to use whatever media we wanted. I used a Caran D’Ache Neocolor II black water-soluble crayon.

I then colored them in with watercolor and used ultramarine blue washed around them. I just played with the various mediums, adding paint pens and other media. Then I scanned it in and tweaked it some more on Procreate. I did this all while making homemade candy for Easter. It was quite full day.

And yep, I printed it out on a 4×6 postcard to mail to my mom. No kitties today, just flowers.

People in the neighborhood #4

March 30, 2021March 26, 2021 | Gina Lento

Lizzy wants to be a princess, loves to dress up in her grandmothers tiara and jewelry. Lizzy thinks she’s a long lost Royal.

This series of postcards were inspired by a Lesson in Carla Sonheim’s 2021 Year Long Class.

People in the Neighborhood #3

March 29, 2021March 26, 2021 | Gina Lento

Ignatius was an arrogant cat that thought himself far superior to dogs.

This series of postcards were inspired by a Lesson in Carla Sonheim’s 2021 Year Long Class.

People in the Neighborhood #2

March 28, 2021March 26, 2021 | Gina Lento

It was a beautiful Spring day. Many people came outside to enjoy the warming sun, birds singing and the cherry blossoms in the air.

This series of postcards were inspired by a Lesson in Carla Sonheim’s 2021 Year Long Class.

Wild Calico

March 26, 2021March 23, 2021 | Gina Lento

Oh HEY! Where did this guy come from? The idea for this guy came from Carla Sonheim’s 2021 Sketchbook Revival lesson. The first part of the lesson is to draw a bunch of one liner subjects…cat, elephant, vase of flowers, toilets…..then we each picked one of our own to turn into a more finished piece….

Voila! Wild Calico!

Wild Calico doesn’t like to take baths and he loves to jump in garbage cans and dumpsters. Now he’s having a bad hair day.

Cloudwalker

March 25, 2021March 23, 2021 | Gina Lento

Cloudwalker loves playing with the Snow and Frost Faeries. He loves to use his wings to make strong blizzards. He’s sad because winter is over.

This is the last page in my St Patrick’s Day sketchbook. I hope you enjoyed these pages. All of the sketches were very involved and had a lot of layers in order to produce each creature. There were a lot of steps to each page. I loved doing it but I am glad this sketchbook is finished.

I will to make a new sketchbook to start a new series/storytelling session for April. April is usually International Fake Journal Month. I have a few days to decide what I will do for April.

Ziggy

March 24, 2021March 21, 2021 | Gina Lento

Ziggy worried about everything. He practically wrote the book on worrying. He worried so much that his hairs on his back stood up permanently.

Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral bird

March 22, 2021March 20, 2021 | Gina Lento

The Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral bird likes to sing lullabies, especially the Irish lullaby. He loves to gently sing in the evening, putting the forest slowly to sleep.