Pen & ink – Page 34 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Horror movies are not good for your cat

This one looks like he’s been watching too many scary movies😂

My friend Berni sent me a photo of her kitty to sketch for my mom. I had a little fun doing this one. It’s mixed media. I forgot to ask Berni what is the name of her cat! If you would like me to draw your kitty for my mom, please post your cat photosContinue reading “Berni’s kitty”

Undercover kitty

Here is another kitty. This one is doing a bit of undercover work…. The App that I use for live reference photos is Sktchy on iPhone. If you would like me to draw your kitty for my mom, post your cat photos on Sktchy with the hashtag #ginapleasedrawmycat

Another kitty for mom

Here is today’s kitty

Kitties at 5am

Mom’s cats like to get her up early for breakfast….their breakfast. I imagine this is the scene that she sees first thing in the am.

Doodles and cats

I started doing a doodle a day to throw into the mix of all the other things I am working on. It just takes a few moments to fill out a pre made box and I put it away until the next day. Here is a full week’s worth of doodles. Also, here is anotherContinue reading “Doodles and cats”

Happy Mother’s Day

My mom is in assisted living now. We had to move her there a few weeks ago so she can be supervised and be in a safe environment. The place she moved to allows pets, so her cats, Barney & Pumpkin, went with her. Alas, my mom has long forgotten her cats names so sheContinue reading “Happy Mother’s Day”

Recent sketches

I have been getting out to sketch, squeezing time in between projects that I have been working on. There has bee some events and activity in Patchogue so these sketches are a sampling of what I have done recently. The Heron was an exercise from Sketchbook Survival where we used a brush instead of aContinue reading “Recent sketches”

Feeling a bit crabby

A few years ago I took a year long class with Carla Sonheim and Lynn Whipple, called Year of the Spark. One of the assignments was automatic writing in little booklets that we made just for the purpose of writing in them. I have done a bunch of them and occasionally I use them asContinue reading “Feeling a bit crabby”

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