Pen & ink – Page 37 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Les chaussures

One of our 365 assignments was art and shoes. We were instructed to do one line shoes, writing about how we feel about shoes and copying in our own artistic “language,” shoes done by Master artists of our choice. The first photo is my one line shoes where we had to draw the first thingContinue reading “Les chaussures”

Some sketches from last week

Catching up

Lots of stuff to post! Stay tuned. I participated in Sktchy’s Creative Cupid Valentine yesterday where we signed up to sketch someone for Valentine’s Day and someone else sketched a reference photo that we posted, and so on. I was assigned Yang Yi-Ting. Here was yesterday’s Sktchy Valentine of Yang….. I did a test driveContinue reading “Catching up”

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!”

Sketching in the city

I was in the city today sketching with the NYC Urban Sketchers. We sketched at the NY Waterway Ferry terminal. There was a ferry that was sitting at the dock. I was able to sketch it because it was just sitting there. The other ferries were careening in and out of the terminal and itContinue reading “Sketching in the city”

Butter Beans

My grandmother had a recipe where she made baked beans out of white lima beans. She used to make then when she was roasting pork. When I don’t have the time to soak dry beans, I use Hanover or Goya Butter Beans. There’s no butter in them, I guess they get their name from theContinue reading “Butter Beans”

Sketch from Wednesday

Good afternoon! Below is a sketch I did with my sketch group this past week. We get together once a week, pick a subject and we bring in those items to sketch. I didn’t get much sketching time this week because I was taking care of some administrative stuff for the group, but I didContinue reading “Sketch from Wednesday”

5 minute sketch using my left hand

This gentleman, Rick N, is a very prolific contributor to Sktchy, the app I use for reference photos. I have sketched him a few times. The object of this sketch was to use my non-dominant hand and sketch a person in 5 minutes. I prefer to use live people when I can but when thatContinue reading “5 minute sketch using my left hand”

Last holiday surprise

Today’s post is my last surprise of the holidays. I finished this map on 12/29 and I sent it along to They Draw and Travel. I did a lot of research for this map. There were three Miracle on 34th Street movies and in my opinion, the only one worth watching is the 1947 version.Continue reading “Last holiday surprise”

Getting out to sketch….

Today, I went out with some friends to sketch at a local wildlife refuge. The refuge has many live and stuffed subjects to sketch. It is wayyy to cold to sketch outside so I went into the Nature Center to sketch the taxidermy animals. I sketched this possum and found out that possums can eatContinue reading “Getting out to sketch….”