Pen & ink – Page 44 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Sketch Night Sketches

These sketches were done Wednesday evening at Swell Taco with my sketch group.

I really didn’t want to do Inktober again because I already have a daily sketching habit. I had to come up with something new to make it fun for me. So, my personal Inktober challenge is to add a 5 minute timed sketch to my morning routine. This way, no matter HOW the day went,Continue reading “Inktober sketches Days 2-5”

Horses and yesterday’s Inktober Sketch

I spent over a week researching and working on this map that I did as a very belated Sketchbook Skool Assignment. I was away when the class was “in session” and I mulled over ideas and nothing really inspired me until I saw they were requesting maps for Asia. Then I had to mull thatContinue reading “Horses and yesterday’s Inktober Sketch”

Art with coffee

I have a morning ritual where I get my day started with a few habits like exercise, morning pages and I have added a 5 minute timed sketch to the routine. I did this sketch in 5 minutes, all while enjoying my morning cup of java. I look for something on Sktchy that IContinue reading “Art with coffee”

Some recent sketches

I have been working on a project that I don’t wish to post just yet. In the meantime, here are some sketches I did recently. This one was an experiment that didn’t come out as intended, but I am content with the result. This next sketch is a haiku sketch where you only have 7Continue reading “Some recent sketches”

Pirate Day

Today was Pirate Day!

Irma

Well Paint the Great South Bay is a wrap. It went very well and I even made it on the cover of our local newspaper. We sold paintings, we got tacos and ice cream for sketches, whose better than us? Now I am on my way to Chincoteague to participate in their plein airContinue reading “Irma”

Sketching at Swell Taco

Well I realized that I had only 3 stamped pastel panels so I started an 8×10 oil today…..it’s still in progress so I won’t be showing that one yet. Instead, here is the sketch I did at Swell Taco PGSB night in Patchogue. We sketched the hostess, Britt, in a taco costume and we gotContinue reading “Sketching at Swell Taco”

I will sketch for ice cream!

One of the Paint the Great South Bay’s mini challenges was a sketch hour at Kilwin’s of Patchogue. The owner, John, offered the PGSB artists a free ice cream in trade for a sketch in his shop. Hell yeah! I was there, John and I have been on a strict eating and exercise plan butContinue reading “I will sketch for ice cream!”

Eclipse day sketch

Sketched this in Princeton today. I didn’t expect a crowd today but people seemed to be congregating from all over to watch the eclipse. I thought the kids were back to school until I found out that Princeton doesn’t start until September. Some very nice people let me view the eclipse through their glasses. ItContinue reading “Eclipse day sketch”