Last but not least….

February 9, 2020 | Gina Lento

Here are the last three doggies of the book. It was a wonderful project and I truly enjoyed it so much that I am looking for another tiny project. Though I am looking to get or make books where the pages don’t chop my image in half. The PAGE size was 2.33 x 1.66 and that’s small.

A reminder that the book is at the Brooklyn Art Library in Brooklyn. You will be able to check this one and last year’s out similar to a library. I also have regular sized ones there as well but I think the two tiny ones were my best. You can go to http://www.sketchbookproject.com for more information.

Chloe is the finale image. We got Chloe several months after Troy, our beloved Min Pin passed away at 16. Troy was a good and loyal dog. Chloe picked us. I wasn’t looking for Chihuahua. We were looking for a Papillon. I picked up Chloe and she snuggled up under my chin and let this sigh of “please don’t leave me” and she came home with us. She is 9 and still snuggles into my chin when she needs comforting.

“Paris a la Frida Kahlo” Reference photo courtesy of Marian Glaser on the Sktchy App

Mack is Chloe’s long haired half brother. He came to us knocking over things like doggie gates and earned his name because he was a tiny, tough, furry truck. Hence Mack. Mack is a badass until we start cooking things in a frying pan. He’ll disappear and bark from the back yard. We laugh and say he’s yelling “Fire! Fire! Fire!” Idiot would be out there in a snow storm and we’d have to go get him. Not the brightest bulb in the box but his loyalty is without question.

We love both and they are our dog children. I am glad many of you enjoyed this sketchbook.

Getting close to the end of the book

February 8, 2020February 8, 2020 | Gina Lento

“Poppy” The reference photo for this dapper little fellow came from the Sktchy App.

More pages and how to see the book in person

February 7, 2020 | Gina Lento

This tiny sketchbook is part of the Tiny Sketchbook Project. It will be on tour and it also can be viewed at the Brooklyn Art Library along with 1000’s of other sketchbooks and my tiny sketchbook from last year. If you’d like to view it in person, go to sketchbookproject.com for more information.

As I got to the 2nd half of the book, the pages seemed stiffer and I had a deeper gutter. I pondered taking the book apart and stitching it but I worried that it wouldn’t reassemble nicely so I left it alone.

Now for the second half of the book…..

February 6, 2020 | Gina Lento

Sktchy inspired…..Zoey?

Middle of book

February 5, 2020 | Gina Lento

Finally making it to the middle of the book. Fortunately for my followers, there are a lot more pages left to post!

One of my favorites, reference photo from Sktchy submitted by Li Chin

Heckle & Jeckle (aka Mack & Chloe)
This spread is the center of the book

The next three from the Tiny Sketchbook

February 4, 2020 | Gina Lento

Poppy in Yellow Orange….reference photo from Sktchy

Chihuahuas and more Chihuahuas

February 3, 2020February 2, 2020 | Gina Lento

From Sktchy reference photo submitted by Fredy Alberto

Pocket Chihuahua Sktchy reference photo submitted by Maureen S

Tiny Book is Finished!

January 30, 2020 | Gina Lento

And it is in the mail with time to spare. I really enjoyed this project and I hope the people who visit it in person at the Brooklyn Art Library will like it, too.

Here is the cover and over the next few posts I’ll share the many spreads that it took to complete this sketchbook.

I decided to go with Chihuahuas since we have two and I needed a change from cats. Many of the tiny portraits are of Chloe and Mack, our fur babies, but many were also inspiration from the Sktchy App.