Sketches – Page 68 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Sketches from Memorial Ceremony

There is a group in the Patchogue area that maintains Lakeview Cemetery on Main Street. It is an old historical cemetery and comprises (historians believe) 5 separate cemetaries of various faiths. The committee has been restoring and maintaining the graves. There are several graves of significance which were being commemorated on Wednesday. At theContinue reading “Sketches from Memorial Ceremony”

Beach sketching

I have lots of beach sketches that were done in Florida. I used a pen that was water soluable and a water brush, sometimes things didn’t come out as planned but that’s why we call them Happy Accidents.

Last but not least….

This sketch was the final sketch for this sketchbook. It was a humid day and we found a shady pavilion on the East side of the causeway. I saw this Jeep in front of me with an open hatch and sketched it. They had a lot of stuff in that car. The trash can blockedContinue reading “Last but not least….”

Another sketch from Stuart, FL

Here is another sketch that I did from the waterfront park in Downtown Stuart. It’s blissfully quiet this time of year. I like that there are lots of different types of tropical palms and plants, there were lizards running around, and the ibis who was a little “put out” that we took over the picnicContinue reading “Another sketch from Stuart, FL”

Sailboat

This sailboat was on the south side of the causeway. I liked that it wasn’t moving around, which made it easier to sketch. The sky was doing it’s preparations for the daily thunderstorm. I loved the clouds in Florida. The daily thunderstorms made the sky much more interesting.

Sketching Out

We went out to dinner last night and as we were debating healthy options, I sketched the little old man at the bar on the left page. Eventually he paid his tab and left. I wondered why he was drinking alone. I started to work on the rest of the bar when a coupleContinue reading “Sketching Out”

Sketching on the street

Went out sketching with my sketch group this evening. It was mild for a bit, then a fog came in off the bay and it got chilly and damp. It’s May 31 and my fingers got too cold to hold my pen. So no color today. Maybe I will add a dash of colorContinue reading “Sketching on the street”

The dachshund king

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba…..

Sketching at Barnes & Noble

Today’s sketch

Working on an involved project so I just had time to do these couple of cheater blind contours. Blind contour is when you don’t look at a page while you are drawing, which makes drawings look like those wonky Picassos. Cheater blinds mean you can peek a little…these are cheater blinds…..