Tombow – Page 7 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

30 Pages 30 Days

There’s a challenge going on with the Sktchy app where you sign up to commit to doing 30 journaling type sketch pages for 30 days. This is my Day 1. Chloe was hiding under my desk to get away from the noise of work being done in one of our bathrooms. The workers are longContinue reading “30 Pages 30 Days”

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”

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!”

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”

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”

The 12th day of Christmas

Here is the 12th day of Christmas. I hope you enjoyed this little series. And Cleo the cat.

11 day of Christmas

Ok. I was raised a Catholic. For us, the 12th day of Christmas is the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6th, aka Little Christmas. (For you folks in the UK, Happy 12th Night! ) Our tree stays up until the 6th. When I was a kid, the tree didn’t go up until Christmas Eve andContinue reading “11 day of Christmas”

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