2017 – Page 4 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

First ugly sweater of the season

Ok, it isn’t that bad and it looks cute on Archie. Reference photo of Archie from Sktchy app.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is a day I spend cooking. Our turkey is in the oven and I have to baste it every 30 minutes. I have a wonderful recipe that I have been using for several years now and it makes the turkey yummy every time. I also use my grandmothers stuffing recipe. I wrote it downContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”

For those who party on Thanksgiving Eve

Eat and be merry!

Sketch from Winter Park

Hubby and I took a day trip to Winter Park, Fl. It’s a pretty place. I like Stuart better but it was a nice place to sit and have coffee and sketch for a bit. I used ink, colored pencil and tombows over an acrylic prepped page. Enjoy!

Today’s sketch – Planning an escape

The reference photo for this sketch came from Sktchy. Enjoy!

Keeping it simple this morning

I only had a few minutes to sketch this morning….did this quickly and then jumped in the shower. Inspiration from Sktchy. Enjoy and have a great Saturday!

Still working on painting sketchbooks….

This should hold you over though…. This reference photo is a funny guy named Rick in the Sktchy community who is constantly providing us, the artists, with lots of awesome photos. I spoofed him here. I had to….couldn’t pass it up…

Morning sketch and…

So some of you are having Zombie doll withdrawal. I could do a holiday version, lol. Here is the next book in progress….I was just getting started….you should see that table now😂. The book I am working on is 4.5 x 6. I also have a 6×9 I am working on as well. I paintContinue reading “Morning sketch and…”

And last but not least

The front cover is another doll from the attic. Her hat was in one container and she was in another. It’s a porcelain doll. Not sure how she survived being bounced around in a container but I will need to correct that before putting her away. I took liberties with painting this one as well.Continue reading “And last but not least”

Back cover of Zombie doll book

This doll was actually one of my favorite sketches when I was first sketching out the idea for this series. I saved it for the back cover. I had to play on the “keep calm” signs that are everywhere these days. This doll was fun because it was from my head, not a real dollContinue reading “Back cover of Zombie doll book”