2018 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

The finished kitty book

I have been busy working on a few projects that have deadlines, so I haven’t been on social media very much. I finally tweaked this sketchbook so I could do the video of the completed book. This sketchbook is handmade. I usually use the Strathmore 9×12 watercolor paper for these 6×9 books. They don’t takeContinue reading “The finished kitty book”

Kringle Kitty Sketchbook

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope that everyone is enjoying the first few days of the new year. I closed the studio down for a few days so that we could just enjoy the holiday and hang out with family. (Don’t worry, mom was still getting cards!). John and I went to Florida to seeContinue reading “Kringle Kitty Sketchbook”

Cat sketches

My husband and I are taking a holiday break, so I will be posting cat sketches for a few days. Here are 4 pages from my sketch book. This sketchbook is for raw ideas and raw sketches. These aren’t polished works, they are where that polished art gets hatched. I scribble and doodle until IContinue reading “Cat sketches”

The third day of Christmas

Second Day of Christmas

“Believe”

Boxing day or the first day of Christmas

1 day before Christmas

A little bit of information about this book….I wanted to do a 12 days before Christmas countdown. As I worked on the book, I put numbers out of order so I have corrected that. I also want to add some embellishments which I will post over the next few days. This page is actually theContinue reading “1 day before Christmas”

Two days before Christmas

Right about now, tummies may be suffering from holiday binging, so those candy canes with peppermint can be soothing.

Three more days until Christmas

And 88 days until Spring!

First day of winter and 4 more days….

Today is the Winter Solstice. The shortest day of the year. I record the sunrise and sunsets for each day and there is a holding pattern where the daylight is about the same for about a week, give or take a minute, then we will start gaining back one to two minutes a day. WeContinue reading “First day of winter and 4 more days….”