Will o’ the wisp…..I got this sketchbook back in 2018 when I attended an Artsnacks Inktober outing. I came home with a lot of freebies, this sketchbook and my favorite Kuretake grey brush pen being two items from that haul. It’s a 4×6 Bee Super Deluxe Mixed Media sketchbook and I love the paper. It’sContinue reading “Inktober Day 2 – Wisp”
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Inktober 2020 Begins
Three weeks ago, I was starting to think about Inktober and what I was going to do this year. I was mulling ideas for my Little Witch and Kitty series and then Cleo became ill and eventually had to be euthanized. Now her ashes are in a cherry wood box. As we said good-bye toContinue reading “Inktober 2020 Begins”
Sloth plant revealed
I haven’t been posting these but this week is a little different. It was a sad week but it was also a week where the sloth plant finally bloomed. Sloth plant you ask? Yeah, what was that plant I called the “sloth plant?” I wasn’t giving this plant it’s given name until I saw flowers!Continue reading “Sloth plant revealed”
My updated two page spread
I toned the blue down quite a bit and added some accessories to the gulls.
My two page spread
Here is the two page spread that I submitted for my class and what I previewed in yesterday’s post: One week if class left…. The text is from a story written by Zoe Tucker.
A page spread develops – artistic process
These are my sketches for a page spread that I am doing for my children’s book course. I had a ton of ideas and I did a bunch of thumbnails, but I opted for the simplest design in order not to get frustrated, and could complete it within the time frame allotted. Advice that IContinue reading “A page spread develops – artistic process”
Spice is nice
Just a little spicy sketch…..
A little girl named bug
Here is the second character sheet with the little girl in the story. Her name is Bug and the balloon named Bob is her best friend
Black Cat Appreciation Day
Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day. Cleopatra is our black kitty that we found, literally, on the street. Or she found us. She ran right up to me and was “no bigger than a bowtruckle.” Cleo lives with my daughter in a nice house in Orlando. Cleo has been the inspiration for lots of myContinue reading “Black Cat Appreciation Day”
My final pose submission for Bob
Here is my character pose submission for the Illustrating Children’s Book Course that I am taking to up my knowledge on illustration submissions.
Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration 