animals – Page 37 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Undercover kitty

Here is another kitty. This one is doing a bit of undercover work…. The App that I use for live reference photos is Sktchy on iPhone. If you would like me to draw your kitty for my mom, post your cat photos on Sktchy with the hashtag #ginapleasedrawmycat

Royal kitty

Ok, I had to do a royal kitty today……

An update and today’s kitty for mom

Mom received several of her kitty cards. She was really excited. She was a little confused, she wanted to know where I “bought” them. I had to remind her that I did them. She loved the Mother’s Day card with her cats and couldn’t stop laughing about it. She kept saying it looked like theContinue reading “An update and today’s kitty for mom”

Another kitty for mom

Here is today’s kitty

Kitties at 5am

Mom’s cats like to get her up early for breakfast….their breakfast. I imagine this is the scene that she sees first thing in the am.

Today’s kitty for mom

Here is the kitty that I am mailing out to my mom today. All the cats that I have sketched so far are postcard size, 4×6. I was going to mail them as postcards, but I decided they would be safer in envelopes. The inspiration came from a photo submitted to Sktchy.

Doodles and cats

I started doing a doodle a day to throw into the mix of all the other things I am working on. It just takes a few moments to fill out a pre made box and I put it away until the next day. Here is a full week’s worth of doodles. Also, here is anotherContinue reading “Doodles and cats”

Happy Mother’s Day

My mom is in assisted living now. We had to move her there a few weeks ago so she can be supervised and be in a safe environment. The place she moved to allows pets, so her cats, Barney & Pumpkin, went with her. Alas, my mom has long forgotten her cats names so sheContinue reading “Happy Mother’s Day”

Feeling a bit crabby

A few years ago I took a year long class with Carla Sonheim and Lynn Whipple, called Year of the Spark. One of the assignments was automatic writing in little booklets that we made just for the purpose of writing in them. I have done a bunch of them and occasionally I use them asContinue reading “Feeling a bit crabby”

Today’s Sketch/Tomorrow’s Fundraiser

Here is today’s sketch and information on a fundraiser where I will be selling some of my work.