birds – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Summer Painting #9

Short and sweet for this post… Here is my next summer painting…a palm tree island with an egret. Enjoy!

Today’s painting is of a subject near and dear to my heart….sandpipers. Sandpipers are comical little birds and I could sit and watch them over and over without ever getting tired of them. They have their own personalities and there always seems to be a bully that wants to control the entire beach. Disney PixarContinue reading “Summer Painting #3”

Carve December Day 7

This morning, I let the dog children outside so they could go potty. I saw movement over by our potted flowers when low and behold, I spotted a hummingbird! I couldn’t get close enough to see any details, but it was a busy little bugger. Last night we had Great Horned Owls hooting it up,Continue reading “Carve December Day 7”

Carve December Day 6

I don’t know why it never occurred to me to draw a partridge in a pear tree. While I was growing up, we had these partridges and pears that we put on the Christmas tree every year. My mom had picked them up from Sears “on the Boulevard,” which was the flagship store in Philadelphia.Continue reading “Carve December Day 6”

Inchie Day 6

Today’s prompt is “nest” Using my Zig Cocoiro pen and a waterbrush.

Cardinal

Cardinals are such perky birds. The nice thing is when I moved from the Northeast, the cardinals were here, too. I get to observe them in a different environment. They sing a lot down here and they tattle on predators and raptors. I am always amazed at their bravery. I did a sketch of aContinue reading “Cardinal”

Puffin

This prompt was easy because I made a pamphlet book for my grandkids a few years ago that was about Arctic animals, puffins being one of them. I have not shown this book outside the family so this is the first time that I can remember actually posting one of the illustrations on my blogContinue reading “Puffin”

Live Critter Sunday – Bald Eagle

Labor Day, (last Monday), John and I went on one of our “tiny adventures” and we passed by a pond and John said he saw an eagle. So we turned around and went back and I took these photos and sure enough, it was. It’s not the first time we’ve seen eagles. They are inContinue reading “Live Critter Sunday – Bald Eagle”

Long beaked Cardinal

Another Imaginary Creature pulled out from the page. I drew the beak long and almost erased it, but left it because it isn’t supposed to be representational anyway. There’s a lot of angles to this guy. He uses them to hide in oak and elm trees. I also included what the page looked like beforeContinue reading “Long beaked Cardinal”

A visitor

John and I were watching TV and getting ready to call it a night when something crashed into our windows behind the couch. We froze. John got up to open the door but I cautioned him not to because we have everything from panthers, bears, coyotes, foxes and heaven knows what else living in ourContinue reading “A visitor”