cats – Page 3 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Inktober Day 2 – Wisp

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”

Sad news

This morning we had to make one of the most difficult and painful decisions that a one has to make when living with fur children. This is very difficult to write but I won’t be able to write this later when reality sets in. Cleopatra, our foundling kitty, the kitty that was inserted into manyContinue reading “Sad news”

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 contest submission

Another amateur animated ‘toon. This one was my submission for the Kitchen Table Mini Film Festival. I can’t wait to do another! This was an awesome idea by Carla Sonheim and Kara Kramer. I could still do a ton of things to this video to tweak it but I had a deadline. I still mayContinue reading “My contest submission”

A little video….

I took Carla Sonheim’s class on animation called “Make it Move” and it was fun and really helpful. I enjoyed it a lot and it gave me ideas how to handle animating my art in the future. My head is popping with ideas. One assignment was to animate some collage pieces…..this is a very shortContinue reading “A little video….”

A coloring kitty

Ok, this is my first time offering free art. I did this on Procreate for my mom and then I printed it out on cardstock and colored it in and mailed it to her. She probably won’t see it for a while. They are holding her mail a little bit to disinfect it then they’llContinue reading “A coloring kitty”

Announcing Bella, the Moo Kitty!

Last week, Moo Kitty aka Bella, was sent on her way back to Catskill, NY. She came down to Florida with us as a standing cat and is going back to NY as a Cow. Bella is part of an outdoor exhibit called Cat’n Around Catskill, which consists of fiberglass cat sculptures that will beContinue reading “Announcing Bella, the Moo Kitty!”

Cat morphing into cow

Yesterday’s photos are raw cat. Today’s photos show the gradual progression to cow. I still have to add udders, a collar and cow bell and eyelashes. Then I have to tweak and sand it. I am trying to keep the sanding to a minimum. The Magic Sculpt dries like concrete. It’s amazing stuff. I tweakedContinue reading “Cat morphing into cow”

And my current project is….

A Catskill Cat. Every year Catskill, NY had about 50 cats on display that are fiberglass molds that artists convert to all sorts of amazing cat art. My Cow Kitty design was selected and I am in the process of converting this cat into a cow. As you can see, I am still working outContinue reading “And my current project is….”

Happy Halloween!🎃

Inktober ends today! And there was joy in Mudville. Here is today’s Little Witch & friends plus all the ones from 10/22 to yesterday. I followed the prompts this year and using them gave me ideas that I would not have thought of on my own. It gave me ideas for introducing new characters. I’llContinue reading “Happy Halloween!🎃”