I had started this version last week but I was getting down to the deadline and had to switch to digital. Normally I like to do the traditional first and then tweak it after I scan it. This was done in my Innovative Journal with acrylics that I refill with Arches Text Wove paper. TheContinue reading “Lightning bug Round 2”
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Red Bird
It’s Spring and Red loves to share the joy that he feels when the weather begins to warm up. Love is also in the air. I am still working on my illustration course but I actually missed doing my characters so I am squeezing them in.
Baby Firefly
I am taking an illustration course and the main character is a young firefly. We had to turn in our character today. I did this little guy in multiple ways and I was tweaking him up to the last minute because once I really got on the roll, more ideas popped into my head. TheContinue reading “Baby Firefly”
Daily Prompt – Hats
I don’t know if I will be posting these every day but here is my sketch page for today’s prompt – Hats I have a sketch page full of these really pretty hats and I don’t remember why I did them but I was able to use my sketchbook as a reference for these sketches,Continue reading “Daily Prompt – Hats”
Sketch – Eyeglasses
I am taking an illustration course over the next few weeks and we are given daily prompts that we are encouraged to sketch. I pulled out my sketchbooks and found the various eyeglasses that I have sketched and combined them all here. I have been going to my sketchbooks first because I have so muchContinue reading “Sketch – Eyeglasses”
Chopin
Chopin loves poetry and music. He loves to sing his poetry and will often go outside to sing his poetry to the world.
Joey
Joey loves carrots. He is a Carrot Connoisseur. He has been “relocating” carrots that he “finds” in gardens and plants them in his secret garden.
Darcy the Giraffe
Darcy loves sweets. Standby for more about Darcy….. This is the whole sketchbook spread. I don’t use the opposing page to keep each sketch clean and undamaged. This is a a sketchbook/journal that I bound from a kit from Innovative Journaling. The paper is Arches Text wove and it is very soft and has aContinue reading “Darcy the Giraffe”
Happy Easter
Happy Easter to everyone! Higgins loves challenges, puzzles and reading Agatha Christie books. He’s very good at helping his friends with solving mysteries.
Nigel
Nigel is a dreamer. He loves to spend time walking in the sun, smelling the flowers and thinking.
Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration 